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Head For Change

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1192801
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 15, 2020
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
APPLECROSS HOUSE
OLD PADDOCKS
OLD CHEPSTOW RD
LANGSTONE
NEWPORT
NP18 2JP

Activities

Head for Change provides care and support to players and advice and community to the player's families. We work with scientists to understand more about head injuries caused by sport and with sports' governing bodies to advocate for a preventative approach to player safety. We seek to educate young people about head injury in sport. Head for Change exists to protect the players and the sports.

Objects: To Preserve And Protect Good Health For The Public Benefit By:-(a) Promoting The Understanding Of The Effects And Risks Of Concussion, Post-Concussion, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (cte) And Other Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases In Sportsmen And Sportswomen And The Prevention Of Them Through Research And To Publish The Useful Results Arising From The Research Into The Public Domain; And(b) Providing Practical Support To Individuals Who Have Suffered From Concussion, Post-Concussion, Cte And Other Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases And Their Families.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £50,476 £90,446
March 31, 2024 £103,400 £75,300
March 31, 2023 £89,800 £74,300
March 31, 2022 £143,961 £76,724

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Sally Tucker Dec. 15, 2020
Keith Beech Aug. 8, 2025
Melanie Bramwell-Popham Dec. 15, 2020
Warwick Clews Oct. 3, 2023