Raising Funds for Child Brain Injury Trust

Aim

We are fundraising for Child Brain Injury Trust throughout 2024 via various events and sponsored walks.

We're raising money for the Children Brain Injury Trust to support them in their 'Every Child, Every Family' campaign. This aim of the campaign is to raise an incredible £150,000 to help them provide more than 5000 hours of community support to the children and families affected by brain injuries. 

Over 40,000 children are affected by an acquired brain injury (ABI) each year, and this is the leading cause of disability in childhood. The rate of these types of injuries is rapidly growing each year. Children may sustain brain injury as a result of road traffic collision, assaults and falls, whilst some will acquire a brain injury through illnesses such as strokes, brain tumours and infections like meningitis and encephalitis. Any child can be affected and no one can plan for it.

Whatever the cause, these injuries will be life changing and devastating for the whole family. After the initial recovery, when the child may appear visibly healed (broken bones and bruises heal), invisible effects may continue long into the child’s development. These include difficulties with behaviour, social interactions, memory, concentration, sleep, chronic pain and fatigue as well as impacting the child’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Early intervention is crucial and that is why CBIT's dedicated and life changing ABI Coordinators work tirelessly throughout the year with hundreds of families across the country, providing desperately needed support. During the scariest and most uncertain moments that follow a brain injury, their incredible ABI coordinators will be there for families to lean on immediately following the accident or injury, bringing light and hope during the darkest of times.  

Anything you can contribute towards helping us achieve our target will be massively appreciated.

Thank you.

This project successfully funded on 14th March 2024