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A quick guide to the Brain and Spine Foundation
Start here for an overview of the Brain and Spine Foundation, to find out the facts about our work and the people we help.
Who can we help?
- People affected by brain and spine conditions
- Medical and educational professionals dealing with the effects of brain and spine conditions
Where do we work?
- Across the United Kingdom.
What do we do?
- Provide information and support for adults and children affected by neurological conditions
- Develop training and tools for medical and educational professionals
How do we help?
- Helpline - specialist neuroscience nurses available 24 hours a week
- Booklets and Factsheets - available on a wide range of neurological symptoms, conditions and investigative techniques
- Website:
- Training resources - developing materials to help professionals in both the medical and educational fields: see our
- Information Access Toolkit,
- educational psychology handbook and
- information about our communication skills project
How are we funded?
- By individuals raising sponsorship through running events and by making donations.
- By general donations from charitable trusts and companies
- Through project grants from The Big Lottery and the Department of Health
- Read a financial summary of our income and expenditure in our Annual Review
- Read more about our core services
What do our users think?
"It's a great website and a comfort to find it
"Your organisation has been a huge and reliable source of support and information to me this last 3 months"
"My sister who knew nothing of this condition (sub-arachnoid haemorrhage) was helped and reassured when she contacted the Helpline"
