I joined the team at Headway Tyneside last November and am very proud of what our charity does to support brain injury survivors and their families. So much so that I'm pushing myself to my limits by entering the Great North Run (more than double the distance I have ever run before!).

Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life - walking, talking, thinking and feeling - and the losses can be severe and permanent. It can mean losing the life you once lived and the person you once were. 

We all think, "it will never happen to me", but every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That's one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.