Edinburgh Headway Group

04/12/2025

Scotland’s Disability Summit - 21st Feb 2026💛

27/11/2025

26/11/2025

This month, we had the opportunity to visit our artwork at Summerhall’s “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” exhibition, an inspiring annual showcase featuring work by people with lived experience of mental health issues. 🧠❤️

This year’s exhibition followed the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival theme “Comfort and Disturb”, inspired by César A. Cruz’s idea that “art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

For our contribution, each member created two self-portraits - one reflecting a good mental health day and one capturing a difficult day.

We were proud to be part of this year’s exhibition alongside 394 exhibitors, and delighted to have seen our creations on display. 🖼️✨🎨

19/11/2025

Our first-ever Open Day at EHG was a great success! 🎉

On the 7th of November, we opened our doors to welcome visitors and showcase the work we do here at EHG.

Throughout the day, visitors took part in mindful art in the sensory room, empathy exercises, cognitive activities, and a presentation on brain injury. 🧠

A big thank you to our members who created beautiful door signs for the event, and our volunteers who supported throughout - including helping prepare some delicious cookies in our cooking group.

Thank you to Thompsons Solicitors for sponsoring the day, providing goodie bags, and a lovely lunch for everyone. 💙

03/11/2025

Happy Halloween everyone! We had some amazing spooky outfits last week from our members and volunteers 🎃 💀👻

Thank you to everyone who got involved you all looked great!

03/11/2025

We’re supporting Befriending Week, the campaign to raise awareness about befriending and highlight the power of social connection in reducing loneliness and social isolation. 🤝

Did you know loneliness affects 1 in 6 people globally? Befriending brings people together for planned social activities, building meaningful connections and reducing loneliness.

Find a befriending project near you:
https://befriending.co.uk/organisations-directory/


November 1-7

30/10/2025

Edinburgh Food Social are hosting a Craigmillar Community Campfire this bonfire night! 🎆🪵🔥

Come along to Sandy’s Community Centre on Wednesday 5th of November for a night of homemade marshmallows, live music, a woodland light show, and much more! 🎵🌙

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22/10/2025

With a new season comes new kitchen recipes! Last week we made a tomato and red lentil soup in the “headway cafe” 🥫🥣🥰

Here’s the recipe to make at home!
Super simple and tastes great!

22/10/2025

We will be celebrating Halloween from 27th-30th (all next week!). There will be prizes for best dressed all week! 🎃👻

12/10/2025

Our September Outing was a trip to the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh to visit a photography exhibition by artist Mike Nelson 📷

The Fruitmarket Gallery is a bright, contemporary art space for local and international exhibitions.

Members enjoyed a walk around three rooms of the exhibit followed by lunch in the cafe and bookshop afterwards! 🖼️📚

01/10/2025

National Head Injury Conference 2025 💙

On Thursday 18th September we attended the National Head Injury conference in Glasgow. We attended a range of inspiring talks and insightful workshops led by experts and individuals with lived experience. 🗣️

Our team was proud to host our own exhibit stall, connecting with professionals, survivors, and families affected by brain injury.

We wrapped up the day with a creative workshop, bringing people together for reflection and expression🎨

Thank you to everyone who stopped by - we loved meeting you and sharing our work! 🧠

Digby Brown Solicitors

29/09/2025

A reminder for tomorrow! We have a trip to Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery to visit the art exhibition 🖼️ 🎨

Meet inside the entrance of Fruitmarket Gallery at 12:45pm

The gallery can be accessed round the back of Waverley station.

Please bring lunch or money for the cafe and arrange transport to pick up at 2:45

We can’t wait to see you there!