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Brainkind welcomes new MP for Eastbourne to Shinewater Court

Josh Babarinde, MP for Eastbourne, visits new Brainkind’s Shinewater Court in Eastbourne.

  • Staff and people we support at Shinewater Court showed the MP around
  • Shinewater Court provides accommodation and support for people with complex and high dependency needs

Brainkind staff and people support at Shinewater Court, were delighted to welcome Josh Barbarinde, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne on Friday. He is also currently the Liberal Democrats’ spokesperson for justice.

Brainkind is a charity working with people with an acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions.

Shinewater Court is a purpose-built centre offering accommodation and support to people with a range of disabilities, including acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and disabilities resulting from accidents or stroke.

Brainkind staff offer compassionate, specialised person-centred care through a multidisciplinary team, led by psychiatrists and neuropsychologists. It includes a range of specialists including occupational therapists, physiotherapists and rehabilitation support workers.

Like all charities in the health and care sector Brainkind is facing many challenges but strives for clinical excellence with a multi-disciplinary approach. It is also launching a new fundraising and community engagement programme to recruit and support volunteers and embed its services into local communities.

Empowering people with disabilities is very close to my heart, which is why I particularly loved seeing the work of Anita and her Brainkind team at Shinewater Court in action. The support they provide to ensure people with acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions live with maximum independence and dignity is inspirational. I look forward to collaborating with them as Eastbourne’s MP – and we’ve already started organising a trip for some of their residents to come up to Parliament: Josh Babarinde, MP Eastbourne

I can honestly say it was an absolute pleasure to meet Josh Barbarinde MP on Friday, he was truly very interested with the work that Brainkind does, and was so engaging with the people we support, so much so that they have asked him to come back again: Anita Cobb, Manager Shinewater Court, Brainkind

Josh was attentive and prepared to listen and action our concerns, we hope he’ll visit us again so we can do a question-and-answer session with him: Dean Balstone, Shinewater Court.

Josh is a very nice man.  He was asking us about our wedding and was very happy for Jane and I: Andy Cogan, Shinewater Court

All media enquiries to anastasia.fawcett@brainkind.org or 07785 938 322

Notes to editors

About Shinewater Court

brainkind.org/services/shinewater-court/

About Josh Babarinde MP

Josh Babarinde OBE MP – Eastbourne Liberal Democrats (eastbournelibdems.org.uk)

About Brainkind

Brainkind (formerly The Disabilities Trust) is the UK’s leading charity helping people to reach their best potential after a brain injury.

We provide innovative rehabilitation and ongoing support to ensure life after brain injury can be a life well lived – and personally meaningful to the person with the brain injury.

With over 40 years’ experience and expertise in brain injury and neurorehabilitation, we understand how a brain injury can challenge every aspect of life.

At Brainkind, we are committed to providing personalised, compassionate treatment and care. Led by a team of clinical experts, our services include physical and cognitive rehabilitation, occupational therapy as well as educational and emotional support designed to empower an individual as well as their families.

Our services provide a range of treatment, support, and care for people with brain injuries and other neurological conditions. We support people with immediate rehabilitation following hospital treatment, helping them regain lost skills or to find new ways of compensating for lost abilities, as well as providing long term care.

With experts including physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and more, our teams provide the care and treatment you need, helping the people we support to live more independently or to meet your goals, whatever they might be.

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