News & Events
Check out all of the latest news from SABIF HQ, plus up and coming events listings in the area.
Presentations taking place for 2026:
- 3rd March 2026, commencing at 3.30pm - Guy Jackson – Business Manager Brighton and Hove Safeguarding Adults Board who will present to help raise awareness of adult safeguarding and the work of the board.
- 12th May 2026 at 3.30pm - Nicola Ward – Regional Service Manager – Major Trauma Support Partnership who will be presenting on work of MTSP supporting TBI patients at Royal Sussex Hospital.
- Date to be confirmed - Dr Sara Leddy (Neurology Registrar at University Hospital Sussex will present on Epilepsy following a brain injury.
- June/July 2026 (date to be confirmed) In Person Poster Event with various presentations.
- Further talks from expert Neurologists; Speech and Language Specialists; Probation Service and others.
SABIF held various presentations in 2024 and 2025 including:
- 11th June 2024 – 5th Sense by Helen Rhodes
- 10th September 2024 – Welfare Benefits by Victor Feltham
- 8th October 2024 – Functional Neurological Disorder with Flora McMullen from the Proclaim Group
- Dr Anuraj Varshney – Return to driving after a brain injury talk.
- Kate Mellor and Caroline Board – Heads Together – 28.1.25
- Nick Thorpe – Return to work/Discrimination – 29.4.25 at 3.30 pm
- Clare Mehta – Sussex Rehabilitation Service – 13.5.25 at 4.15 pm
- Poster Event 17.6.25 at Headway Sussex – in person.
- Further anticipated presentations include a representative from IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy) a service which supports people when they are assessed to lack capacity.
The Brain Injury Social Work Group Conference
BISWG - The Brain Injury Social Work Group are holding a Conference on 11th September 2025 at Fetal Medicine Research Institute, 16-20 Windsor Walk, London, SE5 8BB with a number of impressive Presenters covering many important areas within the Brain Injury arena.
Please find details of the agenda below:
- Welcome from the Chair Dr Caroline Bald, Chair of the Brain Injury Social Work Group and introduction David Glover, Assistant Director of Social Work & Adult Safeguarding, King’s College Hospital.
- Navigating the gaps between hospital and home - this session will be delivered by members of the multi-disciplinary team from the Frank Cooksey Unit
- Attending to the Scaffolding: ABI Champions, Neuro Cafés and Criminal Justice Pathways
- The Mind’s Disconnect: Understanding Capacity Challenges in Brain Injury and Psychiatry
- Heads Together and the NIHR Brain Injury Incubator
- Neurorehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
- Do P’s wishes matter? Section 4 of the MCA 2005 and is there a “False Personal Autonomy?”
- Reaching across the divide – how independent case managers can facilitate effective collaboration between private and statutory services.
Kate Mellor (steering group member of SABIF) spoke on ITV about her work with Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex after they attended a call saving her life.