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.
This presentation was held by Kate Mellor, Caroline Board and Sam Shephard to discuss Heads Together, a multi-university National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded project led by Prof Andrew Bateman (University of Essex) on Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) – particularly in relation to the knowledge and understanding of this by social workers.