NROL Wins NHS Excellence Award

We are delighted to announce that NROL (NeuroRehabilitation Online) has been named Regional Champion for Patient Involvement & Choice at the NHS Excellence Awards.

Currently delivered across East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) and NHS partners in Lancashire, NROL provides real-time online neurorehabilitation sessions designed to help people continue their recovery beyond hospital discharge. The programme combines expert-led rehabilitation with peer connection and community, helping survivors access ongoing support in a more flexible and accessible way.

NROL was originally co-created and funded by SameYou when it was launched during COVID in partnership with UCL Queen Square London.

This award recognises the incredible collaboration between clinicians, researchers, NHS partners and survivors working together to rethink recovery after brain injury and improve access to long-term rehabilitation support.

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SameYou launches new brand identity and merchandise collection

SameYou launches new brand identity and merchandise collection

We’re excited to introduce SameYou’s refreshed brand identity, reflecting the reality of brain injury recovery and the strength of the community we support.

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March for March

March for March

Supporters are walking, wheeling and moving 31km across March to raise awareness and funds for brain injury recovery.

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World Stroke Day: Why we are failing young stroke survivors

World Stroke Day: Why we are failing young stroke survivors

Chris Moon was just 29, fit and healthy, when he suffered a stroke.

But despite being upbeat at the start of his battle back to full health, he quickly found the aftercare is seriously
inadequate for young stroke survivors – which is often seen as a disease of the elderly.

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Survivor Stories

Many of you have written to SameYou about your experience of brain injury and told us how you identified with Emilia's story. There was a common feeling of relief about hearing a familiar story from someone young, and speaking out to normalize the injury. People were comforted that Emilia had gone through something similar to them or to a family member or loved one.

The overwhelming emotion was of gratitude that Emilia was breaking her silence and that enabled and emboldened so many others to tell their brain injury story - some for the first time. It was as if people now have permission to speak out about their story.

I get days when I just want to give up. But after hearing your story it has made me realize, I'm not on my own!

You have told us that by sharing your stories, and reading other people's, offers hope, comfort and much needed peer-to-peer support that is often hard to find.

SameYou have created this support resource called Portraits to tell the untold story of brain injury. If you would like to share your story, you can submit your story via our Share your story page.

Portrait: Julie

Portrait: Julie

This year Julie signed up for a new adventure… taking on a tough trek through Ibiza for SameYou’s Bike & Hike challenge.
Here she speaks about the joy of taking part - and how she is ready to sign up for the 2027 event.

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Portrait: Kamana'o

Portrait: Kamana'o

I was walking downstairs early one morning on my way to work. The stair railing detached, and I fell three meters headfirst onto the tile floor. When my wife found me, I was not breathing. By the time the paramedics arrived, I was breathing again. I have no recollection of that day, and my memory is spotty for the 2-4 months prior.

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Portrait: Sophia

Portrait: Sophia

When I was 25 years old, I suffered a cardiac arrest, as my heart went out of rhythm due to a complication called long QT syndrome. I had to have a pacemaker and an ICD implanted as my heart was in great danger of going into cardiac arrest again.

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Portrait: Valerie

Portrait: Valerie

I was attacked while at work. I had just been acknowledged companywide for the work that I had done within the community. During the attack my head flew back, and everything went white.

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Portrait: Antonio

Portrait: Antonio

Antonio Iannella is a writer and published author. In this excerpt from his memoir, Antonio writes about the impact of stroke. Left paralyzed from the neck down, he navigates the shocking reality of recovery in a foreign country, grappling with the physical, emotional and psychological toll. Through humor, vulnerability and raw honesty, he reflects on the meaning of ‘normality’ and the long road to healing, highlighting both the struggles and the unexpected moments of grace that come with redefining life after a traumatic event.

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See more Survivor Stories

This short film tells the stories of brain injury survivors from the survivors themselves

We asked them to tell us how they feel. Some of them have done this for the very first time. We applaud their courage for speaking out. We invite everyone to hear and understand the lived experiences of brain injury and find out what has helped people recover and what is needed to help so many more.