NZ Brain Injury Support Network

The NZ Brain Injury Support Network is a charitable organisation that provides support, awareness and education to anyone affected by a brain injury.

It was founded by a small family in Rotorua with the primary aim of ensuring that survivors and their families never feel alone. In their experience they felt isolated and lost. Although there was support for their loved one with a brain injury, there was absolutely no support offered to the family. They were left to cope or struggle with their new feelings, new lives, and new responsibilities on their own.

The organisation intends to increase brain injury awareness in New Zealand, and to provide support to both the survivors and their families.

To view their story on Sunday TVNZ, see http://tvnz.co.nz/sunday-news/ripple-effect-video-6327087

The NZ Brain Injury Support Network provides:

A closed social forum on facebook, where survivors and families have the opportunity to connect with each other. If you wish to join the network please search NZ Brain Injury Support Network and request to join the closed group.

We provide National awareness, through:

Annual events such as:

Light up the Heavens, which is a world wide event that occurs on the 31st of March every year. This is where people group together to show their support by holding either a lantern or a green glow stick.

Brain Injury Awareness Day, which is a family day, with entertainment, education and support. It is about uniting a wide range of organisations that provide support to the different challenges of a brain injury, in order to better support the individual and their families.

Presentations, to:

Government and non government organisations and health professionals to help them understand the impact on the families.

Wananga and Seminars to validate the need to support families.

Expos

Support for survivors and their families.

Seminars, such as:

'Grieving for the living'