Mary @ Brain Injury Association donation

The Crown Princess, as patron, receives a donation to the Danish Brain Injury Association at the 'Head House', Frederiksberg. Photo © Hanne Juul/Billed Bladet

Crown Princess Mary visited Head House last Tuesday (September 23) to accept a donation from the Remmens Fond on behalf of the Danish Brain Injury Association, for which she is patron. The two supersized cheques Mary received were for a million DKK altogether donated by the Remmens Fond to support programs and help for those who are brain injured. The Danish Brain Injury Association is a member of the European Brain Injury Federation and shares the aims of giving help to the sufferers of diverse brain injuries and conditions and to also help their families. The Remmen Foundation is run by the Remmen family who own luxury hotels is Denmark.



Billed Bladet 'Mary modtog en million kroner' - Mary received a million crowns
23 September 2008 | Jan Bergman
Crown Princess Mary had a huge smile when she received a million crowns [last] Thursday afternoon. As patron for the Danish Brain Injury Association Crown Princess Mary took part in the ceremony to formally accept the donation...The money has been donated by the Remmens Foundation which gave a grant of 500,000 DKK for the Brain Injury Association and a corresponding scholarship of 500,000 DKK to the Brain Injury Association's project HovedHuset (Head House).

DR.dk 'Talegaven' - The Spoken Record
September 23th 2008
"A mirror. It's cheap and this is good," he says with clear diction. In front of a mirror he studies how the mouth pronounces the words. Claus Xavier Nielsen had a blood haemorrhage in the brain seven years ago, was paralysed on one side and suffered aphasia. He immediately set about becoming a narrator! And even though the hospital staff shook their heads in doubt, he has regained speech...
Today he travels around the country and gives talks on being brain damaged and shows pictures connected to using fairytales as a key to our dreams.
In Hovedhuset in Frederiksberg he uses his hard-won skills to help others out of the dark, a darkness he himself has been in.
Claus Xavier Nielsen has been a member in Hovedhuset since March 2006.
The inspiration for HovedHuset comes from a clubhouse model where the idea is that everybody has skills and that all contributions of work are important for the community. That Head House is a special place in which the brain damaged Claus Xavier Nielsen is a shining example.

Photos © Hanne Juul/Billed Bladet, Peter Grosen/seoghoer

Head House
European Brain Injury Federation (in English)

Madeleine Glindorf's gallery

Mary at 1st anniversary of The Head House project

Today Crown Princess Mary has helped mark the first anniversary of the Brain Injury Association's work project activities in The Head House. Mary is the patron of the Association (in English). The Head House in Frederiksberg is sponsored by the European Social Fund, Arbejdsmarkedsstyrelsen, J.L. Foundation and the Lions Club of Brøndby and is a project for those with acquired brain injury to learn new skills to move back into employment. Mary visited with members of the house who are preparing to move back into the job market.



Madeleine Glindorf's gallery (thanks Madeleine)

Mary at Brain Injury conference

In Denmark more than 50,000 people live with the consequences of a suddenly occurred brain injury and this corresponds to the number of inhabitants in a medium size town outside of Copenhagen. The entire family is struck when a member gets a brain injury.

Today Crown Princess Mary is attending the opening of a two day conference for the Brain Injury Association which is one of her patronages. The Brain Injury Association's Active Relatives conference is being held at the Hotel Nyborg Strand.




You can also see more photos from this, and past royal events, at Gert Blume's website.

Links:
Danish Brain Injury Association
Mary as protector/patron

Fyens Stiftstidende says Mary has cast her glow over Nyborg. Reporter Mogens Rasmussen says Mary attended the opening of the conference and spoke of the need for professional care and support for people affected by brain injuries, including relatives. Mary spoke to the mother of a 20 year old from Aalborg who was run over when he was five and has been brain injured since then. This emphasised the theme of the conference about 'Active Relatives' and the need for care for them as well as the affected brain injured person.