BISWG Annual Conference 2026 – The Intersection between Marginalised Groups and People with Acquired Brain Injury

Date: 10th September 2026
Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: The Foundry, Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JB

This event will focus on acquired brain injury in marginalised groups and is kindly sponsored by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors. 

The programme will feature sessions on:

‘Acquired Brain Injury and Homelessness’
Steph Grant, Head Injury and Homelessness Group

‘Domestic abuse and brain injury: From research to practice’
Steffy Bechelet, Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury Researcher, Brainkind

‘Use and misuse: mental capacity, homelessness & multiple disadvantage’
Jess Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London

‘TBI and Veterans’
Kate England, Campaigner for Veterans with TBI

‘Acquired Brain Injury among Refugee Asylum Seeker and Migrant Communities’
Professor Andrew Bateman, Professor in Rehabilitation, University of Essex, Co Lead, NIHR Brain Injury and Social Care Incubator

‘Drugs, Alcohol and Acquired Brain Injury’
Kevin O’Keefe,Senior Social Work Practitioner, Multiple Compound Needs Specialist, Practice Educator, Trauma‑Informed, Strengths‑Focused Practitioner, Brighton and Hove City Council
and Jess Overton, Senior Social Work Practitioner, AMHP/ Practice Educator/ Best Interests Assessor, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

‘Understanding and Meeting the Support Needs of Unpaid ABI Carers (Family and Friends) of ABI Survivors’
Craig Andrews, PhD Researcher, University of Sheffield in the Department of Sociological Studies, Politics, and International Relations


There is an exhibition running alongside this event – please contact info@biswg.co.uk for details.

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