Actor Emilia Clarke and her mum have been made MBEs in the New Year Honours list for their services to brain injury, after co-founding a charity and smashing stigma.
Clarke has spoken publicly about surviving two brain haemorrhages, leading to thousands of young survivors around the world speaking out about their own battles and revealing the difficulties they faced accessing rehabilitation.
Nearly one in three people will suffer a brain injury in their lifetime.
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Clarke, best known for her role in Game of Thrones, and her mother Jenny launched the charity SameYou in 2020. It is on a mission to pilot recovery innovations that bring immediate benefits to brain injury survivors and their families.
It works with partners globally to launch ground-breaking therapies and lead vital research into brain injury that wouldn’t be funded otherwise.
Jenny, who is also chief executive of SameYou, says: “Emilia and I are both extremely honoured to accept this award on behalf of every brain injury survivor who has struggled to access quality rehabilitation and has had to fight for their own recovery.”