13-year-old carer wins national award
Cheyenne McLaughlin, 13, from Isleworth, Middlesex, has been presented with a 2014 Stroke Association Life After Stroke Award.
Cheyenne McLaughlin, 13, from Isleworth, Middlesex, has been presented with a 2014 Stroke Association Life After Stroke Award.
Burton and District Stroke Club, based in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has been recognised for the support and advice they offer local stroke survivor with a 2014 Life After Stroke Award
Stroke survivor Angharad Lloyd-Thomas has won the Stroke Association's 2014 Adult Courage Award (18-64).
A 40-year-old mother of two from Halifax has been hailed a real-life ‘superwoman’ after scooping the Stroke Association’s prestigious Fundraiser of the Year award.
Amanda Morris, who received her award from former Dragon and stroke survivor Hilary Devey at the charity’s annual Life After Stroke Awards on 12 June 2014, raised over £11,500 for the charity’s life-changing work with stroke survivor
Hannah Garrity, 14, from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, wins the 2014 Children and Young People’s Life After Stroke Award.
Billericay
stroke survivor Nicola Ackland, 32, has proved that their is ‘Life after
Stroke’ after she took part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke
charity walk last weekend, at High Woods Park in Colchester.
Nicola
was joined by fourteen of her family and friends who cheered her on as she
managed to walk 1.61 miles, the furthest distance she has walked since her
stroke two ye
Statement from Sara Betsworth, Regional Head of Operations for the Stroke Association in the East of England
A stroke survivor from Rochdale has joined forces with other survivors in the area to form a walking football team, and celebrated reaching the semi-finals of their first football tournament.
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Local Halifax resident Paul Thomas, 36, proved there is ‘Life after Stroke’ by taking part in the Step out for Stroke fundraising walk at Roundhay Park on Saturday 31 May, alongside his newborn baby girl, Maddy.
To coincide with
‘Volunteer Week’ which runs from 1-7 June 2014, Antrim’s Deputy Mayor, Councillor
Brian Graham, has supported the Stroke Association in recognising the support
and commitment received from its volunteers at a special celebration event in Antrim.
The Stroke
Association is the only UK wide charity solely dedicated to combating stroke in
people of all ages. Its services dir
Stroke survivor and Helsby resident, Vera Kelly has completed the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke event in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on Tuesday 20 May.