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  • Local Fitness Club Show Their Support For Stroke

    Kate (32) and Gary Stanley (37) from Harlow showed their support for the Stroke Association by rallying in 160 stroke supporters to help them to raise funds for the charity that helped her family through a very difficult time.
    Mobile fitness business owners Kate her husband Gary, and their business partner, Dan Dicker who work at Stanley4Fitness wanted to take part in The Nuts Challenge on

  • Local fitness club show their support for stroke

    Kate (32) and Gary Stanley (37) from Harlow showed their support for the Stroke Association by rallying in 160 stroke supporters to help them to raise funds for the charity that helped her family through a very difficult time.
    Mobile fitness business owners Kate her husband Gary, and their business partner, Dan Dicker who work at Stanley4Fitness wanted to take part in The Nuts Challenge on

  • Make your weekend an experience you’ll never forget

    The Stroke Association is calling on fun-seeking fundraisers to take part in an unforgettable abseil down the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth on Saturday 27 September 2014 and Sunday 28 September 2014.
    Adrenaline junkies can sign up for a slot to descend the 350ft drop between 8:30am to 4:00pm.
    Nic Clarke, fundraiser at Stroke Association, said: “The Stroke Association’s Spinnaker abseil is on

  • Poole community urged to step out and help conquer stroke

    The Stroke Association is calling on residents in Bournemouth and Poole to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke event on Sunday 7 September 2014 at Poole Park, Poole from 2:00pm.
    The charity fundraising walk aims to help conquer stroke by raising vital funds to support people affected as well as promote awareness of the condition which strikes around 1700 people in Dors

  • Jess follows in father’s footsteps to raise funds for the Stroke Association

    Shoreditch resident Jessica Knowles, 27, is taking on the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September to raise funds for the Stroke Association, after her father, Keith, had a stroke earlier this year. Jess will return to her birth town of South Shields as she takes on the same 13.1 mile race as her father did, three decades ago. 
    Keith had a stroke on 15 April 2014 at the age of 57. He had been

  • Letter from Hannah Longlands, Communication Support Coordinator - Long Term Support for the Stroke Association in Peterborough

    “Around one third of stroke survivors have difficulty with reading, writing and speaking, and it can be frightening and frustrating. The Stroke Association provides a Communication and Long Term Support Service in Peterborough to support stroke survivors in their road to recovery after their stroke.
    “Stroke remains one of the greatest health challenges of our time, not just in Peterborough

  • Norfolk resident takes on the Bupa Great North Run to raise funds for the Stroke Association

    Sea Palling resident Myles Crowder is raring to go as he makes his final preparations to take on the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
    Myles, 48, is taking on the 13.1 mile challenge in memory of his mother Jean who had a stroke at the age of 83. The run falls on what would have been his mothers birthday weekend.
    Myles, who has lost ju

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