Kings College
Hospital and EastEnders’ actor Rudolph Walker joined
forces with the Stroke Association and local stroke survivors on Wednesday 10
September to help conquer stroke.
The charity is supporting the International Communication Project (ICP)
2014, which aims to highlight the importance of human communication.
By signing up to the project’s online pledge, people can show their
A new project which highlights the importance of the awareness of stroke is being rolled out across West Wales.
The Stroke Association’s Act FAST- Be Stroke Aware project is now active across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. The programme aims to recruit, train and support volunteers to provide stroke awareness and prevention messages to work places and groups in the community.
A voluntary support group for stroke survivors in Newport is eager to attract new volunteers.
Casnewydd Stroke Support Group is primarily a communication support group for stroke survivors with aphasia but is open to all affected by stroke. One in three stroke survivors have aphasia, which means they can find it difficult to speak, read and write.
Peter Smith, 78, has been volunteering with
Stroke survivors from Cwmbran, New Inn and Newport are being encouraged to discover their musical side and join a new choir.
Stroke Association, in partnership with Head for Arts, is organising the choir, which will be made up of people who have been affected by stroke, their family and carers.
The choir meet at Hollybush and Coed Eva Community Hall every Thursday from 12:30 – 13:30. Anyone
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
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
Royal Mail Group has announced the Stroke Association as its new charity partner
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
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
21 year old stroke survivor to lead a music tour to raise money and awareness of stroke.
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
New research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke suggests that older women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes.
