This dementia awareness week, three of the UK’s leading health charities have highlighted that one in ten stroke survivors (10 per cent) are expected to develop dementia within a year of having their stroke, increasing to a third (32 per cent) within 5 years.(1)
A stroke survivor from Oxford is set to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step Out for Stroke event in Hales Meadow on Saturday 10 June, just over a month after having a stroke.
A Doncaster woman is preparing to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
Greater Manchester stroke survivors have lent their voices and experiences to a powerful new animation to help raise awareness of stroke during Make May Purple.
The Stroke Association in Blackburn has teamed up with England Golf to provide golf courses for stroke survivors in the area.
Halton stroke survivors have been getting creative during Make May Purple with a range of purple flower sculptures to celebrate the Stroke Association’s national awareness month.
The Stroke Association will take over the Sheffield Winter Garden on Tuesday 23 May, to Make May Purple for stroke.
The Stroke Association is hosting a Step out for Stroke walk at Stewarts Park, Middlesbrough at 11am on Friday 02 June.
Emirates Spinnaker Tower shone brightly in purple on Saturday 13 May 2017 to mark the Stroke Association’s national awareness month: Make May Purple.
The Stroke Association in East Sussex is inviting local residents to the launch event of a new support service.
Rebecca Hanson, 33 from Shipley, is taking on a 5km run every day throughout May, to help raise vital funds for the Stroke Association’s work funding vital research and supporting stroke survivors.
A Wakefield support group is calling out for new volunteers to join them and help local people with aphasia on the road to recovery.
