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  • Renée Wallen: my son had a stroke

    Renée Wallen: my son had a stroke

    "As much as anyone thinks they know about stroke, until you've actually spent the night awake by your child's bedside, watching every breath and wondering if they'll wake up, speak, walk, be the child they once were - or a new person bringing unimaginable life changes to the family, it's impossible to really understand."

  • Nikki Cantrill gyda'i chi

    Diwrnod o hwyl a sioe gŵn i gefnogi strôc.

    Mae’r hyfforddwr cŵn Nikki Cantrill yn addo diwrnod o hwyl ac adloniant yn Sioe Gwn Powys K9. Trefnwyd y sioe er côf am ei thad a fu farw o strôc. Bydd y digwyddiad yn cael ei gynnal ar 2 Medi, ar dir y busnes helpodd Tony Cantrill i’w ferch Nikki sefydlu.

  • Nikki Cantrill with her dog

    Fun Day and Dog Show in support of The Stroke Association

    Llansanfraid dog trainer, Nikki Cantrill, has organised a dog show in memory of her father who died following a stroke in July. The event will be held on 2nd September on the grounds of the dog training business Tony Cantrill helped his daughter establish.

  • Stroke Association comment on NHS England Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases announcement

    Link to story https://www.hsj.co.uk/clinical/learning-disabilities-added-to-long-term-plan-clinical-priorities/7023130.article

    Dominic Brand, Executive Director of External Affairs at the Stroke Association said:
    “We welcome the announcement by NHS England today which recognises stroke as a key priority condition within the new Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases focus. We’re pleased

  • Llinos Wyn Parry a Rachel Richards

    PROSIECT NEWYDD I HELPU ADEILADU CYMUNED STRÔC GRYFACH

    Bydd llawer mwy o oroeswyr strôc a'u gofalwyr ledled Cymru bellach yn gallu cael cymorth ychwanegol i helpu gyda'u hadferiadau, diolch i lansiad prosiect newydd ‘Camau Cymunedol Strôc' gan y Gymdeithas Strôc.

  • Llinos Wyn Parry and Rachel Richards

    NEW PROJECT TO HELP BUILD A STRONGER STROKE COMMUNITY

    Many more stroke survivors and their carers across Wales will be now able to receive additional support to help with their recoveries, thanks to the launch of a brand new project ‘Stroke Community Steps’ run by the Stroke Association.  

  • Stroke Association comment on beauty parlour stroke syndrome

    Alexis Kolodziej, Deputy Director for Policy at the Stroke Association said: “A stroke can sometimes be caused if you tear the lining of an artery in your neck. In many cases, there’s no clear reason behind this happening, but for some people it could be the result of an injury. There is a very small chance that an injury might be caused by extending your neck back in a chair to have your hair wa

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