Startling research unveiled today shows nearly a third of people in Wales who personally know a survivor of stroke admitting that they are struggling to support them to make their best possible recovery, according to new findings published today by the Stroke Association.
Over a quarter (27%)of the population don’t know that a stroke occurs in the brain – highlighting a lack of knowledge around the UK’s leading cause of disability.
Juliet Bouverie, 50, Chief Executive at the Stroke Association from West London,is taking on the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 28 April 2019 to raise funds and awareness for the charity she leads.
Kiara Bailey, 25 from Macclesfield, is inviting local people to The Swan With Two Necks on Friday 03 May, for an evening of live music to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
The Stroke Association is celebrating ten years of supporting Wakefield stroke survivors on their road to recovery, on Saturday 13 April.
Lexy Walton-Godfrey, 29, from Nottingham made a New Year’s resolution to take part in her first ever Resolution Run in aid of the Stroke Association on Sunday 5 May at Markeaton Park in Derby.
The Stroke Association has welcomed the launch of the Department of Health’s consultation on reshaping stroke services in Northern Ireland.
A team of research nurses from Salford Royal Hospital are taking part in the Resolution Run in aid of the Stroke Association at Heaton Park on Sunday 07 April 2019, after their team leader survived a stroke.
The Stroke Association is partnering with SameYou to understand and report on the unmet needs of young adults living with brain injury and stroke.
A group of runners from Bury are taking part in the Resolution Run in aid of the Stroke Association at Heaton Park on Sunday 07 April 2019, alongside 35 year old stroke survivor Alison Brown.
Mike Jolly, 49, from Taverham, is taking on the Virgin Money London Marathon for the Stroke Association on Sunday 28 April 2019 after two of his closest friends also had strokes in the same year.
A stroke survivor from Southampton is taking on the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday 24 March 2019, to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
