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  • Golf club raises over £5,000 for stroke charities

    Members at Thornbury Golf club have raised a massive £5770.00 this year which has been donated to two stroke charities. The Captains’ charities for 2014 are The Stroke Association and The Thornbury & District Stroke Support Group.

  • Stroke survivors send Christmas messages to others in Acute Stroke Unit

    Stroke survivors from the Wokingham Stroke Support Group have created Christmas decorations with messages for new stroke survivors to encourage them in their fight to recovery. Messages of ‘Keep smiling’, ‘Keep going’ and ‘Don’t give up’ are included in the decorations which have been used to decorate the tree in the Acute Stroke unit at Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  • Special Stroke Choir uses the power of song to find their voices

    The Petersfield Stroke Association Voluntary Group has formed an Aphasia choir and they will be performing for the first time on 20th December 2014 in the town centre. The group who all suffer from Aphasia will be singing a selection of Christmas Carols.

  • Stroke survivors speak up to improve stroke care for others.

    Stroke survivors and carers met with a variety of stroke care professionals to give feedback on their experience of stroke and the stroke care pathway in City. The annual feedback event was held in the Holiday Inn on 20th November 2014.

  • First class: The first Life after Stroke Grant funded by Royal Mail

    Royal Mail Group has delivered the first Life after Stroke Grant funded by its Charity of the Year partnership with the Stroke Association. Jabeen Mitha, a 56 year old stroke survivor, is the first beneficiary of 10,000 Life after Stroke Grants that the postal service aims to fund over the next two years.

  • Daily Express supports the Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke Awards 2015

    ​The Stroke Association is delighted to announce a new media partnership with the Daily Express Newspaper for the Life After Stroke Awards 2015. The annual Life After Stroke Awards, sponsored by TONI & GUY Charitable Foundation, honour the courage and dedication shown by stroke survivors, carers, volunteers and health professionals.

  • ​Croydon resident tackles Authentic Greek Marathon for stroke

    Croydon resident George Thanasoulias took on the Authentic Greek Marathon on Sunday 9 November with his friend Jordan Charlesworth in aid of the Stroke Association, after both their Grandfathers had devastating strokes.
    George, 29, from Croydon sadly lost his Grandfather three years ago after a serve stroke. George said, “My granddad’s stroke had a huge impact on him and my family. I wanted to

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