Preston netball players help to Make May Purple for stroke
A local student is helping to help Make May Purple this Action on Stroke Month 2015, by organising a purple netball tournament to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
A local student is helping to help Make May Purple this Action on Stroke Month 2015, by organising a purple netball tournament to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
This weekend Charlotte Clowes, 50, from East Dulwich, helped to support the Stroke Association’s Action on Stroke Month by baking purple cakes at Dulwich Festival.
Mum of two, Charlotte, a textiles artist, had a stroke in 2009. Charlotte had collapsed at her home in East Dulwich after complaining of migraine for three days, and was taken to King's College hospital.
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The number of strokes occurring in people of working age has risen by a quarter over the past 15 years
The award-winning Gateshead Millenium Bridge and Baltic Square lit up in purple on Friday 01 May, to celebrate the launch of Action on Stroke Month.
An inspirational mosaic created by stroke survivors was unveiled at Blackpool Victoria Hospital Stroke Unit on Friday 01 May, to mark the launch of Action on Stroke Month.
ITV and C4 star Kim Woodburn will officially open the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke sponsored walking event in Croxteth Park, Liverpool on Saturday 09 May.
Stroke survivors from Liverpool are the subjects of a powerful new photography exhibition, which will be displayed in the city during Action on Stroke Month.
Fort Regent Dome, Mont Orgueil Castle and Victoria College in Jersey will all be lighting up purple during the month of May for Action on Stroke Month. The buildings have agreed to help raise awareness of stroke and join the Stroke Association to Make May Purple.
A play set in the West Country, Unearthed, will be helping to raise awareness of the impact of stroke during Action on Stroke month. The Production from Folio Theatre will be touring across the South West throughout the month of May.
Local Stroke Survivor Richard Spanswick from Plymouth is asking everyone to join him and other stroke survivors to Step Out for Stroke on the 6th June 2015. The event is a fundraising walk perfect for the whole family that will be taking place at Plymouth Hoe.
A new support group for stroke survivors has launched in Newton Aycliffe, to help people in the area come to terms with a life after stroke.
A young mother and stroke survivor from Wakefield has successfully completed the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon, dressed as a Pink Lady® apple to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.