Phil Woodford, a 47 year old stroke survivor from Catterall, Lancashire, will take on Scafell Pike on Sunday 3 June, alongside staff from the Stroke Association in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary Stroke Therapy team, volunteers and family members.
Stroke Association congratulates Prof Averil Mansfield for her Lifetime Achievement Award
Andy Cloud, 59 from Southsea, is set to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk, just five months after a life changing stroke.
Sarah Harbron, 31 from Stockton-on-Tees, is set to take part in the Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk in aid of the Stroke Association after being left paralysed following a stroke. She will take on the walk at Stewart Park, Middlesbrough on Friday 1 June.
Paul Flannery, 36 from Lincoln, is set to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk at Central Park on Sunday 20 May, despite being told he would never walk again.
The Stroke Association is hosting a Step out for Stroke fundraising walk in Taylor Park at 11am on Thursday 21 June to support stroke survivors and their families.
The Stroke Association is hosting a Step out for Stroke fundraising walk in Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent at 11am on Sunday 10 June to support stroke survivors and their families.
Staff at LSH Auto in Stockport have been helping to Make May Purple in support of the Stroke Association.
Stroke survivors’ chances of making the best recovery is being put at significant risk due to insufficient data on the availability of rehabilitation therapy after stroke.
Over 96 stroke survivors and Chelmsford residents raised over £2,500 for the Stroke Association, by taking part in the charity’s Step Out for Stroke walk in Hoe Park on Saturday 12 May 2018.
An Andover therapy centre is supporting the Stroke Association’s national awareness month, Make May Purple.
Over 60 stroke survivors and Chelmsford residents raised over £600 for the Stroke Association, by taking part in the charity’s Step Out for Stroke walk in Hylands Park at 11am on Sunday 6 May 2018.
Stroke survivors’ recoveries are being put at risk due to a lack of rehabilitation therapy after they leave hospital, according to the Stroke Association
Juliet Bouverie, CEO of the Stroke Association, said:
“A stroke is a brain attack. Some strokes are due to bleeding in or around the brain. These are called haemorrhagic strokes. Although they are not as common as ischaemic strokes (caused by a blockage); haemorrhagic strokes can be more serious.
“In the UK, around 15% of strokes are haemorrhagic, and about 85% are ischaemic. Haemorrhagic st
Diane Hickey from Barnton, Northwich, is marking 10 years since a life-changing stroke by hosting an art sale for the Stroke Association, during Make May Purple for Stroke.
Staff from Quicksteel Ltd in Middlewich will take on a gruelling 230 mile cycle for the Stroke Association, after they lost their friend and colleague to a stroke just this year.
The Stroke Association is hosting a Step out for Stroke fundraising walk in Weston Park at 12pm on Sunday 10 June to support stroke survivors and their families.
The Stroke Association is hosting a Step out for Stroke fundraising walk Grosvenor Park at 10:30am on Saturday 09 June, to support stroke survivors and their families.
The Stroke Association is appealing to runners in Norfolk to join the charity for their annual Beat the Tide run, on Sunday 24 June.
Almost 400 people from across Manchester ran, jogged and walked on Sunday 29 April, raising more than £15,000 for the Stroke Association at the charity’s Resolution Run.
