70
year old stroke survivor Leonard du Pisanie from Peterborough will be taking the plunge on
Saturday 18 October, by skydiving for the Stroke Association, a charity
that helped him after his stroke.
Leonard, who was an educational physiologist and former
teacher, led a very active life before his stroke, taking part in endurance
races, hiking,
cycling and kayaking. Leonard was happy to c
Portsmouth’s
350ft Spinnaker Tower is a landmark most people enjoy from the ground. But
Rachel Brace, 32, and her husband Phill, 36, will abseil from the outside to raise money for
the Stroke Association on Saturday 27 September 2014.
The couple
from Kingsway, Gloucester decided to do this after Rachel had a major stoke
last year and wanted to support other people who are going through
The Stroke Association’s Portsdown Stroke Support Group is inviting residents to a Stroke Community Fair. The free, public event takes place at the new Hillside and Wymering Community Centre, Cheltenham Road, Paulsgrove from 11am to 3pm on Friday 12 September 2014.
Local
community groups including the Adventure Playground scheme, Radian, Highbury
College, Hillside Youth Club, Smoking Cessatio
Kings College
Hospital and EastEnders’ actor Rudolph Walker joined
forces with the Stroke Association and local stroke survivors on Wednesday 10
September to help conquer stroke.
The charity is supporting the International Communication Project (ICP)
2014, which aims to highlight the importance of human communication.
By signing up to the project’s online pledge, people can show their
A new project which highlights the importance of the awareness of stroke is being rolled out across West Wales.
The Stroke Association’s Act FAST- Be Stroke Aware project is now active across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. The programme aims to recruit, train and support volunteers to provide stroke awareness and prevention messages to work places and groups in the community.
A voluntary support group for stroke survivors in Newport is eager to attract new volunteers.
Casnewydd Stroke Support Group is primarily a communication support group for stroke survivors with aphasia but is open to all affected by stroke. One in three stroke survivors have aphasia, which means they can find it difficult to speak, read and write.
Peter Smith, 78, has been volunteering with
Stroke survivors from Cwmbran, New Inn and Newport are being encouraged to discover their musical side and join a new choir.
Stroke Association, in partnership with Head for Arts, is organising the choir, which will be made up of people who have been affected by stroke, their family and carers.
The choir meet at Hollybush and Coed Eva Community Hall every Thursday from 12:30 – 13:30. Anyone
Kate (32) and Gary Stanley (37) from Harlow
showed their support for the Stroke Association by rallying in 160 stroke
supporters to help them to raise
funds for the charity that helped her family through a very difficult time.
Mobile fitness business owners Kate her husband Gary,
and their business partner, Dan Dicker who work at Stanley4Fitness wanted to
take part in The Nuts Challenge on
Kate (32) and Gary Stanley (37) from Harlow
showed their support for the Stroke Association by rallying in 160 stroke
supporters to help them to raise
funds for the charity that helped her family through a very difficult time.
Mobile fitness business owners Kate her husband Gary,
and their business partner, Dan Dicker who work at Stanley4Fitness wanted to
take part in The Nuts Challenge on
The Stroke Association is calling on residents in Bournemouth and Poole
to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke event on
Sunday 7 September 2014 at Poole Park, Poole from 2:00pm.
The charity fundraising walk aims to help conquer stroke by raising vital
funds to support people affected as well as promote awareness of the condition
which strikes around 1700 people in Dors
21 year old stroke survivor to lead a music tour to raise money and awareness of stroke.
New research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke suggests that older women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes.
“Around one third of stroke
survivors have difficulty with reading, writing and speaking, and it can be
frightening and frustrating. The Stroke Association provides a Communication
and Long Term Support Service in Peterborough
to support stroke survivors in their road to recovery after their stroke.
“Stroke remains one of the greatest
health challenges of our time, not just in Peterborough
One of the largest ever independent surveys of social care in England shows people back funding increase - Six in 10 people are not confident they will receive sufficient care; that goes up to seven in 10 for over 60s - Two thirds of those aged 60 and over in England believe government should be doing more in this area and less in others
Sea Palling resident Myles
Crowder is raring to go as he makes his final preparations to take on the Bupa
Great North Run on Sunday 7 September to raise funds for the Stroke
Association.
Myles, 48, is taking on the 13.1 mile challenge in memory of his mother
Jean who had a stroke at the age of 83.
The run falls on what would have been his mothers birthday weekend.
Myles, who has lost ju
The Commission on Human Medicine has advised that an expert working group will review information for the use of alteplase in the treatment of ischaemic stroke.
The Stroke Association has been awarded the Skills for Health Quality Mark as a healthcare training provider. The award identifies the highest quality training that offers value for money and expert understanding of the health care industry.
Data from the Royal College of Physicians Stroke programme has been used to analyse the effect of 7 day working of doctors and nurses in relation to mortality after stroke.
Recent research done on mice suggests that stimulating the part of the brain which controls movement may improve recovery after a stroke.
Tom Williams, a young graduate from Bridgend, is cycling 1100 miles from Calais to Rome in memory of his father who died of stroke.
