Baroness Brady, politician, businesswoman and star of The Apprentice, is launching a nation-wide search for inspiring stroke survivors, carers and volunteers to take part in the Stroke Association’s 2015 Life After Stroke Awards sponsored by the TONI & GUY Charitable Foundation.
Royal Mail Deputy Manager, Carl Bell from Cheadle Hulme, is set to reach new heights on Saturday 08 November, when he zip slides across the AJ Bell Stadium to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
A stroke survivor from Liverpool has bounced back with banter and received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association, in recognition of his courage and determination
A musical stroke survivor from Crewe has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association, in recognition of her courage and determination.
A local art workshop project for stroke survivors in Sunderland, has launched in the area, after a generous donation from a stroke survivor’s daughter-in-law.
Peterborough sisters Emily (20) and Hayley
(24) Shipton dubbed as ‘Team Blister Sisters’ raised £2,100 for the Stroke
Association after completing the 100km Thames Path Challenge,
walking over 27 hours non-stop from Putney to Henley to raise vital funds for
the charity.
The sisters started the walk on Saturday 13 September, and completed the
walk on Sunday in memory of their Nan who
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Joe Korner, Director of External Affairs at the Stroke Association pays tribute to actress, broadcaster and charity supporter Lynda Bellingham OBE
The SSNAP report contains data for stroke patients admitted to and stroke patients discharged from inpatient care between 1 April and 30 June 2014.This latest report shows that six stroke services scored an ‘A’ overall for the quality of care they provide for patients.
New research findings suggest that stenting should be offered as an option to many more patients
David McDonough, 55, has been awarded a Life After Stroke
certificate from the Stroke Association in recognition for his bravery in
coming to terms with the effects of stroke.
David’s wife, Valerie, was also recognised with a Life After
Stroke certificate in honour of the support she has given David throughout his
recovery. The East Devon couple were presented with their certificates by rad
A 9-year-old from Plymouth
was presented with a Life After Stroke Award for his bravery in coping with the
effects of having a stroke when he was 11 months old. Levi Richards was
nominated for a Stroke Association South West award by five different people.
One of his whom was Sally
Birch, Levi’s mum. Sally explained: “Levi has been through a great deal but
manages to take whatever life thr
Lord Cobham and Councillor Janice Boswell joined forces with the Stroke Association and local
stroke survivors on Thursday 09 October 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 support
to the million
Women could more than half their odds of having a stroke by making five simple changes to their lifestyle, researchers believe.
The Stroke Association Supercar Saturday will return to Wiltshire’s famous Castle Combe circuit on Saturday 25 October 2014. The charity event offers the chance for racing fans to live their dream of driving round the main race track in a top car with a professional driver.
Jacky Bowman, 57 from
Shanklin on the Isle of Wight was a Bank Manager until her husband, Andy, had
three strokes which made her decide to take early retirement to be with him.
Jacky abseiled down Portsmouth’s 350ft Spinnaker Tower on
Sunday 28 September to raise money for the Stroke Association, the
charity which supported them after Andy’s stroke.
Jacky explained: “The Stroke
Associat
Over 100 runners took on the challenge of running a 5K or 10K yesterday round Strathclyde Country Park to raise vital funds for the charity.'Together We Can Conquer Stroke' signs were banded around before, during and after the run to reinforce the message that the charity believes that by working together, stroke can be conquered.
Kirsty Scott, Community Fundraiser for Scotland said, “We are so
Over 20 local fundraisers will get on their bikes to tackle a 500 kilometre cycle from Paris to Jersey for the Stroke Association
Basingstoke resident and stroke
survivor Bex Jennings, 23, took on the Hyde Park Resolution Run on Sunday 22
September to raise
vital funds for the Stroke Association.
Bex was
inspired to take on the Resolution Run after she had a devastating stroke aged
22. In October 2013, on the way out for dinner with her boyfriend, Bex
struggled to hold her boyfriend's hand. Not realising there was a
New study provides evidence that ICH (intracerebral haemorrhage, a type of haemorrhagic stroke) patients who were treated with statins made better recoveries.
The Stroke Association is calling on fun-seeking fundraisers to take part in an unforgettable zip slide across the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford.
