The Stroke Association is celebrating after being awarded a grant of National Lottery funding to launch a new project: Active Lives After Stroke. The charity has been awarded £213,620 to support four projects across England, including North Devon.
The Stroke Association’s annual Christmas carol service will this year take place on Wednesday 12 December at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street.
A group of Southport fundraisers have raised more than £18,000 for the Stroke Association, by hosting a Golf Dinner at Southport Convention Centre on Friday 23 November.
Mae Grace Matthews, 16 oed, o Grughywel, wedi ennill Gwobr Gofalwr Cenedlaethol am ei hymroddiad i gefnogi ei mam i wella ar ôl cael strôc. Dim ond 13 mlwydd oed oedd Grace pan gafodd ei mam, Heidi, strôc a effeithiodd ar ei hiaith a'i golwg.
Grace Matthews, 16, from Crickhowell, has won a national Carer Award for her dedication in supporting her mum recover after a stroke. Grace was just 13 when her mum, Heidi, had a stroke which affected her speech and sight.
Emma Raven, 37, from Bootle in Merseyside, has won a national courage award for her commitment to raising awareness of stroke after surviving her own stroke in 2014. Emma’s stroke caused her to miscarry her baby and left her with long-term disabililties.
Liz Topliss, 75, from Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, has won a national award for volunteering after leading a stroke group and supporting the stroke community in various roles for almost 40 years.
A choir made up of stroke survivors, charity staff, volunteers, health professionals and family members has won a national award, for the impact it makes to local people affected by stroke.
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Dr Sreeman Andole, Assistant Medical Director at NHS England and Clinical Director at Kings College Foundation NHS Trust has topped a public vote to win the Professional Excellence category of the Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke Awards.
Portsmouth brother and sister Marvin Fray and Bethany Foley, have been awarded a Life After Stroke Award for fundraising, after they brought in over £27,000 for the Stroke Association. They were presented with their award by Warwick Davis and Stephen K Amos at the Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke Awards at the Landmark hotel in London on 21 November 2018.
Stratford resident Marcia Holmes, has been awarded a Life After Stroke Award for fundraising after she and her siblings brought in over £27,000 for the Stroke Association. She was presented with her award by Warwick Davis and Stephen K Amos at the Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke Awards at the Landmark hotel in London on 21 November 2018.
Elizabeth Kiss, 17, from Ingatestone, Brentwood has been given a courage award for her determination to recover from a stroke which left her with both mental and physical disabilities.
Colleagues at Well Pharmacy’s Healthcare Service Centre in Stoke-on-Trent got a surprise this week when stroke survivor Paul Bailey dropped by to personally thank them for raising over £17,000 for the Stroke Association.
We secured MSP sponsorship of A Know Your Blood Pressure event in The Scottish Parliament during the week of World Stroke Day (29 October).
Over 50 MSPs came along to discuss the importance of high blood pressure and its link to stroke.
Many of those MSPs, committed to knowing more about how stroke and how it might affect people in their constituency have requested further discussion with co
Stephen King, Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Stroke Association said:
“We were sad to hear of the passing of Lord Skelmersdale. He was the Chair of the Stroke Association from 1993 to 2003 and during that time, he made many important contributions to our charity.
“Under Lord Skelmersdale’s leadership we were able to support more people affected by stroke and fund stroke research. He w
Inspirational art work created by stroke survivors from across West Kent were on public display at Allington Library on Tuesday 6 November.
Bydd rhaglen therapi celf newydd ar gyfer goroeswyr strôc yn dychwelyd i Ganolfan cymunedol Tŷ Llewelyn, Llandudno, ar Dachwedd 16.
An art therapy programme for stroke survivors will return to Tŷ Llewelyn Community Centre in Llandudno on 16 November
The Stroke Association has launched two new services which will support people affected by stroke across Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley.