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  • Charity and royalty congratulate incredible stroke survivor Stewart this Thank You Day as a volunteer and ambassador


    troke survivor and dedicated Stroke Association volunteer Stewart, has received a special thanks from His Royal Highness, Prince Edward The Duke of Kent, to mark this year’s Thank You Day.

    Stewart, 70, from Newton Stewart in Wigtownshire, had a stroke just over 12 years ago, which brought about his premature retirement. The stroke affected Stewart's speech, his spelling, balance, fat

  • Didcot dance teacher who feared career was over after stroke calls for more funding for research

    A Didcot dance teacher who feared her career was over after she had a severe stroke has backed the Stroke Association’s call for more research into the UK’s fourth biggest killer.
    Sam Hook had been suffering increasingly severe symptoms in the months leading up to her stroke - including temporary blindness - but says that they weren’t seen as a precursor to a possible stroke.
    Sam was 40 when

  • Havant stroke survivor pleads for more to be invested in research

    A personal trainer from Havant who had a stroke while leading an online class has backed the Stroke Association’s call for more research into the UK’s fourth biggest killer.
    Glen Eastick also wants people to realise that stroke can affect people who are young and fit – he was just 33 when he had his stroke in July 2020.
    Glen’s symptoms started while he was preparing his lunch. “I briefly los

  • Jersey woman tackles mammoth run after strokes strike her dad and uncle

    A Jersey woman whose family were rocked by two strokes in two weeks is raising money so that others may be spared the same anguish in the future.
    Brothers Rob and Steven Duhamel had strokes in September last year. Rob, 66, a former Environment Minister from Jersey who served on the States Assembly for more than two decades, sadly died and his youngest brother Steven, a 62-year-old retired audit

  • Almost half of Wales’s residents unaware that stroke is one of the biggest killers in the UK, according to Stroke Association study

    Almost half of people in Wales don’t know that stroke is the fourth biggest killer in the UK, according to new research by the Stroke Association1. Read more here: Nid yw bron i hanner y boblogaeth yng Nghymru yn gwybod mai strôc yw’r lladdwr mwyaf ond tri yn y Deyrnas Unedig, yn ôl ymchwil newydd gan y Gymdeithas Strôc1. Darllenwch fwy yma

  • Half of Northern Ireland residents unaware that stroke is one of the biggest killers in the UK, according to Stroke Association study

    More than half of the NI public don’t know that stroke is the fourth biggest killer in the UK, according to new research by the Stroke Association1. The charity has released the survey findings as it calls for vital support to fund more research into the devastating condition.
    A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off, killing brain cells. The charity’s latest stud

  • Tens of thousands of emergency patients waited over one hour for ambulances

    More than 390,000 people who called 999 in March 2022 with emergencies including suspected stroke waited an over an hour for an ambulance, today’s (14.04.22) figures show.
    Today’s data release from NHS England shows that the average response time to category 2 emergencies like stroke was 1 hour 1 minute (01:01:03) over three times the 18 minute response time target. The 90th centile target of

  • Local Stroke Researcher gets into gear for Edinburgh Marathon in May

    Marianne Donald from Glasgow is taking on her first full Marathon in May as part of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival (28-29thMay.)
    She will be doing it to increase awareness of stroke and raise funds for the Stroke Association.
    Marianne is a stroke researcher at the University of Glasgow, working on research around the damage caused by stroke. She is passionate about the cause and believes f

  • Eight Glasgow sisters organise charity event in memory of loving father

    Alana Geddes and her seven sisters lost their dad to a Covid-related stroke in November 2020. And now, they have come together to host a Gala dinner to increase awareness of stroke and to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland.
    Their father, John Geddes, a former billposter man, was a kind-hearted and loving father who always put others first. He and his wife brought up two disabl

  • Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis


    Juliet Bouverie, Chief Executive of the Stroke Association said: 

    “We are saddened to hear about Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke, however it can also be caused by brain injury, brain tumours or other neurological conditions and the treatment and recovery may vary depending on the location and severity of the damage to the brain.

    “We kno

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