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  • Five year old stroke survivor, with landscape designer Miria Harris and Myleene Klass, launches the Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

    Five year old stroke survivor, with landscape designer Miria Harris and Myleene Klass, launches the Stroke Association’s Garden for Recovery at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

    The Stroke Association officially launched its first ever show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on Monday 20 May during Stroke Awareness Month, created to support stroke survivors to achieve their best possible recovery.

    Five-year-old stroke survivor Freddie Rushton placed the final trowel of soil onto the garden alongside musician and TV presenter Myleene Klass, and the critically acc

  • Edinburgh Woman takes on Edinburgh Half Marathon to show her Determination to husband

    Edinburgh Woman takes on Edinburgh Half Marathon to show her Determination to husband

    Laura Buchanan, 41, from Edinburgh, will be taking part in the Edinburgh Half Marathon this weekend (Sunday 26 May,) raising funds for the Stroke Association.
    Laura’s husband Craig (42,) had a severe stroke 18 months ago. He was left unable to walk and with limited speech, and the family were told to prepare for the worst.
    After three weeks at The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Craig was transfe

  • Glasgow woman undertakes Edinburgh Marathon

    Glasgow woman undertakes Edinburgh Marathon


    Jill Smylie, 44 from Clarkston, Glasgow, is going to be undertaking the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 26 May.

    She is doing this as part of a series of marathons across Europe: Paris, Valencia and Berlin. As she turns 44 in the year 2024, she thought running four marathons would be an exciting challenge, fitting with all the ‘4s’ this year.
    For all four marathons, she is raising fun

  • Thankful: stroke survivor Paul McCausland with his wife Rachel

    Stroke patients in Northern Ireland missing out on ‘miracle treatment’

    A Hillsborough man who was saved by a “game changing” procedure after his stroke is backing calls for it to be made available 24/7 in Northern Ireland.

    After collapsing at home, Paul McCausland was treated with a thrombectomy, which involves inserting a small tool into the brain to pluck out the blood clot causing the stroke and killing brain cells.
    Stroke Association NI say the revolut

  • Wishaw woman lays out “miracle recovery” after stroke at 70

    Wishaw woman lays out “miracle recovery” after stroke at 70


    Wishaw woman lays out “miracle recovery” after stroke at 70

    Veronica Murphy, 70, from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, is calling for every stroke survivor to get the chance of recovery that she did. Veronica received life-changing rehabilitation treatment after a serious brain haemorrhage in December last year.

    Veronica’s call for action comes as the Stroke Association’s ‘Thriv

  • Join the Bundy family for a Sparkling Afternoon Tea to support stroke!

    Join the Bundy family for a Sparkling Afternoon Tea to support stroke!

    Following the death of Tony Bundy from a stroke last June, the family, who live in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, are hosting a Sparkling Afternoon Tea on Sunday 2 Juneat 2.30pm at the Falkirk Stadium. They want as many people as possible to come along, support a good cause, and join the Bundy family in marking the anniversary of the death of their husband and father, Tony.
    Since Tony’s death, t

  • Local woman sets ambitious target for Kiltwalks in Scotland

    Local woman sets ambitious target for Kiltwalks in Scotland

    Diane Agnew, 43, from Largs has decided to take on all four of the Kiltwalks in Scotland to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
    The Kiltwalk is Scotland’s largest mass participation walking event with over 145,000 people taking part since 2016. Last year’s event was the biggest with 27,500 Kiltwalkers raising a total of over £5.1 million for 1,550 Scottish charities.
    Diane will be taki

  • Tango passion: Vincent Simone and Victoria Martin will star at a fundraising ball for the Stroke Association

    Strictly star Vincent Simone will dance in Belfast to support stroke survivors

    Vincent Simone, World champion dancer and star of TV’s Strictly Come Dancing, will be dancing with partner Victoria Martin at a charity ball in aid for the Stroke Association in Belfast on Saturday (27 April).
    Victoria, a professional dancer from Newtownards whose career almost ended when she had a stroke, invited Vincent to headline with her at the Ceroc Ignite Spring Ball at the Titanic Hote

  • “People of The Valley” Photography Exhibition

    “People of The Valley” Photography Exhibition

    Graham Riddell, photographer from Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders is holding a photography exhibition during the course of May, at Findra Clothing in Innerleithen.
    Graham will be raising funds for the Stroke Association following his sister’s stroke in 2022.
    Dianne, Graham’s sister, had a massive stroke, which at first left her unable to swallow or move properly. The family were told t

  • Local Stroke Nurse undertakes 10K for Good Cause

    Local Stroke Nurse undertakes 10K for Good Cause

    Demi-lee Mccullough, 20 from Paisley, is running a 10K, to raise funds for the Stroke Association on 29 April.
    Demi-lee knows only too well the devastating impact a stroke can have on the person affected, and their family and friends. Demi-lee is a bank nurse at The Royal Alexandra hospital in Paisley. She says:

    “What I notice most about the effects of a person’s stroke, is how much it t

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