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
A young South Shields graduate whose grandparents both had strokes will tackle the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September, to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
Dr James Logan, TV presenter of Embarrassing Bodies, will hit the streets of Newcastle on 7 September, when he tackles the Great North Run for the Stroke Association.
A Morecambe father will tackle the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September in memory of his Nanna who had a stroke, while his four year old son will compete in the Mini Run, all in support of the Stroke Association.
A Hexham teacher who lost her dad to stroke will tackle the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September, to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
The dreams of fundraising superstar, Amanda Morris, from Halifax, came true this week, when she came face to face with one of the Stroke Association’s top celebrity supporters, Greg James.
The Stroke Association are hosting an antique valuation day on Wednesday
17 September with the help from Nick Davies of BBC Flog it! to raise vital
funds for the charity.
Antique lovers are encouraged to make a beeline for the valuation day
which will be held at the Life after Stroke Centre from 10am to 2pm. In the
style of the much-loved BBC show, residents can dust off their antiques and
Widnes fitness fans worked up a sweat and raised over £200 for the Stroke Association, at a boot camp fundraiser on Saturday 2 August.
A team of daredevils from family furniture store, Arighi Bianchi, took a leap of faith and took part in an unforgettable abseil at the Liverpool Cathedral, in aid of the Stroke Association.
Stroke survivor, Peter
Banks from Hillingdon will tackle the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7
September, to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association, after he had a stroke
in 2012.
PE teacher Peter Banks, 31,
had a stroke in January 2012. When Peter had his stroke, specialists at the
stroke unit quickly treated him and gave him thrombolysis – a clot-busting drug
to restore the flow of
Stroke survivor Michael Taylor has proved that there is definitely ‘Life
after Stroke’ by taking part in a 12 hour rowing challenge on Saturday 26 July,
with the help from over 50 other rowers including his four sons, and former GB
Olympian rower Ali Sanders.
The Stroke for Stroke team were rowing on ergometers along the River Thames in Putney
on Saturday. Michael (68), and his so
Five year old Ben Robinson, has raised an amazing £1,536 for the Stroke Association
