Topics: Disability

  • Staffordshire resident tackles Great North Run for stroke

     After her father had a devastating stroke in 2010, Staffordshire resident Caroline Brown has completely turned her life around to lower her risk of stroke. Taking on over 14 challenges across the year for the Stroke Association, Caroline is now making her final preparations for the Great North Run.
     Caroline, 40, is taking on the 13.1 mile challenge on Sunday 7 September in memory of her

  • Grandma’s stroke inspires Dudley woman to run 5k

    Halesowen resident and first time marathoner Amanda Nelson is raring to go as she makes her final preparations to take on the Birmingham Fun Run with her family for the Stroke Association.Amanda Nelson, 29 is taking on the 3.1 mile challenge on Saturday 20 September in memory of her grandmother Dorothy Hawkes, who had a stroke 11 years ago when she underwent hip replacement surgery. Dorothy’s stro

  • Ealing resident cycles 100 miles in memory of best friend

    Ealing resident and keen bike rider Peter Treadgold is raring to go as he makes his final preparations ahead of the Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100 for the Stroke Association.
    Peter, 61, is taking on the 100 mile challenge on Sunday 10 August in memory of his best friend Nick Reeves OBE and CEO of CIWEM (the Chartered Institution for Water and Environmental Management), who had a stroke

  • Stroke inspires Watford woman to cycle from London to Paris

    After suffering a devastating stroke aged just 36, Tracey Groom from Watford is proving there is definitely life after stroke, by cycling more than 300 miles from London to Paris in aid of the Stroke Association.
    Tracey had a mini-stroke (also known as a TIA or transient ischaemic attack) in November 2003. She had experienced a severe headache for around a week when she woke with numbness i

  • Macclesfield musician scoops major stroke award

    Pieter Egriega, a stroke survivor from Macclesfield, has won a 2014 Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association for using his artistic talents to help change the lives of people who are recovering from stroke.

  • Burton and District Stroke Club wins national award

    Burton and District Stroke Club, based in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has been recognised for the support and advice they offer local stroke survivor with a 2014 Life After Stroke Award

  • Billericay Stroke Survivor Steps Out For Stroke

    Billericay stroke survivor Nicola Ackland, 32, has proved that their is ‘Life after Stroke’ after she took part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke charity walk last weekend, at High Woods Park in Colchester.
    Nicola was joined by fourteen of her family and friends who cheered her on as she managed to walk 1.61 miles, the furthest distance she has walked since her stroke two ye

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