An annual Santa Run took place on Sunday 6 December in East London to raise funds for charity.
Up to 4,000 people donned a Santa suit and took on a 10k fun runaround Victoria Park, including a group of Royal Mail graduates who raised £4640 with matched giving for the Stroke Association.
The team of nine celebrated an event that was all about ‘the taking part' and ‘not the winning’ to fund Li
The SSNAP post-acute audit from the Royal College of Physicians gives us a picture of the care available to stroke survivors when they leave a stroke unit. These findings give us a much more complete picture of the services available and what needs to be in place to ensure consistently good care.
A Redditch stroke survivor and his son have received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of their fundraising efforts for the charity.
A stroke survivor from Leicester has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of her courage and determination.
A stroke survivor from Stoke-on-Trent has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of her courage and determination.
A stroke survivor from Acocks Green has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association.
A dedicated 20-year-old from Witney has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of his support and determination.
In February 2012, 17-year-old Thomas Gray was called out of class by a teacher and told that his mother, Sarah, had had a stroke.
The stroke left Sarah with the speech disorder aphasia, as well as problems with her short and
A young stroke survivor from Hampshire has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of his courage and determination.
Alex Roantree-Roesch was just seven years old when he had a stroke in December 2011. Alex was left unable to walk and lost all of his speech.
Alex’s mum Angela said: “Alex was just like any other typical seven year old boy
A stroke survivor from Jersey has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of her courage and determination.
Nicole Le Miere, a primary school teacher, was just 29 when she had a stroke in January 2009. Nicole woke up one morning feeling unwell.
Nicole said: “I became increasingly sick throughout the day and suddenly collapsed to the floo
A young stroke survivor from Lowestoft has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of her courage and positivity.
Lily Dewbery was just four when she had a stroke in May 2012. The stroke affected movement in the left hand side of her body. After three years of treatment, Lily has made a remarkable recovery.
Lily was nominated for the C
A stroke survivor from Harlow has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association in recognition of her courage and determination.
Carina Trickey was just 29 when she had a stroke in March 2012, five weeks before her wedding day. Carina was rushed to hospital where it was confirmed that she had had a stroke.
Since her stroke Carina has lost over three stone, a
Research reported in the press suggested that clinicians are poor at approximating the weight of patients with stroke when they are treated in an acute setting, it recommended that beds capable of weighing patients should be mandated in emergency rooms.
The Stroke Association is appealing to runners in Liverpool to join the charity’s team at the Medicash Santa Dash in Liverpool City Centre, on Sunday 06 December.
Michelle Timm, 51 from Northwich, is encouraging local residents to help raise vital funds for the Stroke Association, in memory of her husband Julian Timm.
Stroke survivors and carers from across Manchester have taken on a 35 foot high aerial assault course to support the Stroke Association.
A new public awareness film is being released on 29 October by Public Health England and the Stroke Association to coincide with World Stroke Day
Charitable pupils at Ripley St Thomas have been ‘giving a hand’ to the Stroke Association this week, to help raise awareness of stroke.
A host of well-known names supporting the Stroke Association’s latest fundraising initiative.
Norwich stroke survivor and former rugby captain Mike Jolly has teamed up with international rugby star Michael Lynagh to encourage people to ‘Give a Hand’ to the Stroke Association.
The charity’s fundraising initiative ‘Give a Hand’ will see people across the UK complete an everyday activity using the hand they wouldn’t normally use from 26 October to 01 November 2015.
Mike Jolly, 46, from
Ben Simper from Ashford is set to tackle the Death Valley Cycle in South California on Saturday 7 November 2015 to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
Ben, 28, started raising funds for the Stroke Association after his dad had a mini-stroke (also known as a TIA or transient ischaemic attack) on Boxing Day in 2010 and which has inspired him to conquer the gruelling 420km cycling challe
