South Harting resident Caroline Levitt, 49, is on the road to recovery after a stroke left her unable to say a single word in 2013. Caroline, a mum of four, woke up at 5am one morning unable to move or speak. Her husband Alex noticed something wasn’t right and quickly dialled 999.
Rainham resident Amber Garland, 26, is on the road to recovery after a stroke left her unable to talk in 2009. Amber was just 19-years-old and studying psychology at university when she had multiple strokes. Amber woke up in hospital after being unconscious for a week to discover she could no longer walk, talk or swallow.
The charity is named Glastonbury Festival’s Health Charity of the year
Dobbies in Southport turned purple recently to celebrate the Stroke Association’s annual stroke awareness month: Make May Purple and raised £272 in the process.
Stroke Association poll shows carers going without the help they need
Adults in good physical shape are less likely to have a stroke in later life, research suggests
Pupils at Oxford Grove Primary School have shown their support for the Stroke Association, by raising more than £1,500 to help conquer stroke.
Tilly Barlow from Trawden, will be the youngest swimmer to take part in the Great North Swim on 11 June 2016, at just 12 years old.
Rob Sherrington, 29, from Blackpool, is preparing to walk 1,206 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of the Stroke Association, crossing the finishing line on his 30th birthday.
The latest findings from a study investigating stem cell therapies in stroke rehabilitation
A group of stroke survivors from across London have created a collaborative poem about their life experiences.
Two young pupils at Bury Grammar School turned their school purple on Friday 27 May to celebrate the Stroke Association’s annual awareness month: Make May Purple.
In a bid to conquer stroke, the Stroke Association has teamed up with Anglian Water in Lincoln to help reduce the biggest controllable risk factor of the condition.
The Sea Cadets of HMS Kelly are backing the Stroke Association’s annual awareness-raising month, Make May Purple, and posed wearing purple armbands to show their support.
A group of care staff have been honoured as Stroke Champions by the Stroke Association, in a celebratory presentation at Moores House in Salford on Tuesday 10 May.
The Stroke Association celebrated their annual awareness-raising month with a Make May Purple event in Battersea Park.
Ruth and Caroline cycled the length of Wales to raise funds and awareness of stroke.
Local Benfleet resident Lorna Bourke, 62, has shown there is life after stroke by taking part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke event at Hylands Park on Sunday 15 May.
10-year-old Georgia is taking on a 20km walk after her mum's friend died suddenly of a stroke.
A local stroke survivor from Peterborough is set to take part in the Stroke Association’s Step out for Stroke event at Ferry Meadows Country Park on Sunday 12 June 2016.
