Colne volunteer receives regional recognition
A volunteer from Colne has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association, in recognition of more than 10 years of support for stroke survivors.
A volunteer from Colne has received a Highly Commended Life After Stroke Award from the Stroke Association, in recognition of more than 10 years of support for stroke survivors.
Royal Mail Deputy Manager, Carl Bell from Cheadle Hulme, is set to reach new heights on Saturday 08 November, when he zip slides across the AJ Bell Stadium to raise funds for the Stroke Association.
A sea of over 200 purple fundraisers came together to help conquer stroke, at the Stroke Association’s Resolution Run in Warrington on Saturday 05 October.
Craig McKenna, 38, from Morley is set to face the Yorkshire Marathon on Sunday 12 October in his final fundraising challenge for the Stroke Association.
Washington mum Louise Plant, 38, is calling all adrenaline junkies to join her as she does the 230 metre Shocktober zipwire challenge to raise money for the Stroke Association on the 18 October.
The Stroke Association is calling on fun-seeking fundraisers to take part in an unforgettable zip slide across the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford.
The Stroke Association will host a glittering Sporting Dinner with England 1966 World Cup winner, Gordon Banks OBE, on Friday 17th October.
Stroke
survivor and Banwell resident Peter Griffith is gearing up to take part in the
first ever Bristol 100/60/25 cycle ride on Sunday 28 September. Peter aims to
tackle the event’s 100 mile route to raise £500 for
the Stroke Association.
Peter, 48,
has always been a keen cyclist and was inspired to take on the challenge for
the charity after having a stroke in 2006.
Peter was in
hi
The Stroke Association is calling on fun-seeking fundraisers to take part in an unforgettable abseil down the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth on Saturday 27 September 2014 and Sunday 28 September 2014.
Adrenaline junkies can sign up for a slot to descend the 350ft drop between 8:30am to 4:00pm.
Nic Clarke, fundraiser at Stroke Association, said: “The Stroke Association’s Spinnaker abseil is on
Shoreditch resident Jessica Knowles, 27, is taking on the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 7 September to raise funds for the Stroke Association, after her father, Keith, had a stroke earlier this year. Jess will return to her birth town of South Shields as she takes on the same 13.1 mile race as her father did, three decades ago.
Keith had a stroke on 15 April 2014 at the age of 57. He had been
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.
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