The Stroke Association has been unveiled on the shortlist for the 2020 Charity Film Awards. Now, one of the stars of the charity’s Rebuilding Lives film, stroke survivor Alisha Malhotra is calling on Harrow to vote for the film.
The Stroke Association has been unveiled on the shortlist for the 2020 Charity Film Awards. Now, one of the stars of the charity’s Rebuilding Lives film, stroke survivor Baz Kelly is calling on Woolwich to vote for the film.
We were very sad to hear that Lord Prescott has had a stroke. Unfortunately, he is one of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by stroke every year. Everyone at the Stroke Association sends their best wishes to Lord Prescott and his family...
The Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke Award winner
Cheyenne McLaughlin, 14, from Isleworth, Middlesex, spent an afternoon in
Covent Garden’s Pineapple Dance Studios, on Wednesday 10 September.
Cheyenne won the Carer’s Award at the Stroke Associations
Life After Stroke Awards in June 2014. Caitlin had a stroke when she was still
in the womb, when Cheyenne was eight years old. Ever since
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
Herne Hill resident and first time runner Ella Mathew is raring to go as she makes her final preparations to take on the Resolution Run in Hyde Park, for the Stroke Association.
Ella, 30, is taking on the 3.1 mile challenge on Sunday 21 September, just 6 days before her wedding, after she had a stroke when she was only 8 years old. After her stroke, Ella struggled to read, write, walk and e
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
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
Briony Buckney,
7, from Peckham, South London, has completed a 100km charity cycle ride from
London to Brighton. Accompanied by her dad Pete, Briony set off on the four day
journey on 28 May to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association in honour of
her grandfather Tom Buckney.
Briony’s
grandfather had a series of strokes, resulting in vision problems and aphasia. Tom’s
aphasia meant th
Cheyenne McLaughlin, 13, from Isleworth, Middlesex, has been presented with a 2014 Stroke Association Life After Stroke Award.
Stroke survivor Peter Green, his nephew, and three
friends dubbed as ‘Team Greenie’ are taking on the Thames Bridges Bike Ride on
Sunday 11 May 2014 to raise vital funds for the Stroke Association.
Peter Green (44), from Islington, will face the 50
mile ‘Extended’ route together with friends and family, cycling over 16 bridges
across London.
Last August, Peter, a retired city trader, lo
The Stroke Association. We believe in life after stroke. That’s why we campaign to improve stroke care and support people to make the best possible recovery. It’s why we fund research to develop new treatments and ways to prevent stroke. The Stroke Association is a charity. We rely on your support to change lives and prevent stroke. Together we can conquer stroke.
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