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  • Stroke Association urges runners in London to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k or 10k Resolution Run on 6 March 2016 at Hyde Park, London.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Ruth Dunkin from the Stroke Associati

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Bristol to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k,10k or 15k Resolution Run on 20 March 2016 at Ashton Court Estate.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Amy Spencer from the Stroke A

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Maidstone to make a resolution that counts


    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k,10k or 15k Resolution Run on 13 March 2016 at Mote Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Paul Tomlinson from the Stroke Assoc

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Swindon to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k,10k or 15k Resolution Run on 10 April 2016 at Lydiard Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Amy Spencer from the Stroke Associat

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Devon to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k,10k or 15k Resolution Run on 27 February 2016 at Escot Saint Mary’s Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Amy Spencer from the St

  • ​Suffolk school children get their crafting caps on for the Stroke Association

    Suffolk school children get their crafting caps on for the Stroke Association
    More than 170 school children at Woolpit Community Primary School, in Bury St Edmunds have taken part in a fundraising project, raising over £447 for the Stroke Association.
    School children at the primary school made their very own collection boxes to share with their family and friends, to raise vital funds for th

  • ​Thousands of Santas ‘Ho Ho Ho’ to the finish line in a festive fun run

    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

  • Oxfordshire student receives regional recognition

    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

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