The Stroke Association
The Grove Park Music
Festival is proud to be supporting the important and vital work undertaken by
The Stroke Association.
About
The Stroke Association
The Stroke Association is a national charity which
provides practical support to people who have had strokes, their families and
carers. We campaign, educate and inform to increase knowledge of stroke at all
levels of society. We run telephone helplines, provide publications and welfare
grants, and offer information and education services around the country. We
also fund and promote research which aims to increase knowledge of stroke
prevention and treatment.
What does The Stroke Association do?
Every 5 minutes someone has a stroke. It is not just the elderly who have
strokes; every year 10,000 people under retirement age will have one for the
first time. Stroke is the largest cause of severe disability with some 350,000
people affected at any one time.
The Stroke Association is committed to rebuilding shattered lives by helping
people recover as fully as possible. Our Community Service, Family Support,
gives emotional support to family members, at the time of the stroke, and our
Dysphasia Support acts as a lifeline to some 20,000 people who are unable to
speak, read or write as a result of a stroke.
The Stroke Association is a major funder of research into all aspects of
stroke. We are funding researchers who are investigating exactly what happens
in the brain when a stroke occurs. This knowledge should advance the search for
treatments to protect the brain from damage in the early hours following a
stroke.
Find
out more from:
West London Stroke Association Office - London (West)
The Stroke Association
Mitchell House
433 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AU
Tel: 020 8994 2847