31/05/2026
Raising Awareness of Stroke every day in May
It's the last day of May! What has Hillingdon Stroke Support Group achieved this month to raise awareness of stroke? Who has helped us along the way?
Here goes:
we've held public information stalls in one London Borough of Hillingdon library, plus four sports centres run by Better Leisure, we've talked to many members of the public and given advice on protecting ourselves against stroke; we've spoken to professionals and given them information to share with their clients; we've liaised with the Stroke Association to ensure that we hand out good quality information.
Who has helped us?
All of the above, plus H4All for recruiting our most recent voluntary helpers, and all of the companies and organisations on the photo. Finally our thanks go to the outgoing Mayor, Councillor Philip Corthorne, for choosing us as one of his charities for the past year.
What are we doing next?
June is Aphasia Awareness Month. As aphasia is a condition that affects most of our members following their stroke, we aim to help more people understand it. Aphasia is a communication difficulty. It can affect speaking, and impair understanding of speech or print, and it can make writing or using numbers difficult. We'll tell you much more about this in June!
