Stroke House
240 City Road
London
EC1V 2PR

Helpline: 0845 303 3100
Tel: 020 7566 0300
Fax: 020 7490 2686
E-mail: info@stroke.org.uk
Website: www.stroke.org.uk

Description:
Support organisation for people who have had strokes & their families.

Aims:

• To provide practical support for people who have had a stroke, their families and carers.
• To campaign, educate and inform, in order to increase knowledge of stroke at all levels of society.
• To prevent strokes by informing the public how to reduce the risk of stroke.
• To be concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages.

Activities:

• Telephone helpline.
• Network of regional centres, providing an education, training and information service.
• Volunteers working to improve the communication skills of people who have had strokes.
• Emotional support and advice to families of people who have had strokes, and to people affected by stroke who are living alone.
• Funding and promoting research, including research into prevention, treatment and better methods of rehabilitation.
• Helps stroke patients and their families directly through its community services. These include dysphasia support, family support, information services and welfare grants.
• Campaigns, educated and informs in order to increase knowledge of stroke at all levels of society and acts as a voice for everyone affected by stroke.

Local Groups:
Contact organisation for details.

updated 12/12/07

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