Stroke survivors in Cardiff are being encouraged to use their experience to support others who’ve recently had a stroke. Following the celebration of Volunteers Week the Stroke Association is looking for more people like Haydn Canter from Barry, who had a stroke at 59, but has used his experience to make a positive difference. Haydn, who’s now 64, was left paralysed down one side, constantly tired and struggling to regain his independence following his stroke. He found spending time…

      A doctor described by his colleagues as passionate, dedicated and a champion for stroke services in Wales has received the inaugural Welsh Stroke Excellence Award. Dr Hamsaraj Shetty, a consultant in Stroke medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board picked up the first ever award at this year’s Welsh Stroke Conference. The new awards were launched for the 2018 annual conference and aims to recognise those practitioners in Wales who are providing high quality care to…

Al Dupres, 54, a stroke survivor from Cardiff is set to take part in the Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk in aid of the Stroke Association at Roath Lake Park at 2pm on 10 June.   Al, BBC Wales’ continuity announcer, was on holiday in Texas last year when he suddenly couldn’t speak coherently.   Al said:   “I couldn’t speak properly for 24 hours which was very worrying as I speak for a living. But I ended up…

Stroke Association in Wales would like to thank the volunteers and fundraisers who took part in the charity run at Bute Park and joined in the fight to beat strokes. Alan Drury, Regional Fundraiser Wales for the Stroke Association in Wales, said: “We would like to thank the sea of purple fundraisers who took to Bute Park to complete a Resolution Run for the Stroke Association on Sunday 11 March.” “Thanks to their efforts and the generosity of their family,…

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE STRUGGLING WITH SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION? UniTalk, a small UK company have launched CHABBLE, a unique Communication and Translation Licence for Tablets and iPads. Chabble will revolutionise the way many people communicate who either have a condition that affects their speech and movement or who simply want to break down language barriers and be understood quickly without the requirement of costly interpreters. Chabble will enable thousands of people with neurological conditions such Stroke, Brain Injury, Aphasia, MS,…