Step up for stroke...on Stroke Awareness Day
28 January 2009
Stroke Awareness Day falls this year on Tuesday 12 May. This is a European-wide initiative developed through The Stroke Association’s membership of the Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE); stroke awareness activities will be taking place simultaneously in member countries all over Europe.
To mark the day, The Stroke Association is planning a range of exciting activities around the UK. These include Stroke A-wear-ness Fashion Shows featuring our service users and stroke club members, blood pressure testing and information events, fundraising events such as skydives and street collections, and we are once again running the very popular Step up for Stroke.
Step up for Stroke is a sponsored walking activity where people are asked to sign up to walk a certain number of steps on Stroke Awareness Day and to get sponsored for doing so. Even if you’re not able to walk very far, you can still join in by setting your own personal goal. We will again be giving away FREE pedometers to help people count their steps.
To request an entry form, please call 01604 687 724, email stepup@stroke.org.uk or download it from our website.
Posters are also available if you’d like to publicise the event in your workplace or community.
For more information about Step up for Stroke and Stroke Awareness Day, please contact Jo Fisher, Promotions Officer, on 020 7566 1509 or jo.fisher@stroke.org.uk, or the Step Up for Stroke Team on 01604 687 724 or stepup@stroke.org.uk
