Our Volunteers at Uxbridge Library, 8th May May 2026 marked the start of Stroke Awareness Month this year, and we have certainly been busy! Our group has primarily held stalls at different Leisure Centres this month, selling some Stroke Association Heart Pin badges to raise funds for us! See the photos below: Highgrove Leisure Centre, 1st May Hillingdon Leisure Centre, 5th May Platinum Jubilee Leisure Centre, 24th May Botwell Green Leisure Centre, 23rd May We've met people fr

Hillingdon Stroke Support Group signed up to the Stroke Association’s 74 Miles in March challenge, bringing members and supporters outdoors. On pavements, paths and parks they walked, wheeled and ran. As 240 people in the UK have a stroke every day, there were 7,440 new stroke survivors in the 31 days of March. The Stroke Association’s challenge was to walk 1 mile for every 100 people affected. Photo caption: This was the view one supporter had, walking in the park in early

When Hillingdon Stroke Support Group heard about the proposal to move Mount Vernon Cancer Treatment Centre from Northwood to Watford, we were worried! The Group members are like everyone else - we all know someone who has had cancer, some members have been treated for cancer at Mount Vernon, and others have family members currently being treated there. The Group signed up to run two focussed consultation groups with members and their families, and to feed back our opinions t

We've been very busy behind the scenes - and we've only just got round to updating our blog! Between June 2025 and December 2025, we had a trip to De Havilland Aircraft Museum, Quiz Nights at Morello Lounge, a trip to the Royal Albert Hall, World Stroke Day, Bucket collections on Uxbridge High Street, our Christmas meal at Biggles Restaurant and various information stalls across Hillingdon (Including Hillingdon Leisure Centre, Enderley Road Medical Centre, Winston Churchill H

Hillingdon Stroke Support was proud to be one of the Mayor of Hillingdon’s chosen charities for 2025/26, and we were delighted to join hundreds of residents at the Mayor’s annual picnic on Saturday 7 June at Cowley Recreation Ground

Hillingdon Stroke Support Group has been proudly selected as one of the Mayor of Hillingdon’s chosen charities for 2025/26, helping raise vital funds to support stroke survivors across the community.