Stroke survivors will find links to stroke support groups and infomation services useful

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If you decide to contact and / or engage the services of any organisation listed here you must understand you are making an individual contract of your own choice.

Organisations
Information
Media articles
Travel and leisure

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	Different Strokes HQ www.differentstrokes.co.uk
	Emsworth Stroke Club www.emsworthstrokeclub.co.uk/ The Emsworth Stroke Club was formed to help stroke survivors and their families. Affiliated to The Stroke Association.
	The Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org.uk/ The National organisation for Stroke; in particular over 65s

Information	Top of page
	Different Strokes HQ www.differentstrokes.co.uk
	Wikipedia article on Stroke from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet
	The Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org.uk/ The National organisation for Stroke; in particular over 65s
Benefits from Gov.UK	Find out about benefits from Gov.UK https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits Includes tax credits, eligibility and appeals
	Reflex Pain Management www.reflexpainmanagement.com See a manufactured folding mirror-box, used for therapy
	Headway aims to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with a brain injury, their families and carers. Link to Headway's local service area
	Use The Counselling Directory to find a Counsellor near you for help with regard to many aspects of life: marriage, anger management, bereavement, bullying etc.
	Hypnotherapy Directory Post-hospitalisation is an uncertain time for Stroke Survivors and advice is sometimes difficult to access. Here is one example of where professional help can be found within your local community.
	Therapy Directory: If you are looking for professional support for therapy
	Hobbs Rehabilitation provides specialist inpatient and outpatient neurological rehabilitation across the South of England.

Media articles

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Virtual reality physiotherapy treatment

Wendy Powell, a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, has created a rehabilitation programme which uses a specially-adapted treadmill with virtual reality screens.

See an article from the Daily Mail at http://www.dailymail.co.uk

with our Group member, Andy Long, trying it out.

Secret Millionnaire

See a video extract from Channnel 4's Secret Millionnaire documentary where Di Summers receives surprising, shocking but very pleasing news for Different Strokes Portsmouth.

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	RBL family holiday breaks Seven days and seven nights of relaxation and entertainment! The Legion provides families of serving and ex-Service personnel the chance to take a week-long break and get away from the stresses and strains of everyday life.
	TripBuzz Whether traveling two hours or two thousand miles away, traveling with a wheelchair still requires a lot of thought and careful planning. TripBuzz have a useful hints and tips page - well worth a look at to help with planning your break.
	Accessible Travel UK http://www.accessibletravel.co.uk/ Accessible travel disabled holidays experts for immobility and elderly
	Langstone Sailability offer a range of boating opportunities for people with disabilities. See http://www.langstonesailability.org.uk/ They are based at Langstone Sailing Club just by Langstone Bridge leading to Hayling Island.
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