Written by Don Bennett, member of the Bendigo Stroke Support Centre. The Bendigo ‘Blokes with Strokes’ members enjoyed the company of the Bendigo Model Yacht Club at Lake Werroona last week. At the invitation of the Yacht Club members we attended their regular weekly meeting. The ‘Yachties’ outlined their club’s...
Download: Stroke Talk – Annual Review 2019
Last month, Occupational Therapy students from Deakin University, Geelong accompanied ten members of the Barwon Blokes with Strokes group on an outing to a café in the Geelong CBD to assess how independent they could be when out about in their local communities. The students’ feedback was that there were...
The 2019 Stroke Association of Victoria Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 12 November at AMP Melbourne. SAV Members, Board and staff heard from SAV Chairman, Colin Scott, on the key milestones and successes of the year which include: • Establishment of two additional centres in Bendigo and Newport...
Researchers at La Trobe University are looking for people with aphasia to be part of peer-led community aphasia groups around Melbourne. The groups will run once a week for 12 weeks. More information can be found here For further information or to participate please contact Cassie on (03) 9479 5080...
On Friday 11 October, 85 motivated walkers took part in the Stroke Association of Victoria’s (SAV) Will 2 Walk event which aims to bring together stroke survivors and their families and friends, all whilst raising much needed funds for SAV’s three Stroke Support Centres – Barwon, Bendigo and Boroondara. Participants...
