Lifesaving is not a word John Todd bandies about easily. But when he speaks of the support he received from CHSS after having a heart attack, it’s the one that…

A relaxed new life in Spain beckoned for Kenny and Lorraine Young when he retired after a career in the police force. But what should have been a dream for…

Nancy Barron knew exactly what was happening when her legs gave way in the bathroom. She was having a stroke. And she realised that fact in an instant because, just…

A job in retail is not quite where Joe Baxendale expected to be after a lifetime working in transport. But a volunteering role with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland opened…

Agnes MacKenzie, 68, lives in Forres, Moray. A retired teacher, she’s been a volunteer for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s Community Support Services since 2013. In her nine years as…

Personal experience of a stroke and her own recovery was the prompt for Heather Robb to volunteer her time with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. The 66-year-old lives in Alves,…

James Rosie, 51, of West Calder, West Lothian, suffered a stroke in 2019. At the time, neither he nor his wife Joanne had heard of aphasia – a condition that…

Necessity is, they say, the mother of invention. And nowhere has that been more evident than in the creative ways stroke support groups have devised to keep in touch with…

When Derra Kew was given a diagnosis of a brain condition, she expected the treatment offered would help her. Instead the radiotherapy designed to deal with the brain arteriovenous malformation…

A keen painter, Billy Moore, 80, had to give up his hobby after suffering two strokes. But after learning to paint again with his left hand, Billy is now donating…