Professor James Friend spent more than 40 years as a specialist in chest medicine in Edinburgh and Aberdeen and devoted 15 years of his life as a trustee and member…

Sue Payne, 57 from Ayr, is a keen runner and sportswoman. Despite suffering from a number of debilitating health conditions, including a serious stroke in 2010 which meant she had…

Paula, a wife and mum of two, was only 29 years old when she had a stroke. One minute she was ceilidh dancing at a friend’s wedding and the next…

Returning to her hometown in Scotland after suffering a serious stroke should have been a positive step for Jacqueline Afif. But the horrors of Covid-19, prolonged lockdown and shielding left…

Spelling mistakes in his texts to his sister spelled out that something was wrong with Mic Starbuck. In fact, the retired academic had suffered a stroke without realising. And once…

Vet Lindsay Yates was looking for a challenge during lockdown when she signed up on an impulse to do a triathlon. Her inspiration was her gran, Jean Reid, who had…

According to our amazing volunteers, time helping others is always time well spent. Here, three of our volunteers share their inspiring stories of how they began their volunteering journey with…

Chris Scougal and his two pals crossed borders to cycle 167 Miles from Glasgow to Sunderland and raised an incredible £2,700 for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. The trio had…

Stroke survivor Paul Haggath was determined to give something back to Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland for the help he received during his own recovery.   And the owner of SYMPOSIUM Coffee, a chain of…

Alastair Sillars, 83, lives in Thornhill, near Dumfries. A stroke survivor, he is using his hobby of making bird boxes to raise funds for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.  At…