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Charity Hosts Glasgow Celebration Event to Say ‘Thank You’ to Local Volunteers

Scotland’s leading health charity, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland held a Volunteer Appreciation Event to say thank you to all the fantastic people across Glasgow and the West who volunteer…

Glasgow Hosts World’s Biggest One-Day Walking Football Event

The Walking Football Scottish Cup and Festival took place at Glasgow Green Football Centre 800 people participated in the event, which was sponsored by Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland On…

Charity Brings Back Forth Bridge Abseil for 2023

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is partnering with Network Rail and Balfour Beatty to bring back the Forth Bridge Abseil Stroke survivors Andy Ward and Troy Johnson took part in…

Scotland’s first multi-charity fashion store to open at Glasgow Fort

Charity Super.Mkt is opening Scotland’s first ever multi-charity store at Glasgow Fort on Tuesday 27th June, following on from its phenomenal success in London and Reading, raising over £620,000 for…

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Calls for Government Commitment to Thrombectomy in Stroke Improvement Plan

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is calling for a stronger commitment to thrombectomy following the launch of the latest Stroke Improvement Plan today (Tuesday 14th June). Thrombectomy is a life-changing…

Logistics teams go the extra mile for charity

Scottish Sea Farms hosted a charity go karting event at the end of February to raise vital funds for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and Mind. The event raised a…

Cambuslang Surgery Team Take on Kiltwalk in Memory of Much-Loved Colleague Copy

A team of 15 members of staff from the Silverbank Medical Surgery in Cambuslang, Glasgow, will take part in this year’s Kiltwalk to raise funds for Chest Heart & Stroke…

Heart Beat, an evening of music and comedy in support of Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland

“It gives us great pleasure to be here tonight”. Rarely will those words create greater relevance and resonance than those announced by the performers of the event that’s raising awareness…

CHSS Calls for National Approach to Long Covid Care on International Long Covid Awareness Day 2023

March 15th marks the first International Long Covid Awareness Day 175,000 people in Scotland are living with Long Covid – more than the population of Dundee This International Long Covid…

Willie McIntosh memorial cup has raised thousands to help families affected by stroke

Ross McIntosh, 25, and his brother Jack, 22, are from Milngavie, Glasgow. When their dad Willie died of a pulmonary embolism 10 months after a severe stroke, their team-mates at…