Stroke Support Groups
Meet community in a supportive environment
Peer support to build your confidence and aid your recovery
Mutual support and sharing successes and challenges with people in similar circumstances can help you rebuild confidence, reduce social isolation and stimulate further rehabilitation in a supportive environment where everyone knows what you're going through.
Our Stroke Support Groups provide physical and cognitive activities to aid your recovery. They encourage you to build new social networks and friendships with people who understand what has happened. The friends you make there can last a lifetime.
Stroke Support Groups
Bristol After Stroke manages five Stroke Support Groups across our area. Use the following links to download more information.
You can discuss with your Key Worker whether attending a Stroke Support Group will benefit you. They will ensure that the venue is suitable, the options for getting there (we can help you access community transport if needed).
Contact the office for more information and to request a Key Worker visit.
South Bristol Group
This group takes place at St Monica Wills Building, Cromwell St, Bedminster.
The South Bristol Stroke Support Group meets fortnightly on Thursday mornings.
Its members come mostly from South Bristol but members are welcome to come from any area of the city provided they can arrange transport. It is a mixed group – whether you are 20 or 90, you are welcome.
Croft End - Working Age Group
Our Croft End group meets fortnightly on Wednesday mornings at Croft End Church, in Speedwell.
This is a lively group that is particularly aimed at those aged under 65.
Our stroke support groups provide a range of activities, exercises and games to aid your physical and cognitive recovery, and rebuild your confidence. They are suitable for all abilities. Groups are facilitated by experienced Group Leaders, assisted by volunteers.
Portway Group
The Portway Stroke Support Group meets weekly on Thursday afternoons. Members come mostly from north Bristol but you are welcome to join us from anywhere in the city.
The group is one of our longest running groups. The group meets at the Port of Bristol Social Club in Shirehampton. The group plans a regular programme of activities based on the interests of members.
Lyde Green Group
The South Gloucestershire Stroke Support Group meets fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons in a large room with doors to a small outside garden at the Lyde Green Community Centre, in Lyde Green.
Our stroke support groups provide a range of activities, exercises and games to aid your physical and cognitive recovery, and rebuild your confidence. They are suitable for all abilities. Groups are facilitated by experienced Group Leaders, assisted by volunteers. There will always be someone there to help you.
Refreshments are provided.
Gardening Group
The Gardening Group meets at the Christ Church in Downend fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons, and brings together people affected by stroke with a common interest in gardening and all things horticultural.
