Whitehill & Bordon Stroke Support Blog

Nutrition and Stroke Recovery After a stroke, looking after your health becomes more important than ever – and a balanced diet plays a key role in rebuilding strength and supporting recovery. While this journey can bring challenges, such as changes to taste and smell or difficulties with swallowing, it can also be a time of…

In January we had a visit by Jo O’Shea from Hobbs Rehabilitation, telling us about the issue of fatigue. Jo explained the issues of Fatigue really well and provided us with a lot to think about. The main takeaway from the talk was the 3 P’s: To find out more about Hobbs Rehabilitation then follow…

It was great to have Dan from the Watercress Line come to the Forest Centre in October and give an enlightening talk on the Heritage Railway and for bringing in some bygone rail items for us to look at PLUS the smells of a railway – coal, engine oil, station platform !!!! I think we…

Steve Adams , a volunteer in the Whitehill & Bordon Group, gave a brilliant talk on The Mary Rose ship, resplendent in full costume!! Here is a summary of Steve’s talk. Being a volunteer at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard gives me immense satisfaction – but being a costumed volunteer – dressed…

We had an amazing talk and show from Nita Ebdon of Hampshire Hawk Walks, when she brought in Texas a Red Tailed Buzzard, London a Harris Hawk, Wilfred a Barn Owl and Dougal a Kestrel. Nita told us all about the characteristics of each bird, including some amazing “I never knew that” bird facts and…