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- The Brain Charity's #Sixmas appeal smashes target with over £11,000 raised
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- Stroke survivors improved ability to communicate through artwork inspired by British Library sounds
- COVID-19 update: June 2021
- One donation – twice the impact: can you support The Brain Charity with £100 pledge?
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- Engineering novice built 50ft bridge across garden pond during lockdown – raising thousands for The Brain Charity
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- Pamela’s Story: ‘I Couldn’t Speak at All After a Stroke – But Now I Have the Confidence to Meet New People’
- Sarah’s Story: ‘I Lost Friends After a Head-On Car Crash but I don’t feel like an Outsider at The Brain Charity’
- Phillip’s story: ‘There is nowhere near enough humility in the world, and humility is what The Brain Charity showed me’
- Sonya’s story: ‘I had a near-fatal brain bleed but some people don’t take me seriously – The Brain Charity is heaven sent’
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- Ian’s story: ‘Without The Brain Charity’s lifeline, I wouldn’t have been able to put food on the table’
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- Gerard's stroke story: "I was left with nothing, but The Brain Charity saved me from going under"
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