As part of Make May Purple campaign I am fundraising for Stroke Association. I painted a purple themed 'lavendar field' acrylic on canvas 12x12 inch which I am donating to the highest donation. 

You can get involved and support my campaign in 4 ways below;

online donation using this site

Facebook via this link https://www.facebook.com/donate/2014871712165170/

By text by sending 'SOAB82' followed by the amount to 70070 e.g. SOAB82 £30 

by cheque anyone who would like to make a bid by cheque to post their donation to:  Stroke Association, 3rd Floor, Roman Landings, St Mary’s Place, Southampton, SO14 1AF
Please mark back of cheque with – Jo Cross – Stroke of a Brush donation

As part of Stroke Association’s Make May Purple fundraising awareness month, I will donate my painting to the person who makes the highest donation by 31st May to my Make May Purple campaign.

I myself suffered a Stroke at 34 and have regained some use of my hand and arm back from art therapy which I learnt whilst in rehabilitation as an inpatient. I set up my Stroke of a Brush social media pages to showcase my artwork to inspire other survivors there is life after stroke and to raise awareness of strokes in general, strokes in younger people, the lack of support out there for stroke survivors, access to help and support, and to change the perceptions widely held by society about as I like to call it the different faces of stroke but most of all to help raise money for charity by auctioning off some of my work purely for stroke charities.

Please help us to turn May Purple and support stroke survivors via the Stroke Association.

The painting will be available to view in person at a few Stroke Association south west events so keep your eyes peeled and tag me on my Stroke of a Brush Instagram, Twitter or Facebook page with a picture and #makemaypurple if you if you see it!! Here's the links to tag me....

Take a look at Stroke of a brush (@Stroke_ofabrush): https://twitter.com/Stroke_ofabrush?s=08

If you are unable to support this but want to do something why not do your own make May Purple fundraiser. It could be a simple wear purple day at work, school etc or it could be something a bit more... how adventurous are you feeling?! Here's a link to some ideas and more information on #makemaypurple

https://www.stroke.org.uk/get-involved/fundraising/make-may-purple