FIREWALK TEAM MEMBERS: Jim Currie, Jane Robertson, Tom Smith, Angie Goss, Lorri Currie

Our Whitstable Different Strokes group meets regularly at the Umbrella Centre and aims to support survivors, their family and friends following a stroke. Jim Currie is the coordinator and set up the group back in 2022, having already set up and run a group in South East London for 10 years.

Your sponsorship is very much appreciated but we would also love you to join us and walk across hot coals in support of Different Strokes. So come on and sign up for this hot hot challenge.

Every year 100,000 people have a stroke and a quarter of these people are under the age of 65. That's 25,000 younger people whose lives are changed in an instant.

Stroke is also the single biggest cause of disability in the UK, but it's not always the visible disabilities that stroke survivors have to contend with, debilitating fatigue, cognitive problems and personality changes can also be a lifelong challenge, preventing them from returning to work or bringing up a young family.

Different Strokes empowers younger survivors to reclaim their lives through active peer support, information and exercise.

Different Strokes also support the wider family to get through challenging times with compassion and understanding.