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In October last year Onkar spearheaded an idea to walk from Coast to coast of England. He put it forward to us (Aaron & Kyle) and we jumped at the chance. Onkar has planned it to be a 12 day hike with our shortest day being 11 miles and out longest being 25 totalling up to about 185 miles. Undertaking such a challenge has given us the opportunity to raise some money for a worthy cause.
Every year 100,000 people have a stroke and a 1/4 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.
