I have been asked to get peoples thoughts about a number of face to face meetings by the stroke association. What do you think the association East should think of?
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@jenny-wren Actual face to face or Zoom etc?
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Actual face to face. At our zoom meeting we suggested what would be needed like disabled access, Food you could eat with one hand and such like. I had the idea of asking our forum but our leader who works for the stroke association hasn’t got access to the forum. I will pass any ideas to her. We also suggested telling survivors stories and not just clinicians. I will feed back any thoughts to our leader.
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I may not have expressed myself very well. Stroke Association East is thinking of holding a number of conferences. It is asking stroke survivors in the East if they would come to a conference and what they would need to encourage them to come to a suitable venue, what speakers they would like and if there were stands at the conference what subject they would be on. Any questions ask me.
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@jenny-wren Yes, face to face is a good idea.
Hello @ireneFC
Are you from the East of England? If you think it’s a good idea what would encourage you to come? What would you expect from a conference?
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This sounds like an amazing idea. I think it’d be such a nice opportunity to meet others.
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I used to do this here, early on after stroke, we met down the pub. All blokes. Just conversation but I would recommend bringing word games like we play here on the forum or other brain stimulating activities. However, chat time is good for the brain too.
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@jenny-wren I am Scottish but live and work beside Heathrow.
Zoom sounds good, but anything helps
@jenny-wren No you didn’t make it clear or I cant read. I didn’t realise it was only for a certain area. Face to face is the best ay of contact, although i am part of a Whatsapp group which is real fun.. I did Samaritans for 5 years and I loved face to face rather than Phone, texting or e-mailing. Good luck for the future 