InterAct Stroke Support

A charity dedicated to Stroke recovery through reading and storytelling. Enter the 25 Word Challenge via our website:

[Eleanor Caird @eleanor_caird]

🧠After a stroke, it’s not just moving again, it’s about speaking, remembering, connecting which is why I support @InteractStroke a UK charity that sends professional actors into hospitals, stroke clubs AND homes to read, listen & lift spirits for stroke survivors.
#beyondrehab

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

Our BBC Radio 4 Appeal is officially live!
If you see the value in our work, please consider making a donation this week (before Saturday 15th November). £40 will pay for the delivery of a two-hour hospital session on a stroke ward.

If you’re not familiar with our work and you missed the first airing of our appeal, you can listen to it on demand via BBC SOUNDS or tune in on Thursday at 3:27pm to hear the next broadcast.

DONATE ❤️: https://t.co/W4IqpJ48iY
Listen: https://t.co/KjgSRA74vz

#bbcradio4appeal #strokerehabilitation #artsandhealth #healingthroughreading #gylesbrandreth #donatenow

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

A star of Celebrity Gogglebox, veteran of QI and Have I Got News For You, a reporter on The One Show, a presenter on Pointless, a guest on Would I Lie to You? and a regular on This Morning – Gyles is a familiar voice to many.

Listen in for a sneak preview of Gyles Brandreth’s experience as a Patron of InterAct and the presenter of our BBC Radio 4 charity appeal. Remember to catch the full story by tuning in on the 9th and 13th November!

More details can be found in our bio or on our website.

#R4Appeal #bbcradio4 #bbcradio4appeal #GylesBrandreth #InterActStrokeSupport #healingthroughstories

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

We are honoured to announce...@GylesB1 will be presenting a @BBCRadio4 appeal in support of InterAct Stroke Support this November.

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 9th November or Thursday 13th November to hear more about why Gyles Brandreth wants to represent us for this appeal.

#R4Appeal #bbcradio4 #GylesBrandreth #InterActStrokeSupport #healingthroughstories

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

We are honoured to announce...@GylesB1 will be presenting a @BBCRadio4 appeal in support of InterAct Stroke Support this November.

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 9th November or Thursday 13th November to hear more about why Gyles Brandreth wants to represent us for this appeal.

#R4Appeal #bbcradio4 #GylesBrandreth #InterActStrokeSupport #healingthroughstories

[Different Strokes - Stroke Support UK @diffstrokes]

Befriender Hour

Our befrienders are available to offer 1:1 support and advice to other young stroke survivors for our Befriender Hour sessions.

There’s one tomorrow! Wednesday 8th October 2025

For more information visit

https://t.co/SNLPtbafNW

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Andy Street, Tory West Midlands mayor until 2024, said Handsworth was in fact very well integrated, with a mixture of south Asian, black and white residents as well as other ethnic groups living alongside each other.

“Putting it bluntly, Robert is wrong,” he told @BBCNewsnight. “Handsworth, it’s come a hell of a long way in the 40 years since the last civil disturbances there and it’s actually a very integrated place.”

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

@BelfieldWard Sad news indeed.

[the featheringtons @featheringtonss]

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[Mayor of London's Culture team @LDN_Culture]

✨Applications for #LondonWritersAwards 2026 are now open!

This free 10-month programme supports underrepresented London writers to develop their work, find agents & get published🖊️

📅 Deadline: 30 Oct

https://t.co/4ZN8dkC6sn

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

Sign up for next Monday's live event. Young writers have their 25 word stories read by professional actors. The winning story is judged and read by author and broadcaster Zeb Soanes. More details https://t.co/yWp7pyDeCy

[Gallery Partnership @GalleryPartners]

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[Gyles Brandreth @GylesB1]

Swing State by Mark Graham

Donald went to Bethpage Black
To watch the Ryder Cup
He thought he’d help the US side
Perform by showing up
But television coverage
Makes playing Trump style tough
‘Cos lots of eyes will witness
When you kick it from the rough

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

Dame Margaret Drabble announcing the winner of our last Short Story Competition. Could you be the next winner? There is a £1,000 prize.
More details at https://t.co/8HoG4R65nx

[Henley Literary Festival @HenleyLitFest]

Wonderful to have the River Readings back aboard @HobbsofHenley Hibernian, this year in aid of @InterActStroke who provided our excellent readers!

[Jonathon Carley @Jonathon_Carley]

The parting shot is cold and haunting. "You aren't going to lose your job to AI. You're going to use your job to someone who knows how to use AI."

AI is a grift that harvests the work and legacy of artists for quick return and profit, while the workforce it exploits starves.

[Marianne McGrath @MarianneMcGrath]

Excited to be a guest speaker at the annual @InterActStroke development day tomorrow! The volunteers do fantastic work reading to patients and engaging with them on the Stroke Unit! I will be talking about how stroke affects communication and ways in which everyone can help 🙂

[InterAct Stroke Support @InterActStroke]

It’s almost time for the final of the 25 Word Challenge #youngtakeover!
25 stories have been shortlisted, and we can announce that the actors reading the stories live will be: Valentine Olukoga, Safia Oakley-Green, Sabrina Sandhu and Harriet Cains. Stars of stage and screen - these actors know how to bring a story to life.
Finally, our host and judge (to decide the final winner) is Radio DJ and best-selling author Zeb Soanes!
To sign up to watch the online event, please email [email protected] and we'll send you the link a few days before.
Date: Monday 6th October
Time: 1-3pm
Webinar platform: Zoom
You are not going to want to miss this!