A borough stroke support group has been given a huge boost by a kind-hearted organisation. Bolton West Stroke Group, part of the Stroke Association and based at Horwich Resource Centre, was visited by committee members of The Association of Old Rivingtonians to hand over a cheque for £5,000. It was described as "the largest single donation in our group’s history".
The money was raised as part of the association’s charity scheme and the branch was chosen by late president Linda Brownlow, as both her parents had suffered strokes. Tragically Linda died earlier this year. Her immediate predecessor as president, Jim Andrews, presented the cheque on behalf of the association.
This was particularly fitting and poignant, as Jim and Linda had been Head Boy and Head Girl concurrently at the school in the 1960s, when it was known as Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. The cheque was gratefully received on behalf of the stroke group by lead volunteers Steve Leng and Ian Simmonds, themselves both recovered stroke victims, who explained that the bulk of the donation would be used to boost the group’s programme of excursions, which are greatly anticipated events in the group’s schedule of activities. Former president of the Association of Old Rivingtonians, Jim Andrews, presenting the donation cheque to lead volunteers Steve Leng, left, and Ian Simmonds of Bolton West Stroke Group (Image: Supplied) READ NEXT > Primary school with 'culture of mutual respect' upgraded to 'outstand.
