A support group set up to help people who have had strokes launches its third branch tomorrow (Wednesday).

Founder, Liz Bedson, set up the first group in Crewe in 2018 after her own father had a stroke.

A second group was set up in Alsager in May last year as our sister site, Alsager Nub News, told here . 

Now a third group is being launched in Sandbach tomorrow after enough people came forward to show an interest.

The first meeting of the Sandbach branch of the Stroke Survivors Speech and Language group takes place on Wednesday, September 6th at Sandbach Rugby Club in Bradwall Road from 11 am until 1pm.

Sandbach Mayor Laura Crane will be in attendance to open it along with Stroke Survivors from the other two groups.

The group will run in parallel with its other two groups – Crewe and Alsager, the latter which meets on Thursdays and the former on Tuesdays.

It will be co-ordinated by Arthur Harding, himself a stroke survivor.

He said: "We are honoured that Sandbach Mayor Laura Crane will be in attendance to open it along with Stroke Survivors from our other two groups.

"We would love to see you as well so we can explain what we do and what we can do to help stroke survivors and to explain what events we have planned for you all in the future so please come along if you can.

"If you can't make it, we will be here every Wednesday between 11am and 1pm.

"We will also be at Ashfields Medical Centre once a month on Thursdays - pop up session where you can talk to us and learn what we do. The dates for these will be on our website once we have launched our Sandbach branch.

For contacts, please call Liz Bedson, our founder on 01270 335061 or Arthur Harding, Sandbach coordinator, on 07395 806019.