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BeActive Holiday Club - Lily Maxwell
Hiking and traveling - United Kingdom
“It helps us to go on holiday each year despite having a stroke and have a fun time. We love it and look forward to the trips” Lily Maxwell Stroke Ambassador and
club members.
It started as a local day out for two hours every three months. Then the stroke survivors said that they enjoyed being out and active and want to extend the ses-
sions to out of London day trips and holidays. With the help of our local MP Mr. Andy Love and a Carer Ambassador Maureen Molloy who help to raise funds,
this became a reality. Now thanks to the Enfield Council funding the Carers’ Time Out service, the carers come free too.
As a stroke survivor, I have been trained and coached by Stroke Action UK to become a Stroke Ambassador. I provide the administrative and organisation activi-
ties for the holiday club with the help of the Life After Stroke Centre Coordinator Lana Kravchuk.
I apply the skills I used for several years as a legal adviser in the City before I had a stroke and I am glad I am helping other survivors and carers to enjoy this
hobby. It is really rewarding.
Hiking and traveling - United Kingdom
“It helps us to go on holiday each year despite having a stroke and have a fun time. We love it and look forward to the trips” Lily Maxwell Stroke Ambassador and
club members.
It started as a local day out for two hours every three months. Then the stroke survivors said that they enjoyed being out and active and want to extend the ses-
sions to out of London day trips and holidays. With the help of our local MP Mr. Andy Love and a Carer Ambassador Maureen Molloy who help to raise funds,
this became a reality. Now thanks to the Enfield Council funding the Carers’ Time Out service, the carers come free too.
As a stroke survivor, I have been trained and coached by Stroke Action UK to become a Stroke Ambassador. I provide the administrative and organisation activi-
ties for the holiday club with the help of the Life After Stroke Centre Coordinator Lana Kravchuk.
I apply the skills I used for several years as a legal adviser in the City before I had a stroke and I am glad I am helping other survivors and carers to enjoy this
hobby. It is really rewarding.
