About us
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Stroke continues to be New Zealand’s second single biggest killer and the leading cause of serious adult disability.1
Over 9,500 strokes are experienced each year – that’s one every 55 minutes.2 The number of people experiencing stroke will rise by 40% over the next decade.3
The Stroke Foundation is the national charity in New Zealand solely dedicated to the prevention of and recovery from stroke.
For over 40 years, we have actively promoted ways to avoid stroke and dedicated ourselves to working closely with stroke survivors, their family / whānau and carers.
Our 28 Community Stroke Advisors (CSAs) responded to 5,500 stroke survivors in the last 12 months, providing them with free critical services to achieve the best possible outcomes for recovery.
Over 75% of strokes are preventable4, so we continue to deliver our vital awareness campaigns and health promotion programmes which are critical to saving thousands of lives.
OUR MISSION
We work to prevent stroke, improve outcomes, and save lives.
OUR VISION
With your help we’re committed to creating a New Zealand where:
significant steps are taken to reduce the number of strokes
everyone understands and responds to key risk factors
and anyone affected by stroke is supported and empowered.
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Organisation structure
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2 NZIER research report 2020: https://nzier.org.nz/static/media/filer_public/b4/6f/b46f7e92-be19-477d-b23c-7ba042d7cccd/social_and_economic_costs_of_stroke_-_2020_update.pdf
4 https://strokefoundation.org.au/About-Stroke/Learn/facts-and-figures / https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673616305062