Nov. 20, 2014, 4 a.m.
JAYSON Killicks work in raising awareness in the south-west about strokes and helping people recover from the brain injury has won him a national award.
Jayson Killick shows off his award with Rebecca Naylor from the National Stroke Foundation. Picture: Supplied
JAYSON Killicks work in raising awareness in the south-west about strokes and helping people recover from the brain injury has won him a national award.
Mr Killick, of Portland, last month won the national improving life after stroke award from the National Stroke Foundation (NSF) for his community work in the south-west.
Mr Killick was motivated by his own experience in recovering from a stroke in 2010 at the age of 35 to found and co-ordinate the Portland Stroke Support Group in 2011.
He said that after he was released from hospital following seven weeks of treatment, he looked for support to help tackle strokes ongoing challenges.
Since no support group was available, he established one to give stroke survivors, their carers and family members the opportunity to talk about how survivors could make the best of their abilities they had.
Mr Killick is also a NSF Victoria Strokesafe ambassador for the south-west, giving talks throughout the region about stroke prevention, identification and recovery.
His volunteer work also includes his role as a stroke support officer at Portland hospital, providing information to survivors and their families in the initial phases of the stroke treatment.
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Reward for stroke work gets Jayson national honour