Different Strokes Northamton
VENUE CHANGE
After over 14 years at Spencer Community Centre we are moving our Thursday morning exercise sessions to a new venue!
From April 30th 2026 onwards, we will meet at Abington Ave United Reformed Church NN1 4QA near the NCC cricket ground.
There is a carpark at the rear of the building but parking can be a bit difficult at times. There is also parking in local streets.
For those of you that are “tech savvy” and use What3words, ///tribune.hers.hope will find the front entrance in Abington Ave.
While we are using a ground floor meeting room, full disabled access is available via automatic doors, ramps and a lift.
Why not join us on Thursdays where hot drinks and biscuits will, of course, be served.
If you have any questions or need help in any way please don’t hesitate to contact a member of the DSN committee.
Our Aph-asia Conversation meetings take place at the Spencer Dallington Community centre in Tintern Ave Northampton NN5 7BZ.
(Please see our calendar page for the dates.)
Jeff Prickett
Doug Peacock
Gerry Penman
Genise Turnbull
Mark Goodman
Julie Barnes-Ward
Welcome to the website of Different Strokes Northampton. We are part of the national charity “Different Strokes” which was set up in 1996 to help younger Stroke Survivors.
As the Northampton branch of Different Strokes has been going for over 15 years our group is 15 years older than we were!
For the website of the national charity please visit :
For details of our sessions calendar please click on the link below or, if you are signed up for regular news via our text messages, you’ll receive the news as soon as it’s available.
Regards from the Different Strokes Northampton Team.
There are many DS groups across Great Britain offering support with exercise, mobility, speech & communication problems. The charity is run by stroke survivors, their family & friends & this group is the same, being run by those who have first hand experience of stroke.
We meet weekly for 2 hours every Thursday & offer a wide variety of activities including exercise sessions, led by trained instructors. We have speakers on different topics relating to our needs, mostly from health professionals. We also arrange excursions & trips to venues across Northamptonshire & beyond.
Alongside this, every week we have a drop in cafe where our members have tea or coffee & chat together about how stroke & it’s effects can alter a persons life, without any pressure of ‘feeling different’.
As well as the Thursday meetings, twice a month on Mondays we run “Aphasia Conversations” where we concentrate on speech & communication help for those whose stroke has affected this part of their lives.
It would be good to see you.
Jeff Prickett. Co-ordinator.