WORLD STROKE DAY 2024
To celebrate World Stroke Day (Tuesday 29 October), the World Stroke Day Working Group is organising interactive walks for children and adults, as well as a fun colouring-in competition!
Through these activities, we aim to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and stroke prevention in an interactive and fun way.
Children’s walks
♦6 – 12 y.o. ♦4 – 6 km
Join our fun walks especially for children and their families. During these walks, we will explain what stroke is in an interactive and educational way. At several stops along the route, Aster will tell an engaging listening story telling more about the brain city, in a way children can understand. Each stop offers fun activities and information at children’s size.
How do you participate?
- Open the app IZI Travel (free download)
- Go to guides and type in ‘FAST 4-ward – kids’
- Choose a children’s walk
- Read the information about the walk.
- Meet your friend Aster by listening to the first sound clip.
- Go for a walk!
Practical
– All walks are available from 15 October and can be walked throughout the year.
– You can join the walk at various places (see map beside). Each walk follows the same story.
Walks for all ages
Also join our FAST 4-ward walks for all ages and learn all about strokes while keeping moving. During the route, you can test your knowledge with fun quiz questions about strokes and how to recognise them.Suitable for all ages, so bring your family and friends along for a healthy and educational experience
How do you participate ?
- Open the app IZI Travel (free download)
- Go to guides and type in ‘FAST 4-ward’
- Choose a walk
- Read the information about the walk.
- Go for a walk and test your knowledge about strok
Practical
– All walks are available from 15 October and can be walked throughout the year.
– You can participate in the walk at various places. Each walk uses the same quiz questions.
Colouring contest
Let your children’s creativity run wild with our colouring competition! Children can submit their artwork for a chance to win cinema tickets. All submitted drawings will be given a spot on the website www.kinder-maat.be .
How do you participate?
- Download the colouring page from our website.
- Let your child colour it in.
- Send the coloured-in drawing to wereldberoertedag@outlook.com . Clearly state your child’s name and age.
Practical
– The drawing competition will run for the entire month of October.
– Winners will be notified via email on 1 November.
Online expo
Join our virtual exhibition for World Stroke Day 2024!
We are excited to announce that you can now exhibit your beautiful drawings virtually! Share your artwork on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #wereldberoertedag2024.
This way, your creations will get a spot in our online gallery and people from all over the world can admire your talent.
Show the world how creative you are and help us create awareness for World Stroke Day 2024. We look forward to seeing all your beautiful artwork shining on our social media!
World Stroke Day
・October 29th – World Stroke Day・
For World Stroke Day, the Belgian Stroke Council issued a press release emphasizing modifyable factors in stroke prevention.
World Stroke Day Campaign Website
FAST 4-WARD for STROKE
For this year’s edition of the World Stroke Day, several hospitals, with the support of the Belgian Stroke Council, have organized different regional hikes, called “FAST 4-ward”. Through the free izi.TRAVEL App, these hikes can be downloaded.
We provide shorter and wheelchair-accessible walks for less mobile people and longer versions.
During the walk, several questions on recognizing stroke, risk factors, treatment and prevention will pop up in the app. Participants will also be asked to portray the FAST-score in an original way. The best contribution will be handpicked by stroke survivor and former big brother participant Steven Spillebeen (aka Spillie) as they win movie tickets or a piece of design clothing, handed over on the 29th of october, World Stroke Day. So strap on those hiking shoes and get going!
For more information on a FAST 4-ward hike in your neighbourhood, please select a region and click the button of your preffered hike below.
2022 World Stroke Day Picture Challenge winners
First prize – Lisa Landuyt
Second prize – Jana De Block
Third prize – Elize Daene
Select your preferred FAST 4-WARD walk
Ghent & Deinze region
Eeklo region
Veurne region
Brugge region
Oostende region
Zottegem region
Kortrijk region
Waregem region
Izegem region
Tienen region
Brussels region
Roeselare – Menen – Torhout region
Dendermonde region
Some pictures of the 2022 World Stroke Day Fast4-ward walk!
・World Stroke Day 2021・
Click on the hospital logo to find out local campaigns for world stroke day!
UZ Brussel
UZ Leuven
AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk
UZ Gent
AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende
AZ Damiaan Oostende
・World Stroke Day 2020・
Adopting a healthy lifestyle can prevent stroke.
Watch this scientifically correct informative video created by the stroke team of the
Brussels University Hospital.
・World Stroke Day 2010・
・Sensibiliseringscampagne 2008・
・Hoe herken ik een beroerte 2005・
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