A pioneer, activist and charity aider, Kate founded her own charity, Fighting Strokes, after recovering from Locked-In Syndrome, in 2010. She has gone on to become a highly respected voluntary global activist and has planned and coordinated trending hashtag campaigns, #strokerecovery and #StillMe. The #StillMe campaign is a movement to provoke a conversation about societal/clinical assumptions (and prejudices) about how we perceive someone else's life. As a result of her work, she was the winner of the 2011 Extraordinary Woman award.
Kate is also an internationally published author having published two books: "Running Free: Breaking Out from Locked-in Syndrome" published in 2011 and "Gonna Fly Now!: Locked-in Laughter Unleashed: Funny Tales from a Stroke Survivor" in 2012. She is also a TEDx speaker, ESCAPS research pioneer and global inspirational conference speaker, that has achieved the highest award of Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.
Passionate about her work, Kate connects, influences and continues to change the way healthcare and businesses think by offering her advice and managerial insight on engagement, diversity and inclusivity within the business environment. Throughout her career, Kate has appeared on a variety of TV programmes including BBC Jeremy Vine, BBC Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Newsnight and The One Show. She has also featured on radio and in newspaper articles, such as BBC 5 Live, The Times, Woman & Home, plus much more.
A brilliant speaker that engages her audiences and challenges people’s thought processes, Kate has become a popular addition to major events and conferences all around the world.
