Founder of the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury (ARNI) Charity, Dr Tom Balchin, has been made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year’s Honours List for his work.
Founding the ARNI Charity nearly 25 years ago, Balchin has been working for decades to help people recovery from stroke.
Balchin suffered a severe stroke in 1997, after which he developed a unique approach to stroke rehabilitation that incorporate a series of linked evidence-based physical rehab strategies and interventions.
According to ARNI, the approach has become well known world-wide for its successes in guiding stroke survivors to regain movement and managing limitations.
The charity has also highlighted that over the years, Balchin has taught over 150 specialist qualified neurorehabilitation trainers and therapists who each help stroke survivors on a daily basis.
The ARNI trustees told the charity: “Dr Balchin has grown this charity from just an idea to help people like himself, and has done it always voluntarily.
“We think he is a quite remarkable man who is fully deserving of this very significant national honour.”
