Since the Group started it has grown month by month to its current size of 70 members and 18 volunteers. It now meets every week – on a Wednesday – in Carnival Hall in Basingstoke. It runs a Vitalise fitness group every fortnight, an Art Group run by a trained teacher every fortnight, a social group once a fortnight and as from the start of the year, a peer-run conversation group for people affected by aphasia.

The President of the club is Rosemary Norman who will be attending the awards ceremony to pick up the prize. Rosemary has had two strokes herself but remains completely dedicated to helping run the club. Rosemary is well connected to the Mayor of Basingstoke and insists that he visits the group on a regular basis; as a result the Mayor helps Rosemary with lots of local networking as well as helping her with continued funding of the club.