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Stepping into the perfect anniversary celebration!
A South Lanarkshire family is taking on a Christmas fundraising challenge as a way of paying forward the kindness of a stranger who donated the gift of life. Nicola Wood, her husband David and 11-year-old daughter India will be walking and running 12,000 steps a day for 12 days to fund life-saving research. Nicola, David…
Free Kidney Beam service for patients to continue for another year
Four months since we helped launch Kidney Beam, a new online service helping kidney patients take care of their physical and mental health, we are delighted to announce that we have extended our funding for another year. This means the platform is free for the kidney community to enjoy for another 12 months. We’ll have more news on Beam developments and…
Football fan is given the gift of life from his wife despite them not being a match!
A Norwich couple are celebrating 14 years since becoming a rare, non-matched, kidney transplant success story. A special process, where antibodies are “washed” before and after transplant “tricks” the body into thinking the new kidney is a match. It meant Chris was able to give the gift of life to her husband Ian. The pair…
Family join forces for parachute jump to raise funds for Kidney Research UK
Despite almost losing her life to polycystic kidney disease, mum of two Pauline Richold was not going to let that stop her jumping out of a plane for her favourite charity. Sadly, Pauline was prevented from doing the jump she signed-up for with Kidney Research UK by her doctors, who felt the risks were too…
Young peer educator is keen to get back to doing what she loves – raising awareness of kidney disease
A Salford University student is keen to get back to raising awareness of kidney disease once lockdown restrictions are lifted. Ammarah Mehmood, 21, is passionate about spreading awareness of kidney disease having seen the impact it has had on her dad Tariq. Ammarah is one of a growing number of champions, known as peer educators, helping to tackle the shortage of organ donors in minority…
Kelly skydives solo to keep pact with brother
A woman who planned to do a parachute jump for Kidney Research UK with her brother, bravely took to the skies without him, following his sudden death just five weeks before. Kelly Doble, (51) from Dover had always wanted to do a sponsored skydive and made a pact with her brother last year to do it to celebrate her…
Second lockdown halts Andy Cole Fund charity events
A flashmob tour and charity football match to raise money for the Andy Cole Fund have been put on hold due to the second coronavirus lockdown. Loughborough University student Sonam Sandhu planned to raise money for the Andy Cole Fund’s research into kidney disease in support of her friend, Jordan Doyle, (JD), who is…
Virtual world provides gateway to community awareness work in Scotland
Technology has helped us find new ways of sharing information and discussing organ donation and kidney health and disease in Scotland. When the Covid-19 pandemic ground the country to a halt in March, the prospect of continuing our work reaching out to specific communities in Scotland seemed slim. It was a rude interruption to the…
New research reveals obesity is a cause of kidney disease
Scientists at the University of Oxford have used genetics to show obesity can increase the chances of someone developing kidney disease. This new study, funded by Kidney Research UK and the Medical Research Council through a joint David Kerr fellowship, has found that fat all over the body increases risk, not just fat around the…
How zebrafish are helping scientists to unlock the secrets of a new kidney disease
Working at Great Ormond Street Hospital, it’s not surprising that Dr Aoife Waters, a consultant paediatric nephrologist, has seen a range of kidney diseases. However, one morning a family came through her clinic doors with a set of symptoms that puzzled her. Unusual kidney cases and coincidences Aoife has helped hundreds of families over the…