Kidney Research UK Annual Review 2007/08

Tackling kidney disease...

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Supporting Kidney Research UK has helped me to cope because I feel I am contributing something that might help our son in the future.

Tracey Gillard

Trenton Gillard was born with only one kidney.

His parents, Gary and Tracey, became active supporters of Kidney Research UK, initially making donations to our Exeter shop, and then combining Trenton’s christening celebration with an awareness and fundraising event for the Charity.

For further information, please visit our website at www.kidneyresearchuk.org and help us fund research to save lives.

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Chronic kidney disease is common, harmful, yet treatable; and is both a public health and Government priority.

Dr Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care

Patron Angela Rippon OBE (from August 2008)

National President

Our Mission > To fund life-saving research into kidney disease; > To improve the quality of life of those with kidney disorders;

A world free from kidney disease.

We need your support

more than ever.

All the examples in this publication are drawn from real life experiences of people touched by kidney disease (patients, volunteers, research award recipients, staff members, event participants etc). We are extremely grateful to them all for allowing us to share their story to help portray the work and achievements of the Charity.

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Chairman Professor Charles Pusey DSc FRCP FRCPath FMedSci (until June 2007)

Research Grants Committee

Board members Professor Graham F Badley (retired September 2007) Mr John H Bartlett Mrs Diana Blass Professor J Andrew Bradley MB ChB PhD FRCS Mr Rupert Caldecott (retired June 2008) Professor Alexander M Davison RD MD FRCP Mr Andrew Gaulter Mr Jeremy Nicholls (appointed March 2008) Professor Michael L Nicholson MD FRCS Revd Dr Judy Craig Peck (retired March 2008) Professor Caroline OS Savage PhD FRCP FMedSci Full details are available on our website www.kidneyresearchuk.org/ourpeople

London Bridges Walk

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Vice Presidents

> To increase public awareness of kidney health.

Our Vision

Angela Rippon OBE , Patron

Lord Thomas Chandos of Aldershot

Professor Neil Turner PhD FRCP (appointed June 2007)

Kidney Research UK is the country’s leading charity funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease.

We have played a significant and vital role in medical science, having invested over £30 million in kidney research since 1961. We are dedicated to supporting research, improving patient care and raising public awareness of kidney disease issues.

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Welcome People in need Making an impact Working together Reaching out to the people who need our support Our shared goals Keeping you informed Your contribution How we spent your money Thank you for your support Our people

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facing the UK today.

It’s all about people... this year’s Annual Review highlights the impact we have made both on the lives of people affected by kidney disease and the wide network of people we work with, who are helping to drive forward advancements in tackling this disease.

We need your continuing support to increase this number and help us realise our vision of creating a world free from kidney disease.

Our researchers... involved in vital research to find a major breakthrough.

Finally, we are particularly proud to announce that from August 2008, Angela Rippon OBE, the television journalist and newsreader, will become Patron of Kidney Research UK. Angela will support our fundraising, education and awareness activities through public appearances and endorsements. She says: “Kidney disease is a sneaky disease. It creeps up on you, unannounced, and has the potential to radically change the lives of millions of people in this country. A greater awareness of the causes of kidney disease could improve general health and well-being, and help to prevent many cases in the future. I’m delighted to be part of an organisation that will help make that happen.”

Our innovative partnership approach ensures that we continue to play a leading role in funding research to find better ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating kidney disease. We have £7.7 million invested in 77 research programmes, including five training awards made this year to help today’s young researchers become ‘the experts of the future’, and 10 new research projects (correct at Sept. 2008).

The people we support... improving the quality of life and health of kidney patients.

We are developing better ways of tackling early stage kidney disease throughout the UK and we believe this is best achieved by reaching into the community to increase awareness of the disease and to support the people affected by it.

Our supporters... helping to create a brighter future for kidney patients.

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health challenges

We would like to thank everyone who has generously given of their time and money to help Kidney Research UK support patients and advance medical research into kidney disease this year.

Professor Neil Turner Chairman

Charles Kernahan Chief Executive

The invaluable work of our fundraisers, support staff and volunteers has enabled us to raise over £9.3 million this year. However, we are still only able to support one in three of the funding applications we feel are worthy of support.

We need to continue to find new breakthroughs in research.

Professor Neil Turner and Charles Kernahan

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Welcome

Kidney disease is one of the greatest

People

in need The facts: > Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often without symptoms and can go undetected for many years, sometimes leading to kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplantation; > Of the 7,242 people on the organ waiting list, 6,475 of them need

a kidney;

>

40,000 people are undergoing dialysis or transplant treatment for kidney failure at any one time, with numbers set to double over the next ten years;

Chronic kidney disease affects more than three million people in the UK.

> High blood pressure, if uncontrolled, can cause kidney failure; > South Asian and African-Caribbean people are up to five times more susceptible to kidney disease; > Someone in the UK is diagnosed with kidney cancer every 90 minutes.

We need to find new ways to deliver immediate

health care benefits.

Caroline Baker received a kidney from her younger brother when her own kidneys began to fail.

She says:

I have the greatest respect for my new kidney and because my brother is a strapping 6’4”, my surgeon said it was like putting a ‘3 litre engine in a Mini’!

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Making an

impact

Our robust and objective application and peer review process ensures the most effective use of our supporters’ money, as we require that all our supported projects have clear objectives and deliverable quality outcomes.

World Kidney Day 2008, creating awareness of kidney health

Research and Developing Expertise: High quality research is our top priority and we support the largest number of cutting edge kidney research projects in the UK, as well as the development of tomorrow’s kidney research experts.

Through our recent research activity, we have made a number of important advances including: > improving the prevention of anaemia for those undergoing treatment; > reducing the risk of kidney transplant rejection;

> the development of novel therapies to improve preservation of kidneys prior to transplantation.

Community and Public Health: Our ground-breaking community-based projects are leading the development of nationwide early identification and treatment programmes.

We also contributed to World Kidney Day 2008 to increase awareness and understanding about the disease and future research priorities. www.worldkidneyday.org.uk We have also solicited the interest of over twenty Scottish MSPs – including the First Minister Alex Salmond MSP – in learning more about kidney issues affecting Scotland. Towards the end of 2008, we plan to hold a major event with these MSPs at the Queen’s Medical Research Institute in Edinburgh, to demonstrate the need for further research investment.

We need to support the development of tomorrow’s

kidney research experts.

Dr Claire Sharpe, King’s College Hospital, received a training fellowship and subsequent project grant to study kidney scarring and fibrosis which affects progression to kidney failure.

Claire says:

My academic career has been made possible by the continued support of Kidney Research UK over the last decade.

Claire now supervises a new generation of ‘renal expert’ in Dr Joe Wang, who was awarded his own training fellowship in 2006 (partly supported by Rosetrees Trust). Joe says:

This support gives me the opportunity to meet peers, to learn from leading experts in the field of nephrology, and to be informed about all aspects of renal disease.

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> identifying a gene which could be targeted by drugs to reduce kidney stone formation;

Working together to

identify future priorities A strong relationship with the people we support enables us to make things happen.

To fund research that is valued and relevant to those closest to the disease we actively engage with patients and carers, drawing on their broad range of views, experience and advice.

To help determine future priorities for kidney research, we undertook a survey of over 1,000 kidney patients, identifying the disease areas of most concern to them and their carers. The results are available at: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/content/view/321/392

Research commencing this year, within three of these priority areas: > Early detection and diagnosis Dr Albert Ong, Sheffield – influencing the development of cystic kidney disease to help slow or halt the loss of kidney function. > Discovering new therapies Dr Craig Smith, Manchester – investigating the control of water balance; Dr Stan White, Leeds – testing drugs in the treatment of Lowe Syndrome; Dr Kevin Marchbank, Newcastle – developing ‘designer’ proteins to reduce inflammation in the kidney. > Improving transplant success rates Dr Nicholas Jones, Oxford – identifying targets for anti-rejection treatments after transplantation; Dr Refik Gökmen, King’s College – developing a blood test to detect ‘rejection’ after a transplant.

We need to give kidney patients

a brighter future.

I have been delighted over the last year, to be involved with and advise Kidney Research UK on many aspects of their work, but particularly World Kidney Day and various Government consultations.

David Merrygold, Chairman of Kidney Research UK’s Lay Advisory Committee, England and Wales

need our support We welcomed the Prime Minister’s comments and we are leading the way with a number of community-focused projects that will help to develop innovative ways to identify and treat kidney disease in its early stages.

Kidney Early Evaluation Programme – Risk Assessment: A co-ordinated awareness programme offering free kidney health checks, vascular risk assessment and educational information to more than 2,000 people within specific ‘at risk’ groups (defined by age, ethnicity, relationship to existing patients and individuals who have not visited their GP recently). This initiative will help inform public health policy, particularly in relation to the planned launch of ‘vascular checks’ by the NHS in 2009. www.kidneyresearchuk.org/content/view/494/653 ABLE (A Better Life through Education and Empowerment): This initiative, which began in 2001, initially addressing inequalities in health due to ethnicity, has now become the Charity’s overall kidney health awareness programme. Key outcomes this year have come from dissemination and awareness activities, including:

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Reaching out to the people who

Neerja Jain, ABLE Project Manager, talking to patients

Kidney disease, together with heart disease, stroke and diabetes, are conditions which affect the lives of 6.2 million people, cause 200,000 deaths each year and account for a fifth of all hospital admissions.

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, January 2008.

> Aspects of the campaign received wide coverage in at least 11 publications, with wide circulation to both lay and professional audiences;

Prakash Suchak developed kidney failure as

a result of high blood pressure and was successfully transplanted 13 years ago. His positive attitude, > ‘The Leicester ABLE Project’ was published, with a Foreword determined outlook and desire to help others led

by Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care. him to become an advocate for the ABLE project.

(Copies are available online or directly from the Charity.)

Prakash says: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/ABLE

We need to reach more people‘at risk’and help them earlier.

Had a project like ABLE been in place earlier, I feel my renal failure may have been prevented or delayed and that my family and I would perhaps have been better prepared.

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> Written or oral presentations about ABLE research and awareness projects at major medical conferences in Brazil and Rotterdam, and at more than six UK health professional conferences and events;

Our shared

goals

Sharing expertise and skills through partnerships with individuals and organisations enables us to achieve major advances in the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Some of our recent partnership projects include: Understanding kidney transplants STEPP (Long-term Outcomes in Renal Transplantation) This project aims to improve the understanding of illnesses associated with long-term kidney transplantation, leading to increased survival for both the patient and the transplanted organ. The results will be published in 2009, but the project was given an excellent profile at the 2007 British Renal Society conference, with an interesting booklet detailing patients’ stories. www.stepp.org.uk

We are delighted to be part of this exciting, patient-focused project, which demonstrates the successful partnership between the professional bodies, an independent charitable organisation and the commercial sector, to study important aspects of long-term care affecting the quality of life and quality of care for transplant recipients.

Medical Director, Astellas Pharma (the project is also supported by Roche Products Ltd and Wyeth Europa Ltd).

BOLDE (Broadening Options for Long-term Dialysis in the Elderly) A three-year study, led by the West London Renal and Transplant Centre, investigating access to home-based care for older kidney patients. This innovative project is supported

by Baxter Healthcare Limited with collaboration from some of the UK’s leading professional organisations and individuals.

We continue to be

innovative in our partnerships – a team effort makes for faster progress.

On haemodialysis, my life was not my own.

I handed control to nursing staff for four hours, three days each week and I would return home after 11 hours too exhausted to eat, and fall into bed. Peritoneal dialysis has given me back my life. I am in control of me and am treated like a human being, not just a patient. I am delighted to be involved in this project which demonstrates caring and consideration for those of us on dialysis.

Valerie Julier, 71years old

informed

The Kidney Health Information Service, supported for three years by the Department of Health, provides web-based general information on kidney disease with a focus on niche areas and our research priorities.

This vital resource aims to empower kidney patients, their families and carers, through information and education, and ‘bring research to life’. We have also launched a new ‘Patient Forum’ on the site to allow individuals to network with others in a similar position. www.kidneyresearchuk.org/information

‘Living with Kidney Disease’ DVDs We produce educational DVDs in partnership with a wide range of organisations, including the Big Lottery Fund, Department of Health and pharmaceutical companies. This year we have distributed over 20,000 of these to patients, carers and health professionals.

Empowering people

who live with kidney disease is central to our work.

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Keeping you

Nicola Richardson suffers from Medullary Sponge Kidneys and wanted to find out more about her condition to help her cope better. Nicola says:

The information I received from the Kidney Health Information Service was extremely useful. I now feel more in control and it will be interesting to talk to more people with my condition through the new Patient Forum.

Caring for patients

People with kidney disease often struggle to live on lower incomes as their condition forces them to give up work. This in turn affects their families and children. Through our Kidney Patient Support Grants Scheme, we provide modest grants to help enhance their quality of life.

We need you to help us create

a world free from

kidney disease.

Michael Cockayne is a dialysis patient studying for an MA in ‘Sports History & Culture’. Michael says:

Without financial support from Kidney Research UK, I would have not been able to commence studying which enables me to cope better with my dialysis treatment.

I would encourage patients to continue with any studies or hobbies they enjoy, as this will help them to maintain a degree of normality in their lives.

We are sad to say that Michael has since passed away, but not before achieving his MA. His wife was keen that we include his story as an inspiration to others.

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£70,000 committed to improve the lives of 173 people in need.

Your contribution and goodwill Some highlights of this year’s fundraising initiatives: > We held Supporter Receptions around the UK in which our researchers talked about their work, brought it to life and said a special ‘thank you’ to our supporters; > In partnership with Textile Holdings and UK Clothing Ltd, we launched a clothing recycling scheme. This has already raised £18,000 and looks to be an excellent fundraising initiative for the future; > We set up our online ‘Tribute Funds’ facility, which enables supporters to remember a lost loved one and to celebrate their life by donating money in their name; > Rob Jackson of Volunteering England helped judge the winners of our new ‘Volunteer of the Year’ scheme.

London Bridges Walk

1,651 walkers

took part in the ‘London

Bridges Walk 2007’ event.

A special gift Legacies continue to be an important way to support our work.

A gift in your Will is an ideal way to ensure that a cause you care about endures and saves lives well into the future.

We need to find even more

generous and dedicated supporters.

Barbara Lilian Price sadly passed away in June 2005, aged 85. Having lost a kidney some years earlier, Mrs Price had been a strong supporter of the Charity since 1982, regularly sending donations. Barbara’s sister, Doreen Carré, says:

My sister left a substantial legacy to the Charity, which showed how much she appreciated their work. An additional donation from her friends was also made in her memory. I feel it’s a wonderful way for me to keep Barbara’s memory alive and to help other kidney patients.

Forth Bridge Walk 2008

likes to play the harmonica... and raise money for the Charity.

Our

fundraisers

What makes someone work for the Charity, either as a volunteer or an employee? Here are some of their stories:

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Bill Braund, busker,

3,700 people

participated in other events to raise money for the Charity in the year.

Dr Richard Fluck, a Medical Adviser to the Charity, completing the Edinburgh Marathon 2008

Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award Kath Ellis, 83, is one of life’s ‘busy people’. Giving 4,680 volunteering hours to our Charity alone, and as a member of Skegness Ladies Fundraising Group since 1972, she has helped raise over £32,000 for Kidney Research UK.

Kath is a born carer, not motivated by personal gain or recognition, but driven by the desire to help improve the quality of other people’s lives.

Malcolm Whale, Regional Manager, Kidney Research UK.

> We received £9,600 from Boundary Mills in Grantham, as their charity of the year; > Supporters participating in our popular lottery draws raised £800,000, a 39% increase on last year; > ‘The London Bridges Walk’, ‘Great North Run’ and ‘London Marathon’ were the most successful ever, collectively raising nearly £500,000 for the Charity; > In Scotland, the ‘Forth Bridge Walk’ , ‘Edinburgh Marathon’, and ‘Ben Nevis Challenge’ raised a

record £64,000!

New Community Fundraising Manager Jim Morrison has extensive experience of managing events and has worked with corporates, trusts, major supporters and volunteers. He is proving to be successful at building strong relationships with both new and existing supporters. Jim says:

I have enjoyed my first year immensely.

It’s exactly the job I hoped it would be.

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> Tesco invited us into 81 of its stores to talk to customers about the Charity, raise awareness of kidney disease and fundraise, which resulted in £22,000 in donations;

How we spent your

money

> This year, thanks to the generosity of our supporters and efforts of our fundraisers, we have raised over £9.3 million, with additional income of £366,000 coming from our investments.

The

> We reduced the costs of generating funds (excl. trading) from 38% in 2006/2007, to just 30%. This means that, for each pound, we spend 70 pence on research, awareness and patient care, with 30 pence going towards raising more vital funds. We have a programme of continuous improvement to ensure that the Charity operates efficiently, aiming always to direct more of the funds we raise directly to research, awareness and patient care.

is enabling us to drive forward

> We committed an additional £500,000 to research in 2008/2009 and were also able to add a further £2.35 million to the reserves that will underpin research in future years.

Income 2007/2008

advancements in kidney research.

Expenditure on Charitable Objectives 2007/2008 Investment Income

Patient Support

4%

4%

Corporate, Trust, Statutory Shops and Big Lottery 5% Fund 13%

Events 8%

commitment of our supporters

Awareness & Education 12%

Legacies 42% Research, Training and Development 84%

Lottery 8% Donations including Gift Aid 20%

This chart excludes the costs of governance and raising funds.

More detailed information is available in our ‘Annual Report’ and ‘Financial Statements for 2007/2008’ which includes our ‘Trustees’ Report’.

These documents can be obtained directly from Kidney Research UK and online at www.kidneyresearchuk.org

Our goal is to fund even more vital research, which we will only achieve by being as efficient and

effective as possible.

Charles Kernahan, Chief Executive.

We are sincerely grateful to everyone who supports us. It is not possible to acknowledge you all individually, but a special mention must go to the following: Individuals, groups and public sector supporters ABLE Peer Educators ABLE Principal Investigators and Research Fellows Adele Walls Alice and George Skinner Benjamin and Kerry Caligari Big Lottery Fund Bill Braund Bucklers Mead Community School, Yeovil C Hitch (Mrs) Carol Norbury Caroline Baker Cheltenham North Rotary Club Deepak Mahtani, South Asian Development Partnership Department of Health Doreen Carré Dr Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care Dr Lalvani Fay and Ivor Venner Geeta Malhotra Gillard family Hard-Fi Heartlands Kidney Patients Association Heather Marshall Helena Jones Helen Glancy Howard Jackson Ian Purchase

Jessica and Rachael Gleeson Julie Duff Kath Ellis Katie and Sarah German Kevin Costner’s Film Appreciation Society Lincote Resource Centre Mark Knopfler Melbourne Health Care Centre Michael Cockayne Mike Mollart Rogerson National Health Service Nicholas Owen Nicola Richardson Nigel and Tanya Stagg Nursing and Midwifery Council Paul Bromley Pete Kumar Prakash Suchak Queen Elizabeth Kidney Patients Association Rastrick High School Riminder Dosanjh Sarjit Gill Skegness Ladies Fundraising Group Simon and Rachel Rees-Jones Sonia Sinclaire and family St. George’s, University of London Thornbury Rotary Club Wendy and Peter Adamson White Rose Loyal Glasgow Supporters Club Wigman Ladies Group

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support Corporate supporters A G Parfett & Sons Alco Valves Alloywire International Ltd Amgen Ltd Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar Astellas Pharma ATS Balfour Beatty Barclays Bank (Leeds) Batleys Cash and Carry Wholesalers Baxter Healthcare UK Bayer Healthcare Boundary Mills (Grantham) Brabners Chaffe Street Solicitors Brend Hotels Britvic, Leicester Capita Life & Pensions Services Castle Cement Clerkenwell Green Property Management Limited Danuk Enterprises Ltd Debenhams Glasgow Delbanco Meyer & Company Limited Design Partners Creative Ltd Dods Dunlop Aerospace E.ON UK Eli Lilly & Co First Direct Freedom Finance Genzyme UK

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Thank you for your

Thank you for your Corporate supporters continued Grontmij Ltd Heart of Oak Insurance Group Higton Plant Hire Ltd Hill Dickinson Solicitors Hounslow Homes Kitchen World, Mansfield Lanes Health Lazard and Co Le Cercle Francaise De Maidenhead Merck Sharp & Dohme Mothercare UK Limited Nathans Wastesavers National Scrapie Plan Administration Centre Northern Rock NWF Retail P Z Cussons Pearson Vue, Manchester Pegasus Training (Glasgow) Print for Business Press to Print Prudential Purepix Photography Roche Products Ltd Sanofi-Aventis Sharpes Brewery Skopos Design Ltd Sumners Sweet & Maxwell TAC Europe Tesco

support

The Pritchard Group UK Clothing Collections Vitabiotics West Bromwich Building Society William Grant & Sons (Scotland) WP Metals Limited Wyeth Europa Ltd

Charitable Trusts, Foundations and charities Ballinger Trust British Renal Society Cato Trust Chapman Charitable Trust Christadelphian Samaritan Fund Frank Pearson Foundation Freemasons’ Grand Charity G C Gibson Charitable Trust G M Morrison Charitable Trust HBOS Foundation (Scotland) Hetton-Hickling Trust and The Greyhound Inn

The Ardwick Trust The Belmont Trust The British Transplantation Society The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust The David Hill Charitable Trust The Edith Murphy Foundation The Epigoni Trust The Family Rich Charities Trust The Four Winds Trust The Gamma Trust The George Henry Collins Charity The Gerald Bentall Charitable Trust The Gerald Tankel Charitable Trust The Guiting Trust The Health Foundation The Hoover Foundation The Houghton Dunn Charitable Trust The Jane Hodge Foundation The Kidney Alliance The Kirby Laing Foundation

James Weir Foundation

The Lennox & Wyfold Foundation

JN Derbyshire Trust

The McCorquodale Charitable Trust

National Kidney Federation and Tim Statham OBE

The Oscar & Rosa Davis Charitable Trust

PF Charitable Trust

The P M Charitable Trust

Prison Service Charity Fund

The Pearson Family Second Settlement

Rosetrees Trust

The Renal Association

ShareGift

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Sir John Eastwood Foundation

The W A Cargill Fund

The Albert Hunt Trust

The Wyndham Charitable Trust Woburn Trust

We want your name to join the list of supporters who have helped us fund life saving research.

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Chronic kidney disease is common, harmful, yet treatable; and is both a public health and Government priority.

Dr Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care

Patron Angela Rippon OBE (from August 2008)

National President

Our Mission > To fund life-saving research into kidney disease; > To improve the quality of life of those with kidney disorders;

A world free from kidney disease.

We need your support

more than ever.

All the examples in this publication are drawn from real life experiences of people touched by kidney disease (patients, volunteers, research award recipients, staff members, event participants etc). We are extremely grateful to them all for allowing us to share their story to help portray the work and achievements of the Charity.

Please enter your name and address below: Title:

Mr

Mrs

Miss

Other

DOB:

First name: Surname: Address:

Professor David NS Kerr CBE FRCP Postcode:

Professor Andy J Rees MSc FRCP

Trustees

Committees

Chairman Professor Charles Pusey DSc FRCP FRCPath FMedSci (until June 2007)

Research Grants Committee

Board members Professor Graham F Badley (retired September 2007) Mr John H Bartlett Mrs Diana Blass Professor J Andrew Bradley MB ChB PhD FRCS Mr Rupert Caldecott (retired June 2008) Professor Alexander M Davison RD MD FRCP Mr Andrew Gaulter Mr Jeremy Nicholls (appointed March 2008) Professor Michael L Nicholson MD FRCS Revd Dr Judy Craig Peck (retired March 2008) Professor Caroline OS Savage PhD FRCP FMedSci Full details are available on our website www.kidneyresearchuk.org/ourpeople

London Bridges Walk

Here is my gift to help tackle kidney disease

Vice Presidents

> To increase public awareness of kidney health.

Our Vision

Angela Rippon OBE , Patron

Lord Thomas Chandos of Aldershot

Professor Neil Turner PhD FRCP (appointed June 2007)

Kidney Research UK is the country’s leading charity funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease.

We have played a significant and vital role in medical science, having invested over £30 million in kidney research since 1961. We are dedicated to supporting research, improving patient care and raising public awareness of kidney disease issues.

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Welcome People in need Making an impact Working together Reaching out to the people who need our support Our shared goals Keeping you informed Your contribution How we spent your money Thank you for your support Our people

Our people

Telephone:

Patient Grants Committee An independent committee with expertise in patient issues and which awards welfare grants to patients

...and not forgetting our employees and volunteers

Date:

I would like to help fund life-saving research with a gift of:

Lay Advisory Committees – England and Wales, and Scotland and Northern Ireland

A panel of clinical and non-clinical experts who assist and advise the Charity on medical and research matters

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An independent committee of scientific and medical experts, which scrutinises grant applications for quality of science, on which basis they recommend to the Trustees those suitable for funding

Medical Advisors

Work

Don’t forget to tick for Gift Aid

Professor Fiona Karet PhD, FRCP, FMedSci – Chair

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Tackling kidney disease...

it’s all about people Now you know what we need to do, how can you help us?

It’s all about people.

Please help us with a gift to tackle kidney disease

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Supporting Kidney Research UK has helped me to cope because I feel I am contributing something that might help our son in the future.

Tracey Gillard

Trenton Gillard was born with only one kidney.

His parents, Gary and Tracey, became active supporters of Kidney Research UK, initially making donations to our Exeter shop, and then combining Trenton’s christening celebration with an awareness and fundraising event for the Charity.

For further information, please visit our website at www.kidneyresearchuk.org and help us fund research to save lives.

Donation Line 0800 783 2973 Registered Office: Kidney Research UK, Kings Chambers, Priestgate, Peterborough PE1 1FG Tel: 0845 070 7601 Fax: 01733 704699 Registered Charity No. 252892 Scottish Charity No. SCO39245. Registered Company No. 905963.

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