Help us cure kidney disease Annual Review 2008/2009
We’ve helped to save many lives over 50 years. However, there still isn’t a cure for kidney disease
Cover page photograph by supporter Jacqui Mould
Our commitment to research takes us along a winding road. Help us to make the breakthrough and join us on our journey. Here’s just one example of how our investment in one visionary research programme could potentially help patients keep the use of their kidneys.
Over the last eight years we have invested more than £1 million
into studying the Macrophage. We believe that we can programme these immune cells to repair kidney scarring, which often causes kidney failure.
Dr David Kluth and his research group, from The University of
Edinburgh, have completed the final stage of this study but it now needs to progress to clinical trials, which will cost millions.
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Welcome
We are delighted that, thanks to the generosity of our growing number of supporters, Kidney Research UK has increased funding for research in 2008/09. However, with your help, we plan to double our income over the next ten years so we can treble our impact on kidney disease.
The Future Clinical Trials
Dr D Vass – Training Fellowship 2008 Dr D Kluth – PhD Studentship 2008 Dr D Kluth – Research Project 2005
Dr D Walbaum – Training Fellowship 2003
Dr Lars-Erwig – Research Project 2002
Dr D Ferenbach – Training Fellowship 2005
Dr J Duffield – Senior Fellowship 2002
Dr D Kluth – Senior Fellowship 2001
The Charity’s work is extremely important because we fill the gap of supporting excellent research that others cannot fund. For example, we funded Dr Xu of Kings College London to bring ‘complementary Chinese’ medicine together with ‘conventional’ medicine and he has now proved that herbal mixtures could potentially help to prevent kidney scarring, which could benefit most kidney patients. It is the first project of its type in the UK and he is now seeking further large-scale funding from Europe and China based on this work. However, we turn away two project proposals for every one we can fund, so we still have some huge fundraising mountains to climb to support the research kidney patients so desperately need. What if we could grow functioning kidney cells from stem cells and then inject them into a damaged kidney?
Patron, Angela Rippon, talks at the Glasgow Ball.
Chairman, Neil Turner, in training before he conquers Ben Nevis with fellow supporters in October 2009.
We have committed to a three year project to kickstart this, a similar research journey as we started with Macrophages (left), but we will need much more funding in the years to come to continue our ground-breaking work. Please join us on our journey.
Chief Executive, Charles Kernahan, completes the London Bridges Walk.
Annual Review 2008/09
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Our Commitment to Research in 2008/09 We awarded 24 new research grants last year which were decided by a committee of the very best renal professionals in the UK. Here are some of the projects that we supported during the year. For more detail, please visit www.kidneyresearchuk.org. However, for every project we fund we turn down many more.
Understanding the cause Professor Moin Saleem, in Bristol, began piloting a national registry for rare kidney diseases. This will address the scarcity of data available. Dr Rolf Apweiler will be summarising the accumulated experimentally-based knowledge about genes involved in kidney function, development and disease. Dr David Long is trying to increase our understanding about a family of proteins called angiopoietins, which have a key role in the filtering units of the kidney. Dr Paul Winyard is looking at a molecule which reduces cyst formation and could reduce cysts in childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD).
Diabetes is the single largest cause of kidney failure
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Improving health on dialysis or with kidney disease Dr Joanne Marks, at the Royal Free, London, is researching to see if it is possible to prevent the complications of phosphate overload in chronic kidney failure via the gut (intestines). Dr Chris McIntyre, at Derby, is looking at magnesium salts in dialysate.
Dr Lesley Rees, at Great Ormond Street and ICH, is seeing if it is possible to maintain normal bone and blood vessel health in children on dialysis. Dr Donald Ward, in Manchester, is looking at how to maintain healthy calcium levels in kidney disease.
New transplant ways Dr Robert Vaughan, at Guy’s and St Thomas’, is investigating the potential of full Human Leukocyte Antigen typing and defining
antibodies at a more detailed level to ensure successful transplants.
Stem cell research
Dr Guillot, at Imperial College London, is looking to see if stem cells are able to travel to the filtering units of the kidney and make collagen protein and prevent progression to kidney failure.
Improving transplant success Dr Matthew Welberry Smith, in Leeds, is looking to identify new protein biomarkers in blood and/or urine that could help us diagnose problems with transplanted kidneys earlier. His work is jointly funded with the Medical Research Council.
Dr Kerem Atalar, at Kings’ College London, is also joint funded by the Medical Research Council, and will be investigating the exact targets of immune cells involved in the rejection of kidney transplants.
Dr Paul Evans, at Imperial College London, is studying the naturallyoccurring mechanisms that can protect kidneys from inflammation and injury when they are deprived of flowing blood during transplantation.
Dr David Vass received a training fellowship to continue the ongoing macrophage (immune cell) work by studying macrophages to see if they cause late rejection in transplantation by first entering the kidney, then leaving the kidney to be taken up by the lymphatic system (lymph nodes) where the rejection response is stimulated. The could lead to better transplantation outcomes.
We support ambitious eureka moments and tomorrow’s experts to benefit kidney patients The Charity fills an essential gap in kidney research by investing in smaller research needs, which otherwise may not have been funded.
Increasing the efficiency of ANY kidney drug Following an investment of £188,000 over 5 years, Dr Andrew Baker, from Glasgow University, has developed a carrier mechanism to get drugs to target the kidney and therefore increase the efficiency of any kidney drugs and reduce their
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toxicity to the rest of
‘My eureka moment came while reminiscing about an Italian castle.
the body. This work
Castles have extremely thick walls and clever engineering to stop
has the potential to
canon fire punching holes in them. Cells on the other hand are
revolutionise how we get
very fluid and easily become leaky under attack. So making them much more resilient to the ‘canon fire’ of the complement system would be an amazing step forward in preventing disease and also helping organ survival directly after
new treatments directly to the kidney.
transplantation. Since then, with the support of Kidney Research UK, my research group has been developing several new therapies that use our own natural cell defences and structures to improve the engineering of the cells of kidneys so they will be able to repel ‘friendly fire’ from the complement system.’ Dr Kevin Marchbank (pictured, middle) Studentship Award, Newcastle, Awarded £57,467 in April 2009 over three years
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Every year around 6,600 people start renal replacement therapy
“No operation for my children” Software Developer Damon Bullimore (32) witnessed at first hand how our years of investing in kidney research has been influential in the treatment of kidney disease. When he was just seven years old he was rushed into hospital suffering from a blockage in his urethra. He had to undergo a gruelling 24hour operation, not once, but twice. When he discovered that his children also had the same problem, his heart sank. However, because of the investment into renal research over the years, his children were treated without an operation and are doing extremely well. Damon wanted to give something back and convinced his business partner to donate their software program, Brief Your Market, to help us raise funds.
Damon with his business partner, Rick. His wife, Jacqueline, with their children Olivia and Mason.
Damon said: ‘I am so proud to be able to donate our software program. It should help the Charity to communicate more effectively in order to raise life-saving funds. I want to help more children, like mine, avoid having to face my horrific experience 25 years ago.’
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Working to make a transplanted kidney last ‘for life’ For three years researchers have been studying captured data in order to suggest lifestyle changes to make a new kidney last longer. The average life of a transplanted kidney is 10-15 years. Therefore, researchers in Leicester, Leeds, Oxford, St Helier and Guy’s Hospitals have been busy analysing data of previous transplant patients from 1992-2003 to learn how patients should live their life to give their kidneys the best chance of survival. We are excited about publishing the results in 2009/10.
“I now feel blessed to be a normal 18-year-old”
“I don’t want to lose my freedom again” Inspirational Young Farmer, Ben Spink (23), from Barton Upon Humber, had a successful kidney transplant in April, which radically transformed his life. “I often panic about losing my new kidney. I really don’t want to lose my freedom again.
“I didn’t enjoy life so much when I was on dialysis. It just shows you how the simple things in life can be so hard.”
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Alex Walker had a successful kidney transplant eight years ago. She is now walking up Ben Nevis for a third time to raise money. “I had genetic renal failure. Now I’m as healthy as any ‘normal’ 18-year-old. I’m restricted on drinking grapefruit juice, which I don’t like anyway so there’s no drawbacks there!
“Whilst being in hospital I didn’t feel the luckiest person on the earth, but now I have the chance to help others who are still going through painful operations, and sitting for hours on a dialysis machine.”
90% of people on the transplant list are waiting for a kidney
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“My one kidney gave life to two of the most precious people in my life.” Brian King knows how desperate we are to make sure that every kidney counts. He started running to make sure he was fit enough to donate his kidney to his 18-year-old daughter, Donna. “Eleven years ago my daughter Donna had to have her left kidney removed and the doctors told us that she could function quite well with one kidney, even though it was scarred.
“Three years later we registered with Aberdeen’s Sick Kids’ Renal Department and, at our first visit, we were told the shocking news that Donna would need a transplant. “We were knocked for six but the renal team were extremely helpful and suggested becoming a live donor. “Because I was the perfect
match over my wife, I stopped smoking, went to the gym so was fit and healthy for when the time came, which was on the 7th November 2007. “Donna’s new kidney started working straight away and she has been in good health ever since. In fact, six months after her transplant Donna fell pregnant.
“I now have a healthy daughter and a beautiful grandson Brandon now six-months-old. “You could say that my kidney gave life to two of the most precious people in my life.”
Previous research studies have focused on how well each transplant works in the short term whereas this project adopts a much longer-term view and focuses on the patient’s survival as well as each transplant continuing to work.’
Dr James Medcalf, Lead Researcher and Consultant Nephrologist at the Department of Nephrology, Leicester General Hospital
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Prevention is better than cure The Charity is working hard with
e work in partnership with W others for the good of the cause
‘at risk’ communities to save lives by
identifying kidney disease at an early stage
The Charity is part of the Cardio and Vascular Coalition, which advised the government in 2008/09 on the recently launched ‘Health Checks’. These checks should ultimately help to save lives.
Anjie Chhapia talks to her community about organ donation on our behalf “I am very fortunate to be part of this innovative and worthy project to raise awareness of organ donation and the importance of kidney transplants within the Asian community. “As a middle aged Hindu lady working in the community as a Health Trainer for Harrow Primary Care Trust, I was educated in India and migrated from Kenya. “I am hoping to help raise awareness and break myths about organ donation through my work with the Charity. “At a recent event I was overwhelmed when a ten-year-old boy donated his pocket money because his grandfather has kidney disease.” This year we started two new projects to raise awareness about kidney disease and organ donation.
We produce simple easy-to-watch DVDs In 2009/10 the Department
of Health asked the Charity to produce a third educational DVD to help people
understand kidney disease.
The prevalence of kidney failure is increasing at 5% per year
Free kidney screenings Between September 2008 and June 2009, the Charity provided a free kidney screening programme for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in London, Birmingham and Oldham.
Early detection of CKD could have a significant impact on peoples’ lives.
This study helped to identify a 24-year-old man who was so poorly he needed to be put on dialysis straight away.
Overall, we screened 1,500 people from three high risk groups – those who had a close family member with diagnosed kidney disease, South Asians, Black Africans and Caribbean. Dr. Dwomoa Adu, the principal investigator for the screening pilot at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, says: “If we can identify people with early kidney disease, we can help them to manage their condition with medication and slow down the progression of their disease”.
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The NHS Health Check programme could on average prevent 1,600 heart attacks and strokes and save at least 650 lives each year. The
programme could prevent over 4,000 people a year from developing diabetes and detect at least 20,000 cases of diabetes or kidney disease earlier, allowing individuals to be better managed and improve their quality of life.” Former Health Secretary, Alan Johnson
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Up-to-date information on the website In May 2009 we re-launched our website in order to provide people with clearer, and more informative, kidney information, including: • downloadable fact sheets on kidney health • easier ways to search for research information • help with fundraising events • news direct to your in-box • Professor Neil Turner’s blog (pictured) We also regularly ‘tweet’ our supporters and encourage blogging.
Did you know that an Asian person with diabetes is TEN times more likely to develop kidney failure than their White counterpart with diabetes? 7
In a time of need, we’re here to help and advise Our commitment to research and prevention is long-term. However, some patients need our help and expert advice NOW.
“I was able to get to my hospital appointment” The Charity awards Patient Support Grants to help when it’s most needed. In 2008/09 the charity invested £125,000 in patient support. At the age of 13, Michelle Barber was told her kidneys were failing. After two unsuccessful kidney transplants she now has to dialyse every morning for two hours at her local unit in Hull Royal Infirmary, but she needed to travel to St George’s Hospital, London, six times this year so they could monitor her condition. For her last appointment she travelled by train, but this was inconvenient because the train times didn’t coincide with her appointment and she was left waiting in
Fact sheets on kidney disease
the cold for hours. This is obviously not helpful for someone with ill-health. Michelle’s boyfriend offered to drive her to future appointments but he could not afford to pay for petrol. As a single parent of two who has to undergo dialysis every morning, Michelle is unable to work. Her situation has become so desperate that she had to move back in with her mother to help look after her children while she attends her hospital appointments. In January, Michelle’s renal social worker told her about the Charity’s Patient Support Grants, which offer help to kidney patients when their lives have been affected by dialysis. Michelle applied for a grant of £600 to cover six hospital visits to London from Hull. In January 2009, Kidney Research UK agreed to fund Michelle’s request of £400 and this encouraged the Hospital Trust to fund the additional £200.
A New Patron As Kidney Research UK’s patron, Angela Rippon OBE, has been busy supporting the Charity. Here she is pictured with dialysis patient and supporter, Bobby Singh, at the Charity’s Saving Lives Fundraising Ball in Glasgow.
The opportunity to share experiences through blogging Supporters often take time to write blogs
on the website to help others understand what they are going through.
The only medical treatments currently available for renal failure are; dialysis, where a patient has to be connected to a machine for up to several hours a day and several days a week unable to get up and move around; or transplantation, for which there is a huge shortage of kidneys. 8
‘My name is Christina Bates, I live in
Hinckley Leicestershire, UK. I’m 51, soon to be 52, and it’s now 4 my transplant.’
1/ 2
years since
For many people who have just been diagnosed with kidney disease, or have a relation or friend who has been told the news, we’re often the first website they will visit.
To help people have a basic understanding of kidney disease, we offer our Kidney Health Information Service, which has been supported for three years by the Department of Health. It provides web-based general information on kidney disease with a focus on niche areas and the Charity’s research priorities but, if people prefer to speak to somebody, they can always call us.
How we use your money
Income 2008/9 Investment Income
Last year, our generous supporters gave over £8.1 million to our commitment to beating kidney disease, with investment income adding £455,000 to this total.
Corporate, Trust, Statutory & Big Lottery Income Shops 7% 11%
5%
to secure more funding for research in future years.
Despite this we were able to keep the cost of generating
strong research portfolio through
added funding, thanks to our generous and loyal Legacies 32%
We invested in raising the number of our supporters
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We are building a
Events 11%
supporters, and through strategic partnerships.
Lottery (Raffles) 9% Donations 25%
Charles Kernahan Chief Executive, Kidney Research UK
funds at 30% (excl. trading). That means for every pound raised, we spend 70
pence on research, awareness and patient support, with 30 pence going to raise the next pound.
One and a half
Expenditure on Charitable Activities 2008/9 Patient Support £125,000 3%
of £2.79 million - and we have committed to increase our grant awards by £820,000 in 2009/10
suffer from
disease Awareness & Education £934,000 24%
More detailed information is Research, Training & Development £2.79 million 73%
Our commitment to raising awareness of kidney
available in our ‘Annual Report’ and ‘Financial Statements for
2008/2009’ which includes our Trustees’ Report.
disease increased by £255,000 to almost £1 million in
These documents can be
2008/9 and we continued to support kidney patients with almost £125,000 given in patient grants.
million people
chronic kidney
We awarded an additional £570,000 in research and training grants in the year - that means we spent a total
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obtained directly from Kidney This chart excludes the cost of governance and raising funds
Research UK and online at
www.kidneyresearchuk.org
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Fundraising for the three million people unaware they are at risk of chronic kidney disease
Taking on the London Marathon
We have a challenging vision to double the income of the Charity so we can treble our impact on kidney disease. We have been busy making our fundraising more cost-effective, so more of every pound goes to fight kidney disease and are introducing the Charity to thousands of new supporters each year. Thanks to their generosity we are increasing the amount of money we can allocate to research.
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Make us your ‘Charity of the Year’ In the height of a recession, Kwik Fit Insurance staff voted us their ‘Charity of the Year’ and are now working really hard to raise £40,000 to launch Scotland’s first ever community awareness and peer educator service in Glasgow. The service will be designed to help residents prevent or delay the risks of kidney disease, which is expected to increase rapidly over the next few decades due to an ageing population and poorer lifestyles.
11-year-old Abby Tombs has just been nominated for the ‘Pride the Daily in rd awa in’ of Brita in Mirror and ‘Child of the Year’ ld’s Wor the of the Scottish News her Bighearted Scotland award for incredible charity work for us.
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‘I need a kidney’ said seven-yearold Jack Norfolk, from Manchester, to one of our volunteers in Tescos. Two weeks later he’d appeared on Granada and Sky promoting the Charity.
7,000 people on the transplant waiting list need a kidney
ANDY HOWARD
DAVID JACKSON Five years ago, 23-year-old David Jackson discovered his left kidney had become large and ineffective after his holiday companion, a doctor, advised scan. Now, fully him to have an ultra sful keyhole ces recovered after suc don Marathon. Lon the surgery, he ran
Nominated for ‘Pride of Britain’
ASHLEY EVANS Ashley Evans ran the marathon to mark the 10th anniversary of his father’s death. Unfortunately his father died after enduring many years of dialysis and thre e transplants.
JUSTIN MASON J ustin Mason, 38, from Enfield, Middlesex, ran the marathon for the love of his wife, Liz, who had a successful kidney transplant donated by her father.
After falling off his mountain bike, a random test in A&E highlighted Andy Howard’s eventual diagnosis of IGA Nephropathy (Berger’s disease). pleted Four years later, Andy has com bike r hou 24 six four marathons, ce races, a stage of the Tour de Fran and now the marathon.
2,000 people walked across the capital while participating in the London Bridges Walk.
‘I just mentioned I was doing the walk’ Gemma Stevens was ‘the fittest she’s ever been’ and
readily had her blood pressure tested at the gym. It was lucky she did because, within a year, her mother had donated a kidney to her.
She ‘mentioned’ to a few family friends that she wanted to raise funds for us by walking in the London Bridges Walk
- lots of her family and friends turned out and altogether raised approximately £5,000.
My wife wanted to support the Charity’s work in her will Lilian Arnold had been diabetic for many years and died in 1999 at the age of 69 having suffered kidney failure some years previously. During the last years of her life, Mrs Arnold underwent haemodialysis three times a week as treatment for her kidney failure. Her husband said: “She remained cheerful right up to the end and the family are thankful that this
(haemodialysis) prolonged her life. “Since the time of her diagnosis, as a family we have supported Kidney Research UK to see improvements in the treatment of kidney disease and leaving a bequest in your Will ensures that the support continues after your death enabling the Charity to plan for the future with confidence.”
In 2008/09 the Charity raised £950,00 from supporters taking part in events.
Property Developer Jonathan Wrigley, from Nikal, sponsored our extremely moving Manchester Cathedral Service last year “I have witnessed firsthand the impact of kidney disease and the important role research into the disease can have on people’s lives.
“In 2002 my wife, Lucy, developed a condition called HSP which ultimately attacked her kidneys causing irreversible damage. However, thanks to research into the disease, doctors were able to reassure us that we could think about a family
once more.
“In 2005 Lucy fell pregnant and our beautiful son Hugh was born. This was not without its risks. Despite doctors doing everything they could, Lucy suffered end stage renal failure and now has to dialyse every night at home and is currently waiting for a transplant. “Lucy copes amazingly and continues to live an active and relatively normal life but we know how important a role Kidney Research UK will play in our future and through our involvement we have come to understand just how many lives can be improved by the work they do.”
Trustees Generosity Provide Essential Project Funding Due to the overwhelming generosity of The John & Lucille Van Geest Foundation this year we were able to fund Dr Christopher McIntyre’s essential project looking at magnesium salts in dialysate. A spokesperson from the Foundation said: “The Foundation takes a great interest in progressive medical research and recognised that kidney patients are more likely to die of cardiovascular complications than actual kidney failure. We were very interested to hear of Dr McIntyre’s findings so far and felt the project was worthy of further funding and development.” We can’t thank the generosity of Trusts and Foundations enough, including the Health Foundation, Edith Murphy Foundation, and the Rosetrees Trust who take ownership of funding individual research projects to help move us closer to our ultimate goal – a life without kidney disease.
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Thank you for your support 29th May 1961 Trust All ABLE Volunteers All ABLE sessional workers All GP Practices involved in the QI CKD study
British Journal of Renal Medicine Cato Trust (Hard Fi) Chapman Charitable Trust
Ele Whitehouse
Appreciation Society
Epigoni Trust
Kirby Laing
Eranda Foundation
Kwik-Fit Insurance
Family Rich Charities Trust
Laura Cartaway
Frankie Graham
Lawrence Keogh & the Roast Restaurant
Able Principle Investigators
Cheadle & Marple 6th Form College
Adele Walls
Chrimes Family Trust
Galliford Try
All Saints Church, Marple
Clare and Stephen Jakeman
Gary Peatling
AltaContact
Damon Bullimore and Rick Palmer at briefyourmarket.com
Gerald Bentall Charitable Trust
Amgen & Genzyme for their ongoing support Ammco Trust AMW Charitable Trust Andrew Moon Annandale Charitable Trust Arnold Burton 1988 Charitable Trust Aztec Hotel & Spa Almondsbury Bristol Banbury Inner Wheel Barclays Bank PLC - Peterborough
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British Journal of Community Nursing
G.G. Granvilles
Les Johnson Lincote Resource Centre Little Carver Theatre
Gerald Tankel Charitable Trust
Lynda Gradwell
Harrow PCT
Manchester Cathedral
Darren Price, Matt Shephard
Health Foundation
Marple Business Forum
David Uri Memorial Trust
Herbert & Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust
Marple Scouts & Guides
Howard Charitable Trust
Matthew Pike
Dan & Paula Stringer,family & friends
Debenhams, Glasgow Debi Allen-Miles Dept of Health, Transplantation, Renal & Vascular Policy Teams Design Partners Diabetes UK Update JOURNAL Editor
HSR Wholesale Jane Hodge Foundation John Greenfield Journal of Renal Care
Martin Connell Charitable Trust
Maxim Power Tools (Scotland) McAcquarie Group Foundation Merck Sharp & Dohme
Julie Marmer Charitable Trust
Michael & Anna Wix Charitable Trust
Justine and Andrew Chater-Delpine
Mike and Pauline Driver
Baxter Healthcare
Dr Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care
BHSF
Edith Murphy Foundation
Kasner Charitable Trust
Mr & Mrs Calvert
Bobby & Satty Singh
Edward Joseph Colclough Trust
Katie German and family
Mrs Staniland
Brabners Chaffe Street solicitors
Ekspan, Sheffield
Kevin Costner Film
N Smith Charitable Settlement
Nathans Wastesavers
The Belmont Trust
Nikal
The Big Lottery Fund
National Kidney Federation
The Cemlyn-Jones Trust
Nott’s Kidney Units Appeal Group
The entire QI CKD Patient Empowerment Expert Group
Paul Henry & Jessie Woltman Fund Paul and Christopher Robinson, Darren Price and Matt Shepard Pearson Family Second Settlement Peterborough Cathedral PM Charitable Trust Professor Azhar Farooqi and East Leicester Medical Practice
Trustee, John Bartlett raised over £9,000 running the London Marathon in 2009.
The Four Winds Trust The Gamma Trust The Health Foundation The Hugh Fraser Foundation The Inman Charity
More and more
Swimming to Raise Funds
supporters are
Scouts from Luton’s St Augustine’s group
deciding to support us
organised a sponsored swim and raised an
with a regular gift.
Puri Foundation
The John & Lucille Van Geest Foundation
Pye Foundation
The Morris Charitable Trust
Roche
The Royal Free Hospital, London KPA
to Paris cycle challenge in 2009.
Totara
long friends and cycled through some
Roger Raymond Charitable Trust Romily & Marple Lions Ronald & Barbara Abbott Charitable Trust Rosetrees Trust
Turnpike Charitable Trust UK Clothing Collections Ltd.
Sanofi Aventis Selbys Garage
Vic Steers and Andy Maynard
Selston Arts & Community College
Wave Creative Communications
Souter Charitable Trust
W A Cargill Fund
Sumners Sylvia & Colin Shepherd
from kidney disease.
Helen Leslie Smith, a Renal Nurse, took part in the London “I became really fit, made some lifebeautiful countryside. “The organisation was brilliant and, if I was feeling a little tired one day, a support bus gave you a little lift in
Vic Wilkinson, Headmaster at Whitwell Primary School
St James Place Foundation
amazing £800. Why? One of the troop suffers
Wyndham Charitable Trust Yorkshire BS Charitable Foundation Trust
order to keep you on track with the others. “It was also great to be able to indulge in lots of lovely French cuisine because I was able to work it off the next day.”
Supporters travelling overseas for their challenge events raised an amazing £118,000.
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Our people
An expert fundraiser in your community
Patron
Committees
Angela Rippon OBE
Research Grants Committee
National President Lord Thomas Chandos of Aldershot
“
I love being part of a fantastic team committed to making a difference. I
also love seeing people’s faces when
Professor Fiona Karet PhD, FRCP,
they are taking part in events.’
FMedSci – Chair
Stephen King
An independent committee of
Chairman
scientific and medical experts, which
‘For me, it’s all about people. I find
Professor Neil Turner PhD FRCP
scrutinises grant applications for quality of
my work so rewarding knowing
Trustees
science, on which basis they recommend to the
that we are making a difference to
Professor Andrew Bradley MB ChB PhD FRCS
Trustees those suitable for funding
the lives of so many and offering
Professor Michael Nicholson MD FRCS
Patient Grants Committee
Professor Alexander Davison RD MD FRCP
An independent committee with expertise in
Professor Tim Goodship BSc MD FRCP
patient issues and which awards welfare grants
(appointed 03.12.08)
to patients
“Most of our supporters know
Professor Peter Maxwell MD PhD FRCP
Lay Advisory Committees – England and Wales,
someone who is, or has suffered
(appointed 03.12.08)
and Scotland and Northern Ireland
from, kidney disease and they know
Diana Blass
These two independent committees provide
Andrew Gaulter John Bartlett Jeremy Nicholls
advice, user knowledge and lay views to the Charity on particular activities and topics
hope to kidney patients and their families.’ Georgia McCormack
about the Charity’s valuable work. Listening to kidney patients’ stories urges me to do my job better and I love to be able to help our
Medical Advisors
supporters achieve their aim, which
A panel of clinical and non-clinical experts who
is to fund research to save lives”
assist and advise the Charity on medical and
Eileen Bagguley
research matters Trustee, Jeremy Nicho lls (second from left) was part of the UK’s succe ssful World Transpla nt Games golf team wh o picked up silver in the team event, with a score of level par 72, and Jer emy won a bronze medal for a +6 78 in the indivi dual event.
Full details are available on our website www.kidneyresearchuk.org/ourpeople
...and not forgetting our dedicated employees and volunteers
Uncontrolled, or poorly controlled, high blood pressure can cause chronic kidney failure. Yet worryingly, large numbers of people with high blood pressure have not been identified
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Join us on our journey Professor Adrian tly Woolf is curren working with his team of the researchers on genetic control opment of kidney devel and why to help underst ialysis and children need d s. transplantation
‘I had a transplant in 2003, but had to have it removed. I now have to wait un til further research is done in to curing my condition.”
Five-year-old kidney patient Martha Stringer has already joined our journey... She’s helped us to raise an amazing £67,929.
ialysis “I’ve been on d half for three and a e kidney years and on th two and waiting list for a half years.” Paul Gicquel
23-year-old Madd y Warren, London
Kidney Research UK is determined to help people like these. That’s why we plan to invest a further £11.2 million in kidney research over the next three years and one day reach our vision of doubling our income and trebling the impact on kidney disease. With your support, we can complete the journey sooner.
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...from all our talented researchers Email: enquiries@kidneyresearchuk.org Telephone: 0845 070 7601 Write to us: Kidney Research UK, Kings Chambers, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1FG twitter.com/Kidney_Research www.facebook.com/kidneyresearchuk www.flickr.com/photos/kidney_research_uk/ www.youtube.com/user/KidneyResearchUK Registered Office: Kings Chambers, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1FG. Kidney Research UK is a limited company registered in England.
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