World Club Basketball Tournament helps to raise awareness of kidney disease 12 September 2023 Basketball players from around the world descended on Hastings last weekend to take part in the World Club Basketball Tournament. Brought together by event organiser and kidney transplant recipient Eric Douglin, the tournament was an opportunity to raise awareness of kidney…

Great North Run challenge for 10 stone loss kidney patient 06 September 2023 When Simon Cooper takes to the starting line at the Great North Run this Sunday, he’ll be thinking back to the moment when doctors told him he would soon face life on dialysis or need a kidney transplant.   Weighing over 22 stone,…

A walk to remember brave ‘Captain Wullie’ 23 August 2023 Susan McCall took part in the Glasgow Bridges Walk this month in memory of her husband, Wullie. He first fell ill during a holiday in Turkey. The couple were enjoying a sunshine getaway in the town of Dalyan, “Wullie’s happy place”, when he became terribly…

Mother and daughter celebrate kidney transplant success four decades on 17 August 2023 The Glasgow Bridges Walk on 20 August marked a major milestone for Cheryl Malko and her mother Kathleen Noonan. 40 years ago, Kathleen donated one of her kidneys to Cheryl – who was then just five years old – and both mother…

Strongman dad joins the Glasgow Bridges Walk with his family 10 August 2023 When Ian Alexander takes part in our fundraising event, the Glasgow Bridges Walk, on 20 August, he’ll be wearing his #TeamKidney t-shirt with pride. The father-of-two underwent a successful kidney transplant in 2019 and jumped at the chance to raise funds after…

A walk of thanks following a successful transplant 05 July 2023 Having recently had her one-year kidneyversary, Hannah Aarons, 49, can think of no better way to celebrate it than doing the London Bridges Walk to raise money for kidney research.  Hannah and her “wonderfully supportive’ family are no strangers to the event, as she did…

Hero donor brother takes on skydive 26 June 2023 Mike Raddie is one of those special people. Not only did he donate his kidney to his sister Julie, but he is now jumping out of a plane for Kidney Research UK. The 52 year old from County Antrim tells us why he’s preparing to take…

Mum joins our London Bridges Walk after decades with nephrotic syndrome 22 June 2023 When Emily Fender was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome (NS) at the age of 8, she was told it was likely she’d outgrow the kidney disorder by the time she was in her late teens. But at 35, Emily still has the…