Kidneys for Life

Presentation in Memory of Paul Heapy

Presentation in Memory of Paul Heapy

Karen, Dave & Steven Heapy, Julie Anderson, Jimmy Cullen and John Sutcliffe together with staff members from Wards 9 & 10 proudly showing off the new “Spacelab Monitoring Station” which has been donated in memory of Paul Heapy.  You can read Paul’s story here.  We would like to thank everyone involved in raising the funds in Paul’s memory to enable us to purchase this machine which will be of great benefit to our renal patients.

Kelly, Chloe & Tracey

Zumbathon – In Memory of Mandy Lake

Tracey O’Neil daughter of Mandy Lake, who sadly passed away and was one of our renal dialysis patients, decided to organise a Zumbathon to raise funds for Kidneys for Life in memory of her Mum.

The event took place at the Royal British Legion and over 35 family and friends attended the event.  Tracey made the T-Shirts herself and would like to say a big thanks to Diane the Zumba teacher for all her help on the day.

Emma, Kelly, Joyce, Claire, Tracey & Catherine

Tracey's Zumbathon

Maria Jiacoumi – Charity Event on 15th October 2011

Maria celebrated the fifth anniversary of her kidney transplant, which was a living donation from her sister, Phyliss on 15th October by hosting a Charity Variety Evening in aid of Kidneys for Life.

The event would not have been possible without the support of the Greater Manchester Probation Trust and we are extremely grateful for their help in raising £1,500 on the night.  We would also like to thank Community Payback in Stockport for providing a number of raffle prizes in the form of birdboxes, birdhouses & wheelbarrows.

We would also like to thank Dr Hany Riad for coming along on the night to give a short talk on kidney disease and transplantation.  Also to the artists who performed on the night including Susan Hargreaves, BJ and the Spanish Flamenco Group, it all made for a fantastic night for everyone.

Alex Cooke took part in the Inaugural Beetham Tower Run in Manchester on behalf of Kidneys for Life and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.  A total of 125 runners took part in the charity event with 4 runners recording times under 6 minutes to run up 46 floors of the Tower. Alex Cooke’s winning time was 5 minutes and 19 seconds followed closely by Richard Robinson on 5 minutes 23 seconds. 

Well done to Alex and for more information follow this link

A devoted man who donated a kidney to save his partner’s life has spoken about his sacrifice for the first time.  Alan Swain offered girlfriend of 10 years, Sarah Joseph, the chance of a better life after years of exhaustive dialysis treatment.  See the full article here.

Paramedic donates a kidney to partner – Sep 11

We would also like to thank Alan and a friend for taking part in the Para 10 to raise funds for Kidneys for Life – WELL DONE

Three friends took part in a tandem skydive to help raise funds for Kidneys for Life in memory of Tracey Patient (nee Chapman).

Read the full article here Sky’s the Limit – Dawn, Suzanne & Kirstie

See their video of the jump here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQnsdJ-nFY

Please see the attached article from the MEN on 1 September 2011   Daniel Bailey – MEN 1 Sep 11

If you’ve got an old car taking up space you can now use it to help raise money for Kidneys for Life.  We’ve teamed up with Giveacar, which fundraises for charity by collecting people’s unwanted vehicles, including motorbikes.  They are picked up free of charge at a time to suit you and then scrapped in an environmentally friendly way or sold at auction. 

If you pick Kidneys for Life as your chosen charity, a donation from the proceeds will be made to us.

Giveacar can pick up vehicles from around the UK within seven days of you contacting them.

If you would like to find out more about the scheme, visit the Giveacar website or call 020 0011 1664. To donate your scrap car and raise funds for Kidneys for Life, please fill in the online form

Just to say a big THANK YOU to all of our runners who took part in the run on Sunday it was a fantastic effort from everyone considering the weather.  Well Done to you all.

The theft of one of the Kidneys for Life collection Tins at Archers in Broadheath has devastated Karen Part who donated her kidney to her daughter Joanne Bradley in September last year.  Good news though in that an anonymous donor has generously handed in £50 to cover the loss and other regular customers have also contributed so our thanks goes out to them.

Read the article here – Theft devastates kidney donor gran – 14 Apr 11