kidney research uk annual review 2007/08

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.

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Patron Angela Rippon OBE (from August 2008)

National President Lord Thomas Chandos of Aldershot

Vice Presidents Professor David NS Kerr CBE FRCP

Professor Andy J Rees MSc FRCP

Trustees

Chairman

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

Professor Neil Turner PhD FRCP (appointed June 2007)

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

Committees

Research Grants Committee

Professor Fiona Karet PhD, FRCP, FMedSci – Chair

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

Patient Grants Committee

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

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

These two independent committees provide advice, user knowledge and lay views to the Charity, on particular activities and topics

Medical Advisors

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

Angela Rippon OBE , Patron

Our people

Full details are available on our websitewww.kidneyresearchuk.org/ourpeople ...and not forgetting our employees and volunteers

We need your support more than ever.

Welcome 03People in need 04Making an impact 05Working together 06Reaching out to the people who need our support 07Our shared goals 08Keeping you informed 09Your contribution 10How we spent your money 12Thank you for your support 13Our people 15

Contents

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.

Our Mission> To fund life-saving research into kidney disease;

> To improve the quality of life of those with kidney disorders;

> To increase public awareness of kidney health.

Our VisionA world free from kidney disease.

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

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.”

We need to continue to find new breakthroughs in research.

Professor Neil Turner Charles KernahanChairman Chief Executive

Kidney disease is one of the greatest health challenges facing the UK today.

Professor Neil Turner and Charles Kernahan

People in need

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

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’!

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;

> 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.

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impactOur 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.

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;

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

> 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.

World Kidney Day 2008, creating awareness of kidney health

www.worldkidneyday.org.uk

Working together to identify future priorities

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

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.

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.

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

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Prakash Suchak developed kidney failure as a result of high blood pressure and was successfully transplanted 13 years ago. His positive attitude, determined outlook and desire to help others led him to become an advocate for the ABLE project. Prakash says:

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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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:

> 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;

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

> ‘The Leicester ABLE Project’ was published, with a Foreword by Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care.

(Copies are available online or directly from the Charity.) www.kidneyresearchuk.org/ABLE

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.

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.

Reaching out to the people who need our support

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Our shared goals

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

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.

www.stepp.org.uk

Keeping you informedThe 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.

Caring for patients

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

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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.

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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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Your contribution and goodwill

We need to find even more generous and dedicated supporters.

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.

1,651 walkers took part in the ‘London Bridges Walk 2007’ event.

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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.

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.

A special gift

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.

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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.

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

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3,700 people participated in other events to raise money for the Charity in the year.

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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;

> 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!

Bill Braund, busker, likes to play the harmonica... and raise money for the Charity.

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

How we spent your money

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.

> 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.

> 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.

> 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.

The commitment of our supporters is enabling us to drive forward advancements in kidney research.

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

Income 2007/2008

Expenditure on Charitable Objectives2007/2008

Legacies42%

Donations including Gift Aid20%

Corporate, Trust, Statutory and Big Lottery Fund 13%

Lottery8%

Shops5%

Investment Income

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Research, Training and Development 84%

Awareness & Education 12%

Patient Support

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This chart excludes the costs of governance and raising funds.

Events8%

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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

Corporate supportersA 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

Thank you for your supportWe 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:

Corporate supporters continuedGrontmij 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

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 charitiesBallinger 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

James Weir Foundation

JN Derbyshire Trust

National Kidney Federation and Tim Statham OBE

PF Charitable Trust

Prison Service Charity Fund

Rosetrees Trust

ShareGift

Sir John Eastwood Foundation

The Albert Hunt Trust

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

The Lennox & Wyfold Foundation

The McCorquodale Charitable Trust

The Oscar & Rosa Davis Charitable Trust

The P M Charitable Trust

The Pearson Family Second Settlement

The Renal Association

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

The W A Cargill Fund

The Wyndham Charitable Trust

Woburn Trust

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Patron Angela Rippon OBE (from August 2008)

National President Lord Thomas Chandos of Aldershot

Vice Presidents Professor David NS Kerr CBE FRCP

Professor Andy J Rees MSc FRCP

Trustees

Chairman

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

Professor Neil Turner PhD FRCP (appointed June 2007)

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

Committees

Research Grants Committee

Professor Fiona Karet PhD, FRCP, FMedSci – Chair

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

Patient Grants Committee

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

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

These two independent committees provide advice, user knowledge and lay views to the Charity, on particular activities and topics

Medical Advisors

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

Angela Rippon OBE , Patron

Our people

Full details are available on our websitewww.kidneyresearchuk.org/ourpeople ...and not forgetting our employees and volunteers

We need your support more than ever.

Welcome 03People in need 04Making an impact 05Working together 06Reaching out to the people who need our support 07Our shared goals 08Keeping you informed 09Your contribution 10How we spent your money 12Thank you for your support 13Our people 15

Contents

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.

Our Mission> To fund life-saving research into kidney disease;

> To improve the quality of life of those with kidney disorders;

> To increase public awareness of kidney health.

Our VisionA world free from kidney disease.

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

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.

London Bridges Walk

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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.

Tackling kidney disease... it’s all about people

Now you know what we need to do, how can you help us?

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

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

It’s all about people.Annual Review 2007/2008



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