Campaign theme: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere
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| Organisation | Town | Event-info |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire Council | Aberdeen | Promotion to raise awareness through Intranet, social media and posters in workplaces |
| Aberdeen Royal infirmary | Aberdeen | Awareness day |
| Monklands Hospital | Airdire | Stands at the main entrance of the hopsital and the entrance to the canteen to raise awareness |
| Grampian Kidney Patients Association | Alford | Awareness table at local supermarket and promotion at local GP centres |
| Antrim Area Hospital | Antrim | highlight world kidney day and all services we have to offer |
| Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital | Bangor | Information stand in General Hospital |
| Belfast City Hospital | Belfast | Awareness stand led by Kidney Care UK |
| Virtual Race (200 participants) | Bingley | Raising money for Kidney Research UK and Kidney Care UK |
| Heartlands Hospital | Birmingham | Awareness stand and checking blood pressure in the front entrance of the hospital. Representation from Kidney Care |
| Queens Elizabeth Hospital | Birmingham | Awareness stand |
| Sparkhill Dialysis Unit | Birmingham | Awareness event |
| Kings Norton Kidney Treatment Centre (Diaverum) | Birmingham | Share the day with our dialysis patients. |
| Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service | Blackburn | Holding a World Kidney Day event at centre |
| Royal Blackburn Hospital | Blackburn | Patient, staff and visitor educational stand/event |
| Blackpool Victoria Hospital | Blackpool | Promotional event at the hospital raising awareness between staff and visitors. |
| Pilgrim Hospital | Boston | Awareness table either at the main entrance or near the cafeteria and cakes |
| Birch Hill Primary School | Bracknell | Awareness activities |
| Bradford Teaching Hospital | Bradford | Awareness event |
| Royal Sussex County Hospital | Brighton | Display and discussion stands led by South Eastern Kidney Patient Association |
| Southmead Hospital | Bristol | Ward events particularly medication review to reduce AKI progression |
| MedImmune | Cambridge | Awareness stand at and event led by Kidney Research UK |
| Cambridge Dialysis Unit | Cambridge | Awareness event |
| Kent and Canterbury Hospital | Canterbury | Awareness event |
| University Hospital of Wales | Cardiff | Coffee and Cake Morning in Nephrology & Transplant Outpatient Clinic |
| Bbraun avitum (Cardiff North site) | Cardiff | Event to raise awareness, with fun games for the patients to raise money and boost moral |
| Bbraun avitum (Cardiff South site) | Cardiff | Selling cookies to patients and staff, guess number of jelly beans in the box |
| St Helier Hospital | Carshalton | Event to increase kidney awareness and to promote The Kidney Fund |
| Mid Essex NHS Hospitals Trust | Chelmsford | Information stand in main atrium of hospital to raise awareness and info on research opportunities available at the hospital. |
| G4S Patient Transport Service | Chelmsford | Awareness event |
| Countess of Chester NHS Trust | Chester | Hospital based event based for out patients & staff |
| Royal Chesterfield Hospital | Chesterfield | Awareness table on entrance corridor at the hospital |
| Shopping centre | Chineham | Promotional stand to promote world kidney day, NKF, KPA and organ donation |
| Colchester Primary Care Trust Building Unit | Clacton-on-Sea Essex | Raffle and homemade cake stall and handing out leaflets, water etc to the general public. |
| BCUHB Bodelwyddan Clinic | Conwy | Information stand in hospital |
| Lloyds pharmacy | Coventry | Planned event at the pharmacy to raise awarness |
| Diaverum Renal Unit (Darlington Memorial Hospital) | Darlington | Event in the patients waiting area |
| Queen Margaret Hospital | Dunfermline | Stand in main hospital foyer |
| Evince Technology Limited | Durham | Awareness event |
| Eastbourne District General Hospital | Eastbourne | AKI Quality Improvement workshops for staff |
| Hairmyres Hospital | East Kilbride | Event highlighting importance of healthy kidneys plus AKI improvement work at the hospital |
| Edinburgh Royal Infirmary | Edinburgh | Awareness event focusing on living donation led by Kidney Research UK Peer Educators. |
| Renal Unit Southend Hospital | Essex | Blood pressures and blood sugar checks for the whole hospital also explaining AKI |
| Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital | Exeter | Several events at the hospital and one in the city centre with our local KPA. |
| Victoria Hospital | Fife | Stand run by Fife Kidney Support Group |
| Queen Elizabeth University Hospital | Glasgow | Display stands led by Kidney Care UK |
| Gloucester Royal Hospital and Kings Walk Shopping centre | Gloucester | Display stands led by Gloucestershire Kidney Patients Association supporting Kidney Research UK and Kidney Care UK |
| King George’s Hospital | Goodmayes | Awareness stand |
| North East Kidney Patients Association | Hartlepool | Raise an awareness of kidney disease and have an information stand with leaflets. |
| Conquest Hospital | Hastings | AKI Quality Improvement Workshops for staff |
| Princess Royal Hospital | Haywards Heath | Awareness event led by South Eastern KPA |
| Diaverum – Hereford Kidney Treatment Centre | Hereford | Awareness event |
| Lister Hospital Stevenage | Hertford | A stand in the main concourse with nformation and fun events – number of kidney beans in a jar etc |
| Highbridge | Coffee morning with stalls and entertainer | |
| Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust | Hull | Awareness stand near canteen manned by staff and Humberside KPA |
| Ipswich Hospital | Ipswich | Awareness stand in hospital reception, checking blood pressure and giving information on kidney health and living kidney donation |
| Manx Kidney Patients Association | Isle of Man | Display in the local hospital and local shopping centre with media involvement |
| Kettering Renal Unit | Kettering | Promotion and awareness event |
| Kidderminster Dialysis Unit | Kidderminster | Cake sale, bingo for patients and kidney health awareness campaign on main reception |
| Severn Trent Water Ltd | Kidderminster | Promote good kidney health & awareness through wellbeing team, & associates in counties throughout the company |
| NHS Lanarkshire | Lanark | Event within our hospital highlighting the importance of healthy kidneys and AKI |
| Kidney Kids Scotland | Larbert | Encourage local people and businesses to get involved by wearing something yellow or blue and raising awareness |
| Yorkshire Kidney Centre for Paediatrics (Leeds Gen Infirmary) | Leeds | Party to raise awareness |
| St James University Hospitals | Leeds | Bake sale and stand in our main hospital wing |
| Sterling Services UK Ltd | Leeds | Raising awareness in the office |
| Leicester General Hospital | Leicester | Awareness stand in main reception of hospital, outpatients and renal research unit. |
| Leicester City Centre | Leicester | Awareness event for members of the public incl BP check and nurses/docs there. Also an event for BAME communities at Jalaram Temple |
| SSP Leigh Sports Village Practice | Leigh | Cake sale awareness event |
| Legal aid agency | Liverpool | Raise awareness in office on WKD, challenge it liquid intake exercise and charity fundraising |
| Aintree Hospital | Liverpool | Raising awareness in health clinics for staff and patients |
| Alder Hey Childrens Hospital | Liverpool | Stand in atrium of hospital |
| Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen NHS Trust | Liverpool | Events in all the renal clinics and the main foyer of the Hospital, offering blood pressure checks, nutrition information, transplant information |
| St Bartholomews Hospital | London | Awareness stand |
| Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | London | Awareness stand in the main entrance to Guy’s Hospital manned by kidney staff and patients. |
| Global City international | London | Presentation on the kidney, CKD and organ donation. Plus BP and blood sugar checks |
| Tower Hamlets Council | London | working with volunteers at different sites raising awareness |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital | London | An event in the hospital canteen for increase awareness of kidney disease amongst staff and patients |
| Various sites | London | We are hoping to man stalls at The Royal London, Whipps Cross, Queens and Newham Hospitals and Tower Hamlets Town Hall |
| Royal Free Hospital | London | Stall at Royal Free Hospital and at offsite renal units- involving staff and kidney peer supporters |
| Department for Transport | London | Cake sale and juice sale at Church |
| St Mary’s Hospital, South Wharf Road | London | Awareness event in hospital reception led by West London KPA |
| Hammersmith Hospital | London | Raising awareness across hospital (Renal and Transplant Building and in main reception) in conjunction with West London KPA |
| Greencore Food To Go | London | An awareness event in our canteen hosted by one of our team who is a kidney transplant recipient |
| Bupa Cromwell Hospital | London | Awareness day at the hospital with leaflets, quiz, raffle, videos and fundraise for Kidney Research UK |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Loughborough | Coffee and cake sale in a large office with an information table |
| Wythenshawe Hospital | Manchester | Emphasis on hydration on Thirsty Thurs giving out free water and discussing kidney health. |
| The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | Manchester | Awareness stand and visit ward areas educating and promoting kidney care to trust staff. |
| Manchester Royal Infirmary | Manchester | Stand promoting kidneys and transplants |
| Central Manchester Foundation Trust | Manchester | Stand to promote world kidney day and highlight research in this area. |
| Scottish Borders General Hospital | Melrose | Awareness stand run by South East Scotland Kidney Patients Association. Home baking and Sylvia’s world famous tablet will be on sale. |
| St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust | Merseyside | Awareness Stand at the hospital for patients relatives and staff |
| South tees acute nhs trust | Middlesbrough | Awareness event |
| Ifybella Kidney Organisation | Milton Keynes | Various events |
| Cheshire West and Chester Library | Neston, Cheshire | Awareness day |
| Freeman Hospital | Newcastle | Information day in the renal department organised by Tyneside Kidney Patient Association in conjunction with Renal Team. |
| KDARS for kids (Kidney disease and renal support) | North East Lincolnshire | Coffee Morning to raise awareness of CKD and renal issues. |
| Northampton General Hospital | Northampton | Promotion to patients and clinical staff in the hospital |
| Bishop Stopford School | Northants | Raise awareness, by putting up a display in the medical room. |
| Virgin Money Giving Lounge | Norwich | Event in the Virgin lounge led by NKF with nurses offering BP testing to staff and customers, BBC presenter attending and local papers invited |
| Nottingham University Hospitals Trust | Nottingham | Awareness event |
| Diaverum (South Nottingham Dialysis Unit) | Nottingham | Cup cake sale and bring and buy trolley |
| Nottingham City Hospital | Nottingham | Cake sale and awareness stand |
| Fresenius Medical Care | Nottinghamshire | Fundraising day at our head office including bake-off, pyjama day, treasure hunt and various sports activities. |
| Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex | Omagh | Setting up stand in main foyer and attending local park run |
| Lancashire & South Cumbria Kidney Patients Association | Ormskirk | Raising awareness |
| Peterborough Hospital | Peterborough | Awareness stand led by Kidney Research UK |
| Derriford Hospital | Plymouth | Information stand offering advice and points of contact – led by Friends of Derriford Kidney Unit |
| Queen Alexandra Hospital | Portsmouth | Awareness event in main atrium of hospital supported by wessex kidney unit and Kidney Care UK |
| Casa Bistro Ltd | Powys | Awareness event |
| Royal Preston Hospital | Preston | Event linked in with a local running group plus BP checks, healthy kidney advice/promotion followed by a 5k fun run. |
| Six Counties Kidney Patients Association | Princes Risborough | Supper party |
| Royal Berkshire Hospital | Reading | Awareness Stall in hospital |
| Salford Royal NHS Trust | Salford | Information giving stalls at hospital, supported by patients (including Kidney Care UK) and staff |
| Northern General Hospital | Sheffield | Awareness stand led by Kidney Care UK |
| Millenium Galleries and Central United Reformed Church | Sheffield | Patient event and a photo exhibition run by Sheffield Hospitals Charity |
| Shropshire and Mid Wales KPA | Shrewsbury | Awareness event at local superstore,with patients & nurses, taking blood pressure,weighing people and raising awareness of a healthy BMI and diet |
| ASDA Telford | Shropshire | Stand in ASDA in Telford to offer information about kidney health, BP & BMI checks. |
| South Tyneside Foundation Trust | South Shields | Highlighting awareness within waiting areas |
| Southampton University Hospital | Southampton | Cake sale during the day and stand promoting kidney awareness organ donation and evening meal with raffle and entertainment. |
| Spire Southampton Hospital | Southampton | Hospital wide education and awareness and launch new AKI recognition algorithm |
| Sail in the Solent | Southampton | Sail in the Solent, led by SE KPA with crew made of Tx recipients and kidney experts led by SEKPA |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | Southampton | World Kidney day study day for 400 delegates at Botleigh Grange Hotel |
| Railway Hotel | Southend on Sea | Rock gig with a number of local bands organised by South East and Central Essex Mind |
| Supermarine Sports and Social Club | South Marston, Swindon | East Meets West Family Fun event in aid of Give a Kidney |
| St Albans City Hospital | St Albans | Eat Cake and Talk |
| Royal Stoke University Hospital | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Information Day at Hospital about kidney disease |
| County Hospital | Stafford | Display stand at the front of the hospital |
| Kings Mill Hospital Satellite dialysis unit | Sutton-in-Ashfield | Stand in the main hospital |
| Morriston Renal Unit | Swansea | Event in a local school with a carousel of stations where pupils learn about kidneys from health care staff and patients. |
| Village Hotel | Swansea | Patient conference and attending the National Assembly of Wales – Paul Popham Fund Renal Support Wales |
| Great Western Hospital | Swindon | Stand and giving out information to the public. Plus on 20th March have booked the academy and will be giving lots of information to staff members. |
| Park House school | Swindon | Cake sale |
| Bbraun Dialysis Unit | Taunton | Awareness stand |
| St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Tooting | Stand at main entrance with kidney health promotion and fun activities |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust | Truro | A stand in the Main entrance foyer |
| Minister Health Care | Tyne and wear | Coffee morning and cake sale in community hub and care home |
| Renal Services UK Ltd | UK-wide | Various pop up events in our dialysis clinics |
| Walsall Manor Hospital | Walsall | Presence in main atrium of hospital with a stand. |
| Diaverum (Walsall Kidney Treatment Centre) | Walsall | Awareness event |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust | Wigan | Stall giving out information to members of the public and staff. The local press have also been invited. |
| Kidney Warriors Wigan | Wigan | Talks to raise public awareness of kidney disease and reduced kidney function |
| Wirral University teaching hospital NHS trust | Wirral | Raise awareness for patients and families on inpatient surgical /urology ward |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | Wolverhampton | Trust display to promote World Kidney Day |
| New Cross Hospital | Wolverhampton | Stall in Greggs within hospital site |
| University of Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton | Table in the Student Union. |
| Worthing Hospital | Worthing | Awareness event led by South Eastern KPA |
| York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust | York | Awareness event |