Charities - kidneys, liver and digestive

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British Kidney Patient Association

Address: 3 The Windmills, St Mary’s Close, Turk Street, Alton GU34 1EF

Telephone: 01420 541424

Fax: 01420 89438

Email:

Website:

www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk

Charity number: 270288 (England & Wales)

The British Kidney Patient Association is a well established charity working to improve the quality of life for adults and children with chronic kidney disease.

We provide support, information and financial assistance to patients and families at any stage of their disease – whether it’s needed just after receiving a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease or following kidney failure, when dialysis or transplantation is necessary.

Pancreatic Cancer UK

Address: 2nd Floor, Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TW

Telephone: 020 3535 7090

Fax:

Email:

support@pancreaticcancer.org.uk

Website:

www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk

Charity number: 1112708 (England & Wales)

Pancreatic Cancer UK is the only national charity fighting pancreatic cancer on all fronts: support, information, campaigning and research. We are striving for a long and good life for everyone diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is the most fatal form of cancer in the UK with only around 4% of patients surviving 5 years or more - something that hasn’t changed much in the last 40 years. These survival rates lag behind many European countries and are half of what they are in the US, Canada and Australia.

Beating Bowel Cancer

Address: Legacy Officer, Room 111, Harlequin House, 7 High Street, Teddington TW11 8EE

Telephone: 020 8973 0000

Fax:

Email:

legacy@beatingbowelcancer.org

Website:

www.beatingbowelcancer.org

Charity number: 1063614 (England & Wales)

Bowel cancer is the UK’s second biggest cause of cancer deaths. Of the 38,600 people diagnosed every year, more than half of these are with advanced cancer when it is often too late. However, if caught in time, 90% of cases can be treated successfully.
Beating Bowel Cancer saves lives by increasing awareness of bowel cancer and the need for early diagnosis. They charity promotes equal access to treatment and provides effective support for everyone affected.

Bowel and Cancer Research

Address: Centre for Academic Surgery, 3rd Floor Alexandra Wing, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB

Telephone: 020 7882 8749

Fax:

Email:

Deborah@bowelcancerresearch.org

Website:

www.bowelcancerresearch.org

Charity number: 1119105 (England & Wales)

Bowel diseases, including cancer, affect hundreds of thousands of people a year, yet even in today’s more open society, they are rarely discussed; a taboo still exists which leaves many thousands suffering in silence. In cases where disease leads to life with a colostomy (bag), this can be extremely distressing and isolating.

CORE - the Digestive Disorders Foundation

Address: 3 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LB

Telephone: 020 7486 0341

Fax: 020 7224 2012

Email:

jon@corecharity.org.uk

Website:

http://www.corecharity.org.uk

Charity number: 1137029

In the UK, 3m people every year are diagnosed with a digestive disorder and one in eight deaths are linked to a gastrointestinal condition. At Core, we want to find cures for these conditions (including oesophageal, pancreatic, bowel and stomach cancers, coeliac disease, Chrohn’s, liver disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome amongst others) and improve the situation for the people who live with them.

Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association

Address: Parkgate House, 356 West Barnes Lane, Motspur Park, Surrey KT3 6NB

Telephone: 020 8949 6209

Fax: 020 8942 2044

Email:

support@cicra.org

Website:

www.cicra.org

Charity number: 278212 (England & Wales), SC040700 (Scotland)

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease, are chronic debilitating illnesses involving severe inflammation of the digestive tract. The incidence of Crohn’s Disease in children has increased dramatically over the past few years but to date there is no known cause or cure.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Address: 11 London Road. Bromley, Kent, England BR1 1BY

Telephone: 020 8464 7211

Fax: 020 8313 0472

Email:

legacies@cysticfibrosis.org.uk

Website:

www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk

Charity number: 1079049 (England and Wales), SC40196 (Scotland)

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK’s most common inherited life-shortening conditions. It slowly destroys the lungs and digestive system. There is currently no cure.

Foundation for Liver Research, The

Address: The Institute of Hepatology, Harold Samuel House, 69-75 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX

Telephone: 020 7255 9830

Fax: 020 7380 0405

Email:

Website:

www.liver-research.org.uk

Charity number: 268211/1134579 (England & Wales)

The Foundation for Liver Research funds innovative research programmes to address the challenges of liver disease.

Kidney Research Fund Northern Counties

Address: Department of Renal Medicine, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN

Telephone: 0191 213 7636

Fax: 0191 223 1233

Email:

Website:

www.nckrf.org.uk

Charity number: 700037 (England & Wales)

The Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund was established in 1972 to support work for kidney transplant and dialysis patients in the North of England. Research by scientists, physicians and surgeons is funded. There are currently six full time posts in Newcastle which the fund has paid for.

Kidney Research UK

Address: Nene Hall, Lynch Wood Park, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ

Telephone: 0800 021 7707

Fax: 08456 047211

Email:

legacies@kidneyresearchuk.org

Website:

http://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/legacy

Charity number: 252892 (England & Wales), SC039245 (Scotland)

Right now, the lives of over three million people in the UK are threatened by chronic kidney disease. No one knows who or when kidney disease may strike next. It could be any one of us, a loved one or a friend, and can mean a lifetime of dialysis or a transplant.

Kidney Wales Foundation

Address: 1 Radnor Court, 256 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff CF5 1GZ

Telephone: (029) 2034 3940

Fax:

Email:

chris@kidneywales.com

Website:

http://www.kidneywales.com

Charity number: 700396 (England & Wales)

The Kidney Wales Foundation leads the way in the fight against kidney disease.

Kidney Wales invests in renal research, patient care and well–being, and actively works with and on behalf of kidney patients and their families across Wales.

Kids Kidney Research

Address: 10 Beechwood, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 9JU

Telephone: 01403 732291

Fax:

Email:

paul@kidskidneyresearch.org

Website:

http://www.kidskidneyresearch.org

Charity number: 266630 (England and Wales)

We exist to fund vital kidney research for babies and children at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. We also fund renal projects nationwide under the guidance of the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology.

National Kidney Federation

Address: The Point, Coach Road, Shireoaks, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S81 8BW

Telephone: 0845 601 02 09

Fax:

Email:

nkf@kidney.org.uk

Website:

www.kidney.org.uk

Charity number: 1106735 (England & Wales)

Please support our charity so we can help the two million people in the UK at risk of chronic kidney disease or the 60,000 patients whose kidneys have already failed completely.

The British Liver Trust

Address: 2 Southampton Road, First Floor, Ringwood BH24 1H

Telephone: 01425 481320

Fax:

Email:

info@britishlivertrust.org.uk

Website:

www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

Charity number: 298858

The British Liver Trust is the UK’s leading liver charity dedicated to helping everyone with a liver condition. The Trust works to pioneer liver health aiming to reduce the impact of liver disease by funding medical research and provides vital support for those living with liver conditions. It also raises public awareness to prevent liver disease through our Love your Liver campaign.