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Our best estimate is that about 3.5 million children, young people and adults in the UK are living with an eating disorder. They are of all ages, genders and backgrounds – eating disorders do not discriminate. They steal childhoods, devastate relationships and pull families apart. However, we know that recovery is possible. And with your help, we’re determined to ensure everyone gets the support they need and deserve.
Bowel Research UK
By leaving a gift in your Will to Bowel Research UK, you’ll help us achieve our mission to end bowel cancer and bowel disease. Every legacy, whatever its size, funds vital research that transforms clinical practice and improves the lives of those affected.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 11,148 people in the UK. You are born with CF and cannot catch it later in life, but one in 25 of us carries the faulty gene that causes it, usually without knowing. We are in a time where there will be more people living with CF in the UK than ever before. For many people with CF, lives are getting longer and healthier. However, not everyone with CF can benefit from the latest treatments, and they are not a cure.
Foundation for Liver Research
Liver disease is now the UK’s third biggest cause of premature death – but it only gets a fraction of the research funding given to cancer and heart disease. Established in 1974, the Foundation for Liver Research is the UK’s only dedicated liver research charity. At our world-renowned Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies, working in partnership with King’s College Hospital, we’re on the verge of breakthroughs that could help the liver regenerate itself, to treat liver failure and resolve cirrhosis, unlock new immunotherapies to cure liver cancer, expand access to transplants by restoring donor livers and harness patients’ own immune cells to prevent rejection after transplants.
Kidney Care UK
Kidney Care UK is the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity, which for nearly 50 years has been working to improve the quality of life for children and adults living with kidney disease. We know that the impact of kidney disease can be shocking and overwhelming. Kidney Care UK is here to provide hope and care to patients and their families through expert advice, as well as practical, emotional and financial assistance when it is needed most.
Kidney Research UK
If you live with kidney disease, or have seen its impact on someone you love, you’ll know how quickly everything changes. While the rest of the world moves forward, kidney disease stops life in its tracks. Every day, millions of us are held back from the lives we want to live. Weddings missed, careers stalled, holidays a distant memory. Even little things that most people take for granted – like a banana or a glass of water – become difficult. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Medical Research Foundation
Medical Research isn’t just about scientific discovery – it’s about protecting the health of the people we care about for years to come. So if you’re hoping that your Will can provide a better, happier, healthier life for those you love, would you consider supporting medical research. By leaving a gift to the Medical Research Foundation, you’ll be funding the research that future generations will depend on.
National Kidney Federation
The National Kidney Federation (NKF) has been dedicated to supporting renal patients and their families for over 47 years. As the only National kidney charity in the UK managed by kidney patients, for kidney patients, our mission is to improve the lives of those affected by kidney disease. We operate the UK’s only Freephone Helpline specifically for patients and families dealing with kidney conditions, despite having just 11 full-time staff members.
Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund
The Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund was established in 1988 to support work for kidney transplantation, progressive kidney diseases, and replacement of kidney function by dialysis in adults and children the North of England. There are six scientific and clinical posts which the fund has established in the University and NHS Trusts.
TB Alert
Tuberculosis (TB) is the greatest infectious cause of death worldwide. Until the 1960s it was a major killer in Britain. Many older people will remember the isolation sanatoria and fear. Each year in Britain, there are still around 5,000 people diagnosed with TB. Even worse, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that one and a half million people worldwide still die from TB annually, despite improvements in diagnostic tools and drugs. A figure that has increased as health resources were diverted away from TB to address the Covid pandemic.