by Ali Lawrence | Feb 8, 2023 | Help & Support, Mental Health
By Tracy Kinsella Tracy is a Renal Counsellor in the Renal Psychological Service team at The Lister Hospital. Visit our HELP & SUPPORT page for details on how the team can support you and how you can contact them. In James Nestor’s book “Breath: The New Science... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 30, 2023 | Events, Help & Support, Mental Health, News
Prioritising the mental health wellness of the patients, families, carers and renal staff that we support is high on our priorities, So we’re proud to be supporting #TimeToTalk Day this Thursday 2 February 2023. So, what is Time to Talk Day? Time to Talk Day is... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 27, 2023 | BWN, Fundraising
LAKPA have been invited to become the charity for a newly-formed Busy Women Networking in Hitchin. The group which is hosted by award winning relationship therapist and celebrant Ali Moore meet once a month at The Rusty Gun in Hitchin, and Ros attended the first... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 26, 2023 | Help & Support, People Stories
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) can affect whole families, so we’d like to say thank you to David Green (LAKPA Committee Member for Fundraising and Young Adults) for sharing this very personal story of how APKD has affected generations of... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 25, 2023 | BNI, Fundraising
If you’re anything like us you like to always have a good stock of greeting cards at home and – even better – know that a local charity will benefit from your purchase. So how wonderful that Leah Sands, Vice President of BNI (Endeavour) Ware is... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 25, 2023 | BNI, Fundraising, News
Our wonderful partnership with the Ware Endeavour BNI group goes from strength to strength and even though the weather disrupted the planned Charity Christmas Big Breakfast, this was finally held on 5 January. The Big Breakfast included a raffle, £5 to wear a... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 21, 2023 | Fundraising, News, WIBN
Small local charities – like LAKPA – recognise the invaluable contribution that local businesses play in fundraising and spreading awareness. So we were delighted when Ruth Rood – who runs WIBN’s Woodford Group – invited LAKPA to be the... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 20, 2023 | Events
The LAKPA Committee meet on a regular basis to plan what we can do to improve the lives of kidney patients and their families and carers in the Lister area. So, here are the all-important dates for your phone / diary / calendar. If you have some ideas for how LAKPA... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Jan 19, 2023 | Help & Support
Hi, I’m Tracy, I joined the Trust in August 2022 and feel honoured to work with renal patients and affected others. I am a BACP-accredited counsellor and I draw from different theoretical modalities according to the needs of a client. I am also a qualified... Read more
by Ali Lawrence | Dec 8, 2022 | Volunteering
A great opportunity has become available to lend your voice to how our Renal services are delivered Specialised Commissioning (part of NHS England) is currently recruiting for two patient representatives to join the Renal Clinical Reference Group (CRG) as... Read more
