Getting Involved
These are many ways in which you can connect with fellow patients and family members, directly or indirectly, through the Kidney Society.
Your involvement can be large or small, visible or invisible, ongoing or a one-off.
For us, and for your fellow patients, every little bit helps!
Here are some ideas:
- Making yourself available as a contact for other patients or family members
- Writing a story for the Kidney Society News
- Being available for interviews
- Telling us how we are doing
- Collecting and donating goods for our garage sales and online sales
- Donating new goods for our raffles programme
- Looking after a "dialysis house" donation box
- Selling raffles
- Helping at our annual dialysis camp
- Hospital Visiting
- Managing a craft stall or car boot sale
- Helping at our garage sales
- Gardening and other jobs such as garage sale pick-ups
- Making a cash donation
- Collecting Baxter boxes for us to sell
- Professionally sewing our own PD pouches to sell to people on Peritoneal Dialysis
- Remembering the Kidney Society in your Will
- Helping with mailouts of the Kidney Society News
- Donating back PD trolleys that are no longer needed to give away to others
- Donating used recliner chairs for our home haemo loan pool
- Being a financial member
- Asking businesses to donate surplus stock, samples or promotional material
- Helping to promote the Society and its work
- Sending us a photo we can use on our website
- Encouraging your employer to support us through sponsorship or donations of cash, goods or services
- Donating wheelchairs and other equipment you no longer need to give away to others
- Serving on the Committee
To find out more about any of these or offer other help or suggestions, contact us.
To find out which staff member to ask for, click here.