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WORLD KIDNEY DAY !
Friends of Renal Care Glan Clwyd
On March 11th Friends of Renal Care Glan Clwyd will be supporting World Kidney Day
In the White Rose Centre , Rhyl.There will be promotional material including balloons
Posters and stickers. Also on hand will be nursing staff to carry out Blood Pressure taking
and to offer information regarding Renal matters.
Protect your KIDNEYS - Control DIABETES
Three-way transplant brings hope
Art on Dialysis
The Art on Dialysis programme supports patients at the Renal Annexe in Morriston Hospital. It has been running since October 2008, funded by the Renal Patients Trust Fund. Whilst undergoing dialysis, using only one hand, patients make pictures with a variety of materials including pencil, charcoal, pastel and watercolour. They are often inspired by famous works of art but also copy from books and magazines and sometimes simply use their own imagination. During the summer 2009 we asked patients and staff to complete a questionnaire to evaluate the project and the results were very positive so continued funding has been approved until July 2010.
Exhibition 9th-19th March at Swansea Grand Theatre
“Art on Dialysis” - an exhibition of work produced by the patients is on show in the White Room Gallery, Swansea Grand Theatre from March 9th to the 19th. The private viewing was opened by Welsh BAFTA award winning actress Margaret John who was presented with a picture painted by patient Gerald Saunders, and to whom we offer a big “Thank You”. As World Kidney Day is 11th March the press coverage of the exhibition will help to raise awareness of the lack of organ donors in Wales, encouraging people to join the organ donor register and help to save lives.
If you would like to know more about the exhibition or my work, please email me at sarahgriffin@village.greenisp.org.
SHOW AT THE NEW TREDEGAR CLUB - MARCH 5th 2010 - Robert Kendrick
The charity show held at New Tredegar Rugby Club on the 5th of March was a great success the entertainment on the night was provided by two local singers Tania and Wayne Skin, who also did the show for me last year. This year I was also lucky enough to get a band to play they were called the Rock-Its and came from Cardiff and they certainly rocked the night away and proved to be very popular with the audience keeping them on their feet dancing the night away.
There were twelve very nice raffle prizes on the night including a signed T-Shirt/Cd/Photo from Sir Tom Jones and a signed T-Shirt/Photo from the Stereophonics.
We also held an auction for a signed Welsh rugby ball and the highest bid was £225. The total raised on the night came to a very respectable £1372 and more hopefully some more people answering my plea for more people to register as organ donors.
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