I am running as part of Team BruntonFitch on behalf of the Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund. This is a small local charity run entirely by volunteers in the North East of England.     

We have a friend who, at the age of 63, developed an ultra-rare kidney disease called atypical Haemolitic Uraemic Syndrome (aHUS). Fortunately, between the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where she was treated successfully, and the Institute of Genetic Medicine at Newcastle University, there exists a de facto centre of excellence in the treatment of and research into this and other kidney diseases.  

 

NCKRF helps  fund research posts there. It is a very worthy cause, so please give generously.