With her big smile and infectious laugh, Martha Stringer looks like any other happy-go-lucky 3 year old from Marple, near Stockport. Yet behind all of this, Martha is suffering from FSGS, one of the many diseases that affects kidney function Martha has less than 5 years until her kidneys fail completely and will then face the rest of her life on dialysis. Transplantation is the other treatment option but as Martha is missing an important gene, there is only a 30% chance that a transplant would be successful.Through all of this, Martha’s spirit has been a true inspiration to everyone around her. The campaign has been set up to promote awareness and raise funds for Kidney Research UK to help find a cure for Martha and others like her; to give them the hope of a better future. A target of raising £1million in the first year has been set. This will enable Kidney Research UK to set up Fellowships and develop the kidney patient and research award grants to fund innovation projects. The average cost for each project is £150,000 over 3 years. The money raised will go a long way in developing today’s youngsters to become tomorrow’s experts, leading the search for a cure for kidney disease. Such funding would make a real difference to Martha and over 3 million other children and adults suffering with kidney disease. At any time, Kidney Research UK has £8.75million committed in research projects but for every single project that is funded by the charity it is unable to fund four further proposals. So please sponsor us now! Many thanks for your support. The All Saints Marple Great Manchester Run Team 08
Cat, Andria, Brian, Richard, Emma, Roger, Julie, Elaine, Bruce, Neil
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