Kieran Feetham

Spartans's Kawasaki Kid

Fundraising for Societi, The UK Foundation for Kawasaki Disease
£714
raised of £2,000 target
by 60 supporters
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We Raise Awareness of Kawasaki Disease to help protect tiny hearts!

Story

Fairlands Valley Spartans 2018 charity of the year is the UK Kawasaki Disease Foundation. 

The foundation is very important to the club as it has affected the lives of 1 family at the club. As we are 1 club this brave little boy and his amazing parents belong to our family. 

Kawasaki Disease is an inflammatory process that can affect almost every system in the body. If not treated it works its way through the body until it reaches the coronary artery causing life long irreparable damage.

With Kawasaki disease there are no blood tests and a clinical diagnosis made based on the symptoms presented with which were high fever, rash, lethargic, arthritis, swollen glands and extreme irritability plus many more symptoms that can be missed. We want to raise as much money as we can to help raise awareness of Kawasaki Disease 

For more information on the is horrible disease then please visit www.kawasakikid.co.uk

The club will be doing club events and races to raise as much money as we can to help research and fight this horrible disease. 

About the charity

Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the UK and the western world. It's time we changed that. We have an enormous task to do. But we are going to do it. TOGETHER we will. Join us and help us protect tiny hearts. You can make a difference. Awareness of this often pernicious disease is currently poor. Slow diagnosis and delayed treatment of Kawasaki Disease can cause serious, life-long health issues. Children affected by Kawasaki Disease have excellent chances of a good recovery with timely diagnosis and the correct treatment. At Societi we know that recognising Kawasaki Disease early is THE transformational opportunity to prevent what can be devastating effects from Kawasaki Disease. Kawasaki Disease has lots of symptoms in common with other childhood illnesses so it is often misdiagnosed - this means lifelong heart damage for too many children. Each year in the UK there are more cases of Kawasaki Disease than bacterial meningitis! Everyone would spot meningitis and know what to do, because of brilliant awareness raising work by MRT. We need everyone to recognise Kawasaki Disease too.
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Donation summary

Total raised
£713.30
+ £137.83 Gift Aid
Online donations
£713.30
Offline donations
£0.00

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