Michael Bennett

Emergency Appeal! Help me to get Kawasaki Disease known!

Fundraising for Societi, The UK Foundation for Kawasaki Disease
£1,857
raised of £500 target
by 88 supporters
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Rob Burrows - Leeds Marathon , 14 May 2023
With Kawasaki Disease in the spotlight during Covid-19, we URGENTLY need funding so we can continue supporting families, sharing trusted medical advice & getting Kawasaki Disease known! Help us protect children from this devastating disease!

Story

I’m running Rob Burrow Leeds marathon on 14th May 2023

The event will be held in support of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Appeal as well as the MND Association.

I’m choosing to run the Marathon to create further awareness of Kawasaki Disease.

This was in the headlines like never before during the Covid-19 pandemic, I am fundraising for Societi Foundation so they can help worried families, anxious parents and people with a history of Kawasaki Disease.

This is personally a very important to me. As my little girl Sadie had the disease back in August 2021 and things were looking very bleak for her at this extremely worrying time. Thanks to the staff at The Royal Blackburn & Alder Hey - Liverpool Sadie is now fine and fighting fit.

With the funding in which I raise this will go towards helping them get trusted FACTS shared quickly to educate doctors and reassure worried mums and dads.

As a small charity they are *struggling* to cope. They have no Government funding or grant support at all, are completely reliant on donations and fundraisers. Right now their resources are at an all-time low! Yet their work to protect children from Kawasaki Disease, the #1 cause of acquired heart disease in children, has NEVER been more important.

I am fundraising for them so they can:

Help worried parents

Provide URGENTLY needed awareness info to doctors

Share accurate info

Get Kawasaki Disease known!

Please donate what you can so we can protect tiny hearts! THANK YOU.

About the campaign

With Kawasaki Disease in the spotlight during Covid-19, we URGENTLY need funding so we can continue supporting families, sharing trusted medical advice & getting Kawasaki Disease known! Help us protect children from this devastating 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
£1,857.00
+ £423.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,857.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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