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By Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales
Walking for Health is an initiatve to support Kidney Patients in Swansea to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing.
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Our charity supports kidney patients to lead a better quality of life by improving emotional and physical wellbeing, we believe a Walking for Health Group combats both, emotional and physical wellbeing, by brining together Volunteer Kidney Patients to facilitate the walking groups, and encouraging walking and talking to their peers. Kidney disease can be isolating for the individual and their families, a walking for health group will bring the patient and family members together, enabling them to do something positive in so many ways. To make this happen we are looking for funding for the following things: Volunteer recruitment and training: recruiting volunteer kidney patients to become walk leaders and group facilitators; Marketing and Promotion of the walking for health group; Event and booking management for the group; Walk leader kit; transport to take patients to and from various walking route locations; training first aiders, funding for post walk coffee and a cake after their w
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The Walking for Health Group will not only improve kidney patients physical wellbeing but it will also improve their emotional wellbeing, building confidence and self esteem. It brings the kidney patient community together in a relaxed and informal setting, walking with their peers will help them gain a better perspective. It will also make the walkers aware of services that the Paul Popham Fund offer such as Befriending and Counselling Services. It will help our Volunteer Walk Leaders identify patients who may need additional support.
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How will the money be spent?Total £14,314
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VolunteerThe aim of the Paul Popham Fund, is to provide all Kidney Patients in Wales with a better quality of life by improving their emotional, physical and financial wellbeing. Providing a central hub of information, advice and support and supporting projects that support this aim. We provide Peer Support Services through our Befriending Service, we train kidney patients and/or their carers to give advice and support to their peers who are new to kidney failure or are looking for further advice and support as they establish changes in their lives or require further emotional support accessed from our Counselling Service. At present this service is run from Swansea, working with People and Places, the Health Boards and Welsh Renal Networks, we are about to commence the service in Cardiff to support patients in South West & East Wales and our aim is for this service to be offered to all patients in Wales. Our Peer Support Services will provide kidney patients with a hub of information, advice and support. We fund various wellbeing projects including an annual activity weekend for children and youths with chronic and end stage kidney disease; Christmas & New Year day out for children with chronic and end stage kidney disease and their families; funding patients to take part in transplant games. It is our goal to support more patients to get active and improve their quality of life through fitness and as a result take part in the transplant games annually. There are around 10.000 people with renal disease in Wales and many more at risk from this disease. Renal disease is common and mainly associated with ageing. It is estimated that about one in five men and one in four women between the ages of 65 and 74 has some degree of renal disease. There is no cure for chronic kidney disease, although treatment can slow or halt the progression of the disease and can prevent other serious conditions developing. Renal disease may cause kidney failure to survive, people with kidney failure may need to have artificial kidney treatment, called dialysis, or a kidney transplant. Being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease is very worrying for the individual and the family unit. The Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales is a cause based in Swansea, supports all Renal Patients in Wales and that includes Children and Youths with Renal Failure.
Project Owner: Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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