Katie Akers

Laurie & Katies Fundraising Page

Fundraising for Oxford Transplant Foundation
£2,991
raised of £2,400 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: WDCS - London to Paris Bike Ride, on 28 August 2009
Participants: Laurie Vincent & Katie Akers

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In a moment of madness we have taken on a challenge to ride from London to Paris to raise money for the Oxford Transplant Foundation.

On the 28th August we will leave Tower Bridge and cycle 200 miles to the Eiffel Tower, Paris, hopefully arriving on the 30th!

The Oxford Tansplant Foundation has launched a campaign to raise £5 million to build a 20 bedded ward, additional research labs and teaching space. 

This is a charity extremely close to our hearts and as a family we have spent many years within the care of this incredible unit. Ray Vincent (husband/father) recieved a kidney transplant which gave him ten very happy and healthy years. He is now currently on the paired transplant scheme and waits with bated breath!

The Oxford Transplant Centre carries out Kidney transplants, Kidney and Pancreas transplants for patients with advanced complications of Diabetes, and more recently cell therapy for Diabetes with the specific intention that this will, one day, be suitable for the treatment of children with Diabetes.  Intestinal transplants have also been carried out since 2008, only one of two centres who now carry out this procedure.

Please make a donation if you would like to support this Charity - it would mean so much to us.  Thank you.  



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About the charity

The Oxford Transplant Foundation is an independent charity established to raise funds for the sole benefit of the Oxford Transplant Centre. The Foundation raises funds that are used to enhance the Centre's facilities and to promote research in transplantation. It is devoted to the dissemination of information about the latest medical developments and their implications for improving patient care. The Foundation provides opportunities for stakeholders of the Oxford Transplant Centre -- from patients, doctors, through to carers and scientists -- to work together in continuing to build the Centre's reputation as a world leader in transplantation.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,991.00
+ £228.46 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,110.00
Offline donations
£1,881.00

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