The European Transplant and Dialysis Games will be coming to the UK for the first time in August 2022 based in Oxfordshire at Radley College and Blenheim Palace. The Games involve organ transplant and kidney dialysis patients from over 25 European countries. It is a fantastic opportunity to see the life changing and life saving impact of organ donation for those with life threatening illnesses. Participation in over 15 different sports shows how severely ill individuals can overcome adversity and return to a normal and physically active life.

The war in Ukraine this year has had a tragic impact on so many people in Ukraine, but none more so than those who have chronic illnesses. Bombing hospitals and blocking supplies of medication and medical equipment has been life threatening for kidney dialysis patients and organ transplant patients dependent on daily medication to survive. Many have left Ukraine and are being supported across multiple European countries. We are raising money to bring a Team of Ukrainian transplant and dialysis patients to the European Transplant and Dialysis Games for the first time ever. This will be a true way to demonstrate that there is hope for everyone including the chronically ill in Ukraine who can overcome the terrible impact of the current invasion and devastation.