Welcome to the
Kent Kidney Patients Association
For Kidney Patients, their Families, Friends and Carers
Established in 1986, KKPA is a non-profit charity providing financial support, specialist advice, guidance and access to further information and resources for kidney patients in Kent.
We partner with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) & support the renal units at Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, Margate & Medway Hospitals.
About Our Charity
Support from those who know!
Inspired by life-changing events, the Kent Kidney Patients Association was established in 1986 in Kent. Over the years, we have become one of the most trusted and effective charitable foundations in the area, working hard to improve the lives of those in need of support. Here you can learn more about who we are and what we do.
Please consider supporting KKPA when shopping online with AmazonSmile
How We Help
Thriving Not Surviving
Support
One of the primary reasons for creating the Kent Kidney Patients Association, was to support people in Kent who had been diagnosed with kidney disease but didn’t know who to turn to, apart from their hospital team.
We are here to offer our help, support & guidance to kidney patients and their families as they navigate their very emotional and at times traumatic journey's living with chronic kidney disease.
We are a non-profit charity on a mission to support as many people as we can.
Get in touch with us if you have any questions, comments or concerns; we'd love to hear from you.
Holiday Caravans
One of our goals is to ensure that if you are living with a kidney condition in Kent, having an opportunity for a welcome break is invaluable.
We have two holiday caravans at the Haven Holiday site Combe Haven, Hastings.
These are available free-of-charge to kidney patients registered with the Renal Units in:
Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, Margate & Medway
with priority bookings being given to patients currently on dialysis.
Get in touch with us for all enquiries or to book a week or weekend stay.
Transplant Games
Welcome to the British Transplant Games.
Running for over 40 years, The Westfield Health British Transplant Games are a celebration of life.
Taking place in different host cities every Summer, the games see teams from hospitals across the UK come together to compete in a medley of sports. The 4-day event attracts around 1000 transplant athletes and more than 1700 supporters.
An inclusive Games: Transplant survivors including children as young as five can compete in more than 25 sports and indeed, many athletes also go on to compete at the World Transplant Games.
About the Games: The Games are organised on behalf of Transplant Sport whose aim is to raise awareness of the need for organ donation, encourage transplant recipients to lead active lifestyles and show appreciating for, and remember, donors and their families.
The British Transplant Games also help to increase the awareness of Anthony Nolan and their need for blood stem cells and bone marrow donation.
Talk to your loved ones about organ donation. You could save up to 9 lives.
Organ Donation
Contact Us
PO Box 1402, MAIDSTONE, Kent. ME14 9XZ
Registered Charity. No. 295090
Main Office: 07306 023 445
