Final Impact Report

“When children or young people are admitted to
hospital they can be at their most vulnerable. They
are unwell, away from familiar surroundings and
separated from their usual support network of
friends and family.”
“Music therapy can
make a difference by
helping reduce stress
and anxiety as well as
providing an outlet
for them to express
their feelings.”
“The music therapy service at Evelina London has
been attracting interest from far afield. As a result,
we have established a UK Paediatric Music Therapy
Network for the first time. By working together, we
aim to develop children’s music therapy services in
the NHS. None of this would be possible without the
support of Kidney Care UK.”
Cathy Birch is a Music Therapist at the Psychology
and Renal services team at Evelina London Children’s
Hospital. Her role is funded by Kidney Care UK.
Investing in patient
centred research
£1,039,000
has been invested by the
partnership since 2010, funding
42 patient centred research projects.
Kidney Care UK work with the British Renal Society
to invest in patient centred research.
In 2017, through our partnership, we awarded five research grants,
totalling £167,158. One of the grants awarded was to research how
online games can be used to help children with kidney disease.
These grants often act as seed funding, enabling researchers
to secure bigger grants for their work.
“Every £1 of funding has roughly enabled
me to raise around four times as much to
sustain a research programme” Nephrologist
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