The
Council of Management:
Professor David Oliveira, MA, PhD, FRCP
Diana Lady Farnham, CVO
Oliver J.R. Kinsey, MA
Sir Cyril Chantler, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, FmedSci, FKC Chief Executive: Mrs. Rosemary Macri
Grants
Committee: Professor Anthony Nicholls, MB,
FRCP, FRCPEd (Chairman)
Dr Rodney Gilbert, MMed, FRCPCH
Dr Christopher Isles, MD, FRCP
Professor Alan R. Watson, FRCP, FRCPCH
BKPA Grant Application Form - Please click
here to download a copy of the BKPA GrantApplication
Form pdf, which must be completed by a Renal Social Worker.
Before a grant can be considered the Association’s grant
application form must be completed by the patient’s renal
social worker and sent to us at the Association’s address
and providing the need for financial assistance has come about
because of the patient’s renal illness, help can be given
for a variety of reasons. For example:
Education • Books & materials • Computers • Board & lodgings • University & college fees • Educational trips (UK and overseas)
Domestic
• Heating bills • Clothes & bed linen • Funeral grants • Telephone installations &
rental (excluding the cost of telephone calls) • Sheds for storage of CAPD supplies • TV licences
Travel
• Travel costs for hospital admissions
& clinic appointments • Contributions towards purchase
of car (providing the patient will be able to maintain the car
thereafter) • Driving lessons (providing the
patient has regular access to a vehicle within the family for
practice prior
to professional driving lessons and access to a car after passing
the test) • Car insurance
There are many other ways in which we can help, and only a few
where we can’t, so we advise you to try us, we can only say
‘no’ and very seldom do, providing there is a genuine
need.
The areas where we are never able to help are:
Items which are permanently fitted in a patient’s home such
as: • Shower installations • Boilers • Central heating • Stair lifts
Or any other items which could be considered a home improvement.
We never reimburse patients for bills already paid and never pay
loans, credit card commitments, etc.
We never pay court orders, court fines or telephone bills
Once a patient has been successfully transplanted, it is very
seldom that the Association is able to give financial assistance.
However, in the case of the rejection of the graft, travel costs
to hospital can be considered.
Please note that all grants are discretionary and dependent on
income. Grants in excess of £100.00 can only be made payable
to a retailer, company, etc. and not to an individual. Publications
We have a range of publications, most of which are available free
of charge to our members. These are: • Silver Lining Appeal Brochure
– published annually • ‘Timbo – a struggle
for survival’ by Elizabeth Ward • ‘The Kidney Question’
education pack, including video, teacher’s guide, pupil worksheets
– free of • charge
but postage £5.75 • ‘Enjoying food on a renal
diet’ recipe book by Marianne Vennegoor - £8.00 including
post • and
packaging. • A Collection of Verse or Dialysis
Ditties by Timothy Ward
Other leaflets • How can we help you? – a leaflet
for patients
• Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
• Your Child & Chronic Renal Failure
• Kidney Transplantation in Childhood
• Questions & Answers About Fund Raising
• How can we help them? – Guidelines for Social Workers
