My Story

After dropping out of university to join the army, I was sent to hospital straight after the army medical with symptoms of kidney disease. I underwent testing and was found to have IgA nephropathy. Fast forward 8 years and I was lucky enough to avoid dialysis by a matter of weeks and received a kidney transplant in May 2022. I am fundraising for Kidney Research UK by running the London Marathon 2025 to ensure that there is enough awareness and funding to try and find a genuine cure for chronic kidney disease and to improve current treatments. I also want to honour my donor and make sure I am making the most of my second chance.

As the leading kidney research charity in the UK, nothing is going to stop us in our urgent mission to end kidney disease. We’re here to be heard, to make a difference, to change the future. This is a disease that ruins and destroys lives. It must be stopped. 

Over the past 60 years, our research has made an impact. But kidney failure is rising, as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes and obesity.

Today, we are more essential than ever.


In the UK there are approximately 3.25 million people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3-5 and a further 3.9 million people are estimated to have CKD stages 1-2, together reaching a total of 7.2 million people living with kidney disease in the UK, that’s more than 10% of the entire population. Treatments can be gruelling and currently there is no cure. Only research will end this and nobody can do it but us, by offering kidney patients and their families hope for the future. We’re taking it on. But we can’t do it without you. Kidney disease ends here.