Meet Denise Higgins – President of the AKU Society North America
Today's blog is written by one of our hardworking volunteers for our exciting upcoming crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the first Global Blac [...]
Through The Looking Glass- An AKU Story
This week's blog is written by Lyndsay Close and tells her husband Mikes recent AKU journey. Mike will be attending the National AKU Centre (NAC) in [...]
BBC Radio 4 Success
We are honoured and humbled to announce that we have now calculated the final amount raised through our recent BBC Radio 4 charity appeal: including [...]
The National Alkaptonuria Centre (NAC) & COVID-19
Today's blog is written by Lesley Harrison, the Head of Patient Support & Welfare at the AKU Society. The past fifteen months have been tough for [...]
Fred Tranter – The First AKU Patient To Be Operated On?
Today’s blog comes from a letter we received as part of our BBC Radio 4 appeal. Along with a very generous donation, Evelyn Cauwood wrote a remarkabl [...]
BBC 4 Radio Appeal – Jess Tells Her Story
This week’s blog is written by Jess Barnes, Mum to a son called Daniel with AKU. Jess will be presenting our BBC appeal on Sunday 2nd of May. To hear [...]
BBC Radio 4 Appeal
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected by BBC Radio 4 to produce a charity appeal. The appeals are ways in which charities can broad [...]
2021 Online Mini Workshop – Round Up
In today's blog, we look at our recent mini online patient workshop held this February. The workshop was designed to fill the gap left by face-to-fac [...]
At Home in Lockdown: Tips From A Psychotherapist
Todays blog is written by Kym Winter, CEO of rareminds and psychotherapist. We’ve all got used to the saying during lockdown that ‘we are all in the [...]
Online Mini Patient Workshop
We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a mini online patient workshop for UK patients on February 11th. The Covid-19 pandemic has force [...]