Farewell From Nick

Nick has been involved in The AKU Society for over 10 years; becoming trustee in 2003, chairman in 2005 and CEO in 2010. He is now leaving his CEO position to take on a role in AstraZeneca, but will remain chairman and continue to be involved in the...

Meet Lydia, Our New Fundraising Officer

This week we have a new member of staff at the AKU Society. Her name is Lydia Powell, and she is our first ever Fundraising Officer. Over the next few months she will be building up our fundraising activities, enabling us to do even more exciting projects to help AKU...
The First UK Genetic Disorders Leadership Symposium

The First UK Genetic Disorders Leadership Symposium

On Saturday 7th March Hannah, Eve and Nick attended the 1st Annual Genetic Disorders Leadership Symposium in London. The goal of the symposium was to bring together leaders of UK based genetic disorder charities and other patient advocates to learn from...
Meet Jenni, our Summer Intern

Meet Jenni, our Summer Intern

Jenni is a Cambridge student who is interning with us here at the AKU Society for four weeks. She’s been here for two weeks already and has another two weeks to go. In today’s blog we find out a bit more about her and the experience so far. What are you...