Hannah Shepherd’s Everest Story

Hannah Shepherd’s Everest Story

Here at the AKU Society we are very lucky to have so many talented and dedicated people working in association with us.Hannah Shepherd, of  Liverpool John Moores University, has been the gait analyst for the  National Alkaptonuria Centre since 2015. The NAC...
A Patient’s Perspective: Best Practice 2017

A Patient’s Perspective: Best Practice 2017

On 18th and 19th October, Hannah, our Patient Support Manager, and Carol, one of our AKU patients, went to the Birmingham NEC to run a stand at Best Practice 2017. In this week’s blog, we find out how they got on. Best Practice – a conference, exhibition and...
First Children’s AKU Workshop

First Children’s AKU Workshop

On Wednesday 26th July children with AKU from all over the country travelled to ZSL London Zoo for the AKU Society’s first ever Children’s Workshop. The day was designed to give an insight to children affected by AKU, and their parents, into the disease and what they...
EURORDIS Membership Meeting 2017, Budapest

EURORDIS Membership Meeting 2017, Budapest

On the 19th- 20th May, Oliver and Ciarán travelled to Budapest to represent the AKU Society at the Eurordis – Rare Diseases Europe, membership meeting. The annual event brings together patient groups from all over Europe for its annual general meeting and a day of...
Cambridge Half Marathon: Meet The Runners!

Cambridge Half Marathon: Meet The Runners!

March 5th is the date of the Cambridge Half Marathon. We have 9 runners taking part and in this week’s blog, we will introduce you to some of them. They are all raising vital funds for The AKU Society, so please follow their links and donate. Rory Munro, 29,...