29 March 2009 is the day to Walk in Wales

2009’s Walk for Life takes place on March 29 and is set to be the biggest yet! And you can be a part of it.

If you organised a walk last year and want to get involved again we’d love to hear from you. And if there isn’t a walk in your hometown then why not organise one yourself? It’s really easy to do and you’ll get the full support of Kidney Wales’ Walk for Life team to help you all the way.

We supply all our walk organisers with their own bumper Walk for Life packs including promotional posters, flyers, sponsor forms, T-shirts and of course certificates for those that take part in the walk.

The walk itself can be as long or as short as you want it to be and you don’t have to be super fit to take part – just enjoy it at your own leisurely pace.

Last year a massive 36 walks took place across Wales from Amlwch in the north to Cardiff in the south raising more than £80,000. Money raised from our biggest fundraiser goes to helping transform the lives of the hundreds of children in Wales affected by kidney disease and failure. Life on dialysis for these children is extremely difficult, while some are so sick they might never get the chance to be put forward for a kidney transplant.

With your help and support though we can give these children and their families hope by funding new state-of-the-art dialysis machines, ground-breaking research into kidney disease, paediatric social workers and much-need improvements to the Children’s Kidney Unit at the University Hospital of Wales, which cares for patients across Wales.

Every penny you raise really does make a difference. Help us to help a child and support your local Walk for Life.

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