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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.  Yes, It’s that time of year again! 197 days until the big day. We all need a bit of Christmas in our lives, whatever the time of year We are launching our Design a Christmas Card Competition and the winning design will appear on the front of the Paul Popham Fund Christmas Card. The winner will also receive a Staedtler Prize Bundle. ( Ergosoft colouring pencils 24pk, Triplus fibre tips 20pk,Triplus fineliners 20pk) All proceeds will help raise much needed funds for the refurbishment of the Children’s Kidney Centre, Cardiff which will make regular trips to the centre a more positive experience for our parents and children. We want you to “Get Creative” or “Snap Happy” and produce a Christmas themed design for the front cover of our Christmas Card. The competition is open to everyone, and you can produce your design in any way you wish – it could be a drawing, painting, collage or a photograph.

Paul Popham Fund had the pleasure of accompanying the Year 3 Class at Gorseinon Primary for their daily mile  run/walk challenge. It was amazing to witness the sheer excitement on their faces as they walked onto the football pitch to take part in their daily run/walk challenge. Furthermore, they were beaming with pride when their […]

During a week that saw upsetting scenes in the Mayhill area of Swansea, pupils at the local school, Sea View Primary, proved their resilience by rising to a challenge set by us here at the Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales. The challenge, called the Wear Wally Walk to School, was taken up to raise […]

Lyndon and Alfie-Ray Rees from Llanelli had set themselves a challenge of running an Ultra Marathon, “Ray’s Renal Ray of Sunshine Run” on 29th May 2021 in memory of Raymond Bolton a “larger than life” character that would always bring light and happiness wherever he went. A Llanelli man who doted on his family and […]

FREE Face Coverings and Hand Gel for all our Kidney Community!   Free of Charge for all Kidney Patients under hospital care in Wales. Additional coverings available for a small donation  

Here at the Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales we’ve been overwhelmed by the support given to our latest fundraiser ‘Kilometres for Kidneys’, which has raised over £2,500 since it was introduced on World Kidney Day, March 11, 2021. During the pandemic, we – like so many other charities– have had to adapt our methods […]