The return of the National Kidney Support Centre at Beaumont to the Irish Kidney Association was a positive and memorable ending to 2024. Now that access has been handed over, we need your help to get it up and running again and recreate the wonderful sanctuary that was valued by patients and their families for many years.
The centre needs considerable work to bring it up to the standard of our Munster centre but our team are fully committed to this goal and together with the support of our amazing community, we can do it!
Hit the button below now to give an item/items or get more info here.
Those who have availed of the facility know that it provides so much more than just a bed for the night.
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It’s a safe, nurturing space that enhances emotional wellbeing and plays a critical role in the overall healthcare experience.
By giving an item to the centre, you will enable the Irish Kidney Association to once again provide this vital support for patients and their families, which is what they deserve. From teaspoons to tables, we need it all and we need your help!
Please note that images are for illustrative purposes only.
Centre items may look different to those represented here.
Gifts will go directly to the centre. No physical item will be delivered to your address.
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I was first in the IKA Support Centre in 2007. The minute / walked in I knew I was among friends. To this day, I still meet with them as we made life long friendships. The feeling I got was like someone putting a blanket around you and feeling not alone. Kidney disease is very isolating.
EF
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My experience of staying in the Support Centre was 16 years ago when my mother received her kidney transplant. To be able to talk to people who understood exactly what you were experiencing was beyond words and the fact I was in walking distance of my mother at all times was such a reassurance (you have no Idea how much rural drivers hate driving in Dublin!!)
CC
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My brother suffered from end stage kidney disease which meant long stays at Beaumont Hospital. The proximity of the Centre to the hospital and the provision of a phone in the bedroom with a direct line to the unit meant that on two occasions when / was called to his bedside in the early hours of the morning because of his deteriorating condition, I was with him within minutes and these were his own words’ you staying so close to the hospital gives me courage!
EM
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The Support Centre is a v special place for all Renal Patients attending Beaumount Hospital. There was no comparison between it and the hotel. The hotel was comfortable but like all hotels it was impersonal..one never met any other patients…travelling to and from the hospital for bloods…fear of infection with so many people coming and going from all over the world. Too much toing and froing for sick people….As a patient i just want our Support Centre back.
MF
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Our children are not able to attend local hospitals for their reviews and typically attend Dublin every 4 to 6 weeks. Children on dialysis can be travelling 3 or 4 times per week. I know of families driving up from the country at 3 and 4 in the morning to get there in time. We need our centre reopened for them.
CK
A large number of items are required to get the National Kidney Support Centre up and running again.
You can support this project by giving an *item now – see how below.
*Please note that item images are for illustrative purposes only.
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