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About LISTEN
It should be stressed that all the work that LISTEN
members do is voluntary. In planning and delivering
the support we offer our work is in partnership with
the Liver Unit staff at KCH. We work closely together
on the management committee and King's staff provides
some training to volunteers on the principles and ethics
of support and being with people who are vulnerable.
However what we provide is not professional counselling
or medical expertise but peer-support. We want patients
to benefit from the help they can give to one another.
As well as this website, the network will also produce
newsletters at regular intervals which will provide
information about our activities ,relevant transplant
issues and events. The network aims to raise money for
causes specifically related to the King's Liver Unit
and patient support.
If you would like to be involved in the planning of
this website or help us in getting the information together
for this website, including your personal story or news
and events that our members may find interesting or
wish to attend, please do not hesitate to contact us
by clicking on the 'Contact
US' link in the menu. King's College Hospital -
Liver Outpatients - Half Way House June 2008
July 2008 will see the reopening of the Half-Way House. Having been used as the Liver Out Patients Clinic for a brief period, LISTEN are taking the house back under their wing and giving it the TLC that it so desperately needs!
Due to your kind donations and the hard work of many of our fundraisers, LISTEN is in a position to totally refurnish this six-bedroomed house (which sleeps up to 11 people), with brand new fixtures and fittings. Not only have the beds and wardrobes been replaced in each room, but new chest of drawers, bedside cabinets, TV/DVDs, crockery and cutlery (and more) have been added too. A splash of colour will be added courtesy of the Aldred family, whose wonderful DIY skills will also ensure that the new addition of kitchen cabinets and shelves are complete. |
