Donor Awareness Week was from the 16th to 23rd May this year, but we should all be aware of our own kidney function all year round and carry a donor card everywhere we go. Adrianne chats with Colin White, the National Advocacy Manager with the Irish Kidney Association about kidney disease, the donation of organs, and the importance of people becoming donors. They also discuss the various services that the IKA provide including family and peer support groups, holiday homes and their support centres situated at Beaumont Hospital (the National Centre for Renal Transplantation) and Cork University Hospital, which offer ensuite rooms and kitchen facilities for people coming for dialysis or follow up appointments. They rely on the public’s generosity to help them provide these services so if you wish to donate then please go to www.ika.ie or to sign up for a donor card then click on www.ika.ie/donorcard