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Katie Piper meets the team at the dedicated rehabilitation centre
26 Oct 2018

Behind-the-scenes peek at our rehabilitation centre

The journey to opening a dedicated rehabilitation centre for adults who have survived burns has been one of meticulous preparation.  On BBC Breakfast on Friday 26th October, you can have a behind-the-scenes glimpse as we prepare to evolve out of our development phase, and into being a fully-fledged service. Running a rehabilitation service, where survivors can focus wholly on furthering their rehabilitation through techniques such as scar management has been the goal of The Katie...
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19 Oct 2018

Could you be our Chair? – More time to apply

The Katie Piper Foundation, which began as a very small charity born out of Katie Piper’s dedication to improving outcomes for survivors of burns, has a big objective: a world in which scars do not limit a person’s function, social inclusion or sense of wellbeing. We are now poised to take a major step towards achieving our vision – not only through the provision of rehabilitation and support during recovery to burns survivors, but also...
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07 Sep 2018

Our Founder guest edits National Geographic

Katie has guest edited the world renowned National Geographic magazine in September 2018.  She is one of only 12 people selected to do so in the 130 year history of the publication.  Katie lead content that explores a range of themes, including identity.  She says “When your appearance is drastically transformed in an instant, it’s life-changing”.  And what’s also life-changing is the rehabilitation The Katie Piper Foundation is unlocking access to for survivors of burns. A survivor’s...
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15 Aug 2018
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Support Katie’s Run for Rehab

Katie loves nothing more than taking on a challenge and she’s donning her running shoes again to take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on 14th October 2018. You can help her reach her £7,000 target which will support burns survivors with specialist therapy at our live-in rehabilitation centre. To read about what’s motivating Katie to run and make a much appreciated donation, please check out her fundraising page: https://katiepiperfoundation.charitycheckout.co.uk/pf/katie-piper Thank you to everyone...
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13 Aug 2018

Could you be our Charity Director?

Job role: To lead KPF An outstanding opportunity to be The Katie Piper Foundation’s first permanent Charity Director. You’ll head up a team with fantastic team spirit, expertise and commitment. It’s a flexible role in many ways and you can be primarily based in London or Merseyside. Please see here for full details: http://www.charitypeople.co.uk/jobs/job-74833/
12 Apr 2018
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When friends inspire us to climb mountains!

Thoughts may be turning to spring, but here at The Katie Piper Foundation, we’re still happy to be reminded of snowcapped mountains when we think of what Grace Thorne achieved. She trekked Mount Kilimanjaro as a sponsored challenge back in February. Her efforts won’t be forgotten! Inspired by her good friend Catrin Pugh’s personal challenge of ongoing recovery from severe burns, Grace raised over £5,000. Grace has been by Catrin’s side throughout her journey. Catrin...
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12 Apr 2018
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Burns Rehabilitation Survey

Can you help one of our volunteers with her project on burns rehabilitation by completing this quick survey? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/68D7HSC (This is not a KPF research project.  If you need support please check out the Get Help section of this website) Thank you!
18 Oct 2017
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KPF Weekend Event 2017

We held our 2017 Weekend Event at the end of September.  We had 60 guests this year – all adults affected by burn injuries and their family/friends/partners.  Activities included: Cupcake decorating A talk on confidence from Katie Piper Mindful walks in nature Personal training Relaxing massage Swimming Camouflage and makeup consultations Craft workshop Vocational workshop Our volunteers, burn survivors themselves, organised the weekend event and led the majority of the activities.          ...
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Archived News

12 Apr 2018
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Residential Burn and Scar Rehabilitation Centre

Following successful pilots in 2016 and 2017 and a development phase in early 2018, our residential burn and scar rehabilitation centre will be getting off the ground in 2018.  More information on this will follow in the coming months.   If you or someone you know has a burn injury, or an injury resulting in a scar, and you have any questions about this service, please contact us

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Journal of Scars, Burns & Healing

In partnership with leading medical publishers SAGE – we are publishing research in an academic journal entitled Scars, Burns & Healing.

The journal brings together the specialist focus of scar and burns research with the breadth of the science and medicine related to wound healing.

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