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- Our founder
@KatiePiper_
shares this beautiful image of the scars on her décolletage, adding:
“Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger that whatever tried to hurt you.” 💛
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She did it!
@KatiePiper_
OBE and the reason our charity exists. An incredible woman with unparalleled strength ❤️ she writes:
‘My story has been a very public one, but starting my charity, the
@KPFoundation
gave me purpose after so much was taken from me’.
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It’s incredible to see someone thrive like
@Raichemederick_
has, she is such an incredible inspiration to those at the beginning of the journey. She adds ’My injuries happened as a child and I am the owner of rarest diamonds in the world on my body and these are mine’ 💎
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‘As a child with burns you know you look different, but you don’t quite understand the impact you have on others.
My scars are me they have brought me so many opportunities to flourish, but also gave me many challenges to overcome.’
@RaicheMederick
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“Just a little reminder that your skin looks always good on you. Embrace it, love it and cuddle it.
I know that sometimes it could be hard to show your scars without overthinking cause someone could try to define you by then. To me my scars are just pure magic” Veronica Yoko
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Donna accessed psychotherapy support from The KPF which helped her regain confidence in her day-to-day life along with hand therapy sessions from our physiotherapist.
Daily home accidents can happen to anyone, at any time, and remember
#aburnisforlife
!
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“I don’t know where I’d be now if it wasn't for the KPFoundation. Katie is so selfless and if she can help in any way she always will. I really have her to thank entirely as I wouldn’t be here, accepting my scars and having a life without her.” To donate:
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Did you know it's
#nationalburnsawarenessday
on Wednesday?
In 2022 8,520 adults were severely burned or scaled in the UK. This does not include the thousands of people who visit the A&E departments.
KPF is here for adult survivors with a blended rehabilitation service.
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We are so honoured to announce that our incredible founder
@KatiePiper_
charitable efforts have been recognised with an OBE on the Queen’s New Years Honours List for Services To Charity & Burns Survivors.
As she said in her statement ‘This OBE its for US’ ♥️
#KPFoundation
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@CatrinPugh
was told that because of the injuries sustained from her accident, where she was left with 96% burns, that she would not be able to become a physiotherapist. This week she graduated and we couldn't be more proud to have her as a member of our team at
#KPFoundation
.
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On
#MentalHealthAwarenessDay
we hope this quote by one of the amazing
#BurnSurvivors
on the wall of our Rehabilitation Centre helps with nurturing your own mental health.
@KatiePiper_
designed the service so that mental well-being is supported as well as physical.
#mentalhealth
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As part of
#FaceEqualityWeek
we support
@Robert_Rhodes160
and his video for
@FaceEqualityInt
✨In the video Robert explains how living with a visible difference affects his life on a daily basis.
#FaceEqualityIsAHumanRight
#KPFoundation
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Amazing efforts to raise funds to support people with
#burnsandscars
through their rehabilitation, from the
@KPFoundation
team including our
@MoJGovUK
friends at
@RoyalParksHalf
... thank you to all who have sponsored & sprinted!
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So
@KatiePiper_
your
#strictly
journey is over, but everyone's support for you isn't going anywhere! Your biggest cheerleaders here in the audience summing up the love we all feel for you. Thank for your showing us that confidence grows when you get out of your comfort zone.
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Our team have given survivors the best gifts. Not only have they gifted many extra hours of healthcare and mental health support through
volunteering, in the toughest of years, many of them have also gifted donations to our Emergency Appeal! Please join us in
thanking them 💎
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A great video here from Jamie highlighting the scars your might not see upon first meeting.
Remember, just because they’re not visible, doesn’t mean someone isn’t living with burns and scars that can affect their quality of life, whether that be physically or mentally. Be kind.
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Help
@KatiePiper_
and team wake up to a flurry of donations to remind them that the post-run aches are worth it!
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“I got my dream job as a burns physio with a charity who were there for my rehab from the start.” You’re our dream physio
@CatrinPugh
! Catrin’s work is at the heart of transforming lives. Having a one-in-a-million survivor like Catrin delivering direct care is game-changing.
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The team has spent a great week at this year’s British Burns Association conference, highlighting the importance of rehabilitation for survivors of burns and traumatic scarring. We think it’s important to highlight the powerful work we do alongside the NHS and other charities ✨
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🚨 This is an emergency appeal 🚨
Please watch this video to see the life-changing support we offer survivors of burns like Joe. Joe and his KPF support crew have worked incredibly hard on his rehabilitation.
Please donate:
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Behind-the-scenes peek with
@BBCBreakfast
, prior to opening our rehab centre.
@KatiePiper_
here with the amazing team using new physio equipment. As Katie said "a life changing situation doesn't have to be life ending". Watch this space for film as soon as they're online!
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Be kind to everyone you meet because you never know what battles people are fighting
#quotesworthremembering
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"I've been on a really long journey. I'm only 38 years old but sometimes it feels like I've lived two lives” is what our founder
@KatiePiper_
told
@BazaarUK
as she was interviewed before receiving her OBE.
Watch now:
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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Today we are celebrating the incredible strength of our Founder
@katiepiper_
and those women who are living with, surviving, and thriving after violence.
See Katie's words in the rest of the thread.
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When a burn happens, first aid makes all the difference to pain, wounds and subsequent scarring. COOL RUNNING WATER FOR 20 MINUTES. 20 minutes is longer than you think. Stick with it.
#BeBurnsAware
on National Burn Awareness day and beyond.
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Join
@KatiePiper_
in Hyde Park, London on Saturday 29th April for a 5 or 10k run to raise money for the life changing work we do at The Katie Piper Foundation for those with burns and scars ✨sign up here:
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We are very pleased to announce that our founder
@KatiePiper_
has got married! Congratulations from all of us!
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Every pound you play will provide a survivor of burns with the right support to achieve their goals.
Each week there is a guaranteed jackpot of £1,000 and 80 prizes of £10. Plus a rollover of up to £10,000!
To sign up, visit
Good luck! 🤞
@KatiePiper_
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Elizabeth Soffe has had several surgeries recently on her hands to separate her fingers. When she found out Birmingham Children's Hospital didn't have the funds for a laser machine to treat scars she decided to help, running a marathon 1 mile a day, raising an amazing £215,000.
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A note from a survivor at our rehabilitation centre ✍️ patients that receive treatment from us, leave handprints, quotes and signatures at the end of their treatment, allowing those at the beginning of their journey to feel inspired that many survivors have both come before them.
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Thank you all for your support so far. Please keep sharing tweets about Burns Awareness Day
#FirstAid
#CoolCallCover
#BeBurnsAware
It's Burns Awareness Day! Please follow
@KPFoundation
support us by RT our posts
#katiepiperfoundation
#burns
#scars
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Did you see
@KatiePiper_
doing her charity work on Zoella's take over? Thank you so much to the people who signed up to our monthly giving in response to what they'd seen!
Today's Tuesday Takeover needs no introduction, Katie Piper is an author, podcaster, and founder of the
@kpfoundation
. Katie advocates to make life easier for people living with burns and scars and she is wonderful a ray of light ✨
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@i
.am.forgedbyfire says ‘If I listened to everything that everyone told me that I COULD NOT do with my hands, I wouldn’t be very far right now. What actually matters is the day I remember telling myself that THIS WILL NOT STOP ME.’
#KPFoundation
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Our founder
@KatiePiper_
says 'We have supported 1000’s of survivors since the charity was formed and these new facilities will enable us to do even more. We are very grateful to the support of
@StepsTogetherUK
in enabling this move.'
#KPFoundation
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“With skin grafts, the skin is quite fragile & nowhere near as strong as it once was. It takes years before it can toughen up”
@stephaniecoral96
Our founder
@KatiePiper_
added “Once your surgeries are completed, that’s where the journey really starts”.
#KPFoundation
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A big thank you to
@pipespj
for running the
@LondonMarathon
yesterday in support of The Katie Piper Foundation and raising money for the vital work that we do! 🙏
#KPFoundation
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@KatiePiper_
hopes to have reached more of you -
#SurvivorOfBurns
and people living with
#scars
- by telling the nation about KPF's Survivor Support Line. Thank you
@clbleakley
&
@Lorraine
for the chance to help more people. Call 0300 365 0055 for advice and well-being support.
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'It's incredibly hard for people. It's not as simple as an affirmation or a "put your chin up". That doesn't cut it when you've had a life changing trauma'. That's
@KatiePiper_
on
#GMB
this morning, and that's why charities like ours are so needed for people with
#burnsandscars
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Here's what
@KatiePiper_
achieves through her charity work. And she's still putting endless hours into it, even with all the
#strictly
training! Ellie - we're so happy to hear how far you've come, with your remarkable resiliance and outstanding
#NHS
team
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❗️Emergency Appeal❗️
What started out as a winter wonderland trip ended in Catrin surviving 96% burns. She’s now transforming lives as our Burns Physiotherapist. People injured as Catrin was, have their KPF rehab service under threat.
Please donate now
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#BeBurnsAware
today and beyond. Thank you to the
@BritishBurn
and
@CBTofficial
for creating this time to focus on prevention, first aid and beyond.
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Rather than sending a card to our founder
@KatiePiper_
why not
#donate
instead to the foundation
http://t.co/orDiZrXXSK
#donate
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Most burns are preventable, remember
#CoolCallCover
but for as long as they cause trauma, disability and scarring
@KatiePiper_
's charity the
@KPFoundation
will be here to rehabilitate survivors. Be
#beburnaware
today and always.
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@KatiePiper_
isn't the only Katie Piper Foundation team member wowing the crowds! Recently Danielle and Krissie presented at the National Fire Chiefs Council's annual conference and got fab feedback... and we know Katie will get the same from the judges tonight on
#Strictly
!
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We’re so excited to watch and support
@caseydeanphillips
and our other runners in tomorrows Hyde Park 10k, as they run to raise money for The Katie Piper Foundation. Donate here:
(see the full video on our instagram
@KPFoundation
)
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All the warmest seasonal wishes to survivors, supporters and our healthcare partners. Without YOU, we wouldn’t have transformed the many lives of survivors through rehabilitation, that we have.
Have a content & peaceful time. Love from
@Katiepiper_
and the whole KPF team.
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Thank you to everyone who watched, donated and supported our Instagram survivor takeover!
If you missed their lives, head over to our IGTV to catch up.
#Burns
#Scars
#BurnsAndScars
#MakeItEasierToLiveWithBurnsAndScars
#NationalBurnAwarenessDay
#BeBurnsAware
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Do you want to support
@KatiePiper_
's charity? Please bid on her very own
#StrictlyComeDancing
shoes that she has generously donated! Four pairs to choose from. All worn with
@gorkamarquez1
#glam
#christmasgiftsideas
#dancewear
#partyshoes
#charity
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We're helping
@KatiePiper_
celebrate her birthday today!
Katie says she has everything she needs in her life, but remembers all too well when that felt unreachable.
Instead of gifts and cards, she's asking for donations - so we can help others reach their happy place.
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“8 - The age I was when I was burned.
96 - The percentage of my body that was burned.
48 - The number of surgeries so far.
2 - The number of scheduled surgeries for this year.
We don’t just survive, we thrive. I am a child burns survivor. Embrace your scars”
@EmbracingYourScars
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In honour of
#InternationalWomensDay
our founder
@KatiePiper_
wrote a poem to her younger self, entitled ‘You Are Everything & More’, about the life to come. Swipe to read the full version ➡️
#KPFoundation
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Survivors of burns do not seek pity. Their story may be sad but it does not define them. The only way is up, and the
@KPFoundation
are there to support them in that incredible growth every step of the way ✨
#KPFoundation
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We’re now happy to say that Kelvin Okafors prints of Catrin’s portrait are now on sale and 25% of sale of each of the portraits will be donated to The Katie Piper Foundation. Find out more and buy here:
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@ApleecxToday
writes ‘Todays marks 1 year
I can’t get over that this was me a year ago… and I’m so thankful I’m here and have made it through! May is the month where things are going to be looking better with starting a new job and focusing on the future and not the past’
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We at the Foundation are so pleased that our founder
@Katiepiper_
has given birth to her daughter Belle Elizabeth today! Congratulations X
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The calm before they STORM to the finish line! Good luck to
@KatiePiper_
,
@runsinpearls
and all the other team KPF runners! Please sponsor to give them a lift on the way round! ... to help survivors of burns
#burnsandscars
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Join
@KatiePiper_
tonight over on Instagram as she goes live with one of the strongest people we know, Tulsi.
Tune in at 8.30pm to hear Katie and Tulsi talk about strength and resilience.
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At midday today,
#NationalBurnAwarenessDay
@CatrinPugh
& Tulsi
@pointybootz
chat about how surviving burns influenced their career paths, living their lives, how they choose. Find them on the Survivor Takeover of the KPF Insta - search
@kpfoundation
.
#BeBurnsAware
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"I was on a boat with some friends enjoying the weekend when there was an explosion.”
@aleosr
The accident that changed Ales’ life happened in 2021. “After the explosion I was rushed to the hospital.”
#KPFoundation
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Here's part of a thank you message from the family of one of the many people
@KPFoundation
has helped over the years
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Katie Piper has written an open letter on acid attacks. Read it online at:
@Acid_Survivors
@SAGE_News
#acidattacks
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We would like to wish all of our patients, survivors, fundraisers, contributors, friends, family, donors, team and everyone that has supported
@KPFoundation
throughout the last year, an amazing start to 2023 🙌
#KPFoundation
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This is a
#KPFoundation
patient receiving LPG treatment, which helps reduce visibility of scars and burns.
One of our patients once compared the feeling post-treatment to taking off a wetsuit, with an amazing sensation of feeling freer in their own skin ✨
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❗️EMERGENCY APPEAL❗️
Help victims of violent crime who have life-changing injuries. Life for Andreas & family would’ve been very different without our specialist support.
It takes only seconds for burns to alter a life. It takes only seconds to donate. Donate link in comments.
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Did you know
@KPFoundation
provides advice to hundreds of people with burns and scars from across the UK every year?
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A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our founder
@KatiePiper_
today🎈
If you want to send Katie a gift, you can text RUNWITHKATIE to 70560 to donate £10 to support The Katie Piper Foundation and the life changing work we do for those with burns and scars! 🙌
#KPFoundation
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!!Emergency Appeal!!
@CatrinPugh
, our physio and survivor of burns, tells us why we can't let the decimation of funds due to covid, rob survivors of their chance to thrive. It takes seconds for burns to alter a life and seconds to donate. Please donate:
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Saw this out and about... our sentiments exactly! The
#NHS
burn services are now referring patients to our Rehabilitation Centre in Merseyside. They take such care to make sure
#burnsurvivors
get the most out of their stays with us at
@KatiePiper_
's charity's Centre.
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Our annual fundraising Christmas Carol Concert is back ✨ join us on Tuesday 5th December at the beautiful St Peters Church in Eaton Square, London for an evening of beautiful carols and uplifting readings. Get your tickets:
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Please give your support to the founder of our charity
@KatiePiper_
for her fierce performance on
#strictly
by calling 6 22 52 01 from your mobile or 09015 225201 from a landline. We LOVED it!
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Work with KPF
If you are a professional experienced in burns or plastics as a physiotherapist or occupational therapist and would like to provide a brighter future for survivors of burns and scars, we would love to hear from you.
Email johanne
@katiepiperfoundation
.org.uk.
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Do you want to run with
@KatiePiper_
?
Join our founder Katie on the 11th of September for a Central London 10k to raise money for The Katie Piper Foundation. Grab your friends & fundraise to support survivors of burns for the life changing work that we do
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We're at the
@ideal_home_show
Manchester!
@katiepiper_
& our wonderful models will be back on the Super Theatre stage @ 4pm Come and see us!
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As
#FaceEqualityDay
comes to an end it's great to see how much it's made an impact. As
@KatiePiper_
said in her foreword for
@FaceEquality
's essential
#MyVisibleDifference
Report "May we become more visible in society than our differences"
#FaceEqualityDay
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Inspiring catwalk show with models from
@ModsOfDiversity
&
@KPFoundation
hosted by
@KatiePiper_
@ideal_home_show
!
http://t.co/Hc2r0LgYOC
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We are delighted to welcome Kate Naish as Chief Executive of The Katie Piper Foundation. Kate brings 25 years of charity sector experience from disability, social care and health charities.
#KPFoundation
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@tulsidivine108
‘s story by her own words: “Having survived a plane crash at the age of 10 with extensive burns to both my face and body, had a renal transplant after end stage renal failure, I guess we can call it life’s miracle but I call it life’s calling 1/2
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But this is a photo of me, free. Free from a life that has violence, aggression or control in it. This is a photo of me, happy. I can post a picture of myself in a bodysuit- no one in my life controls me, or comes at me in a jealous rage. I am me, I am not a prisoner.
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Alongside physiotherapy
@Jamie
.Pound found that massage worked best for his scars, relieving tightness easing scars 🙌
#KPFoundation
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And the winner is La La Land from
@KatiePiper_
in our eyes for
#strictly
! Do you agree? If so, please vote text 6225 201 call 09015 2252 01
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This is the wall in our physiotherapy room and any patient that receives treatment from us, leaves a handprint or quote at the end of their treatment, It allows those at the beginning of their journey to feel inspired that many survivors have both come and gone before them.
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Our founder
@KatiePiper_
gave a speech recently at The Hospital Saturday Fund AGM. She adds ‘It was such a honour to work with a funder that looks to support essential services in healthcare including The Katie Piper Foundation. Thank you to the whole of The Hospital (pt1)
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Our sympathies to James Partridge's family.
"James dedicated his life to improving the lives of people with visible difference. A phenomenal person who will be missed by so many". Katie Piper on behalf of all at The Katie Piper Foundation.
We are truly saddened that Changing Faces’ Founder, Dr James Partridge OBE, has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family at this terribly sad time.
James inspired and changed the lives of so many; most recently through leading
@FaceEqualityInt
His loss will be felt deeply.
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Thank you to our great
#models
and
#volunteers
@IHS_Manchester
@ideal_home_show
#scars
#burns
#Survivors
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December 29, 2020, the day that Ben D'aths life changed forever. Due to a rupture in a gas pipe further down the street, gas escaped through the soil and filled Bens house. Ben recalls ‘I did not notice it, until I lighted a candled. In a split second, the whole house exploded’.
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ANNOUNCEMENT 😍 You know how much I love an early morning 😏 WELL, I’m so excited to say that I’ll now be having breakfast with you on Sundays, on the NEW ‘Katie Piper Breakfast Show’ 😍💃 So grab your breakfast, pop the kettle on and Ill see you over on
@itvmedia
!
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@burnwarriorheatherWell
says 'surgery went well today. I had my 5th laser treatment on my face, as well as upper torso. Feeling great pain is gone, just itchy 😒. Here is a pre and post pic of today’s procedure. I have another one scheduled next month' 👏
#KPFoundation
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She was an inspiration in so many ways, and her legacy will live on forever. She witnessed history being made and was a part of it. Her knowledge of world events, politics, and power structures was nonpareil.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) 🤍
#QueenElizabethII
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A big part the support we offer is to enable survivors to tell their story safely. Adele has published hers in a book, Brave.
Adele continues to receive services from KPF - burns are a life long condition. Which is why our aim is to make it easier to live with burns and scars.
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With
#BonfireNight
coming up tomorrow, there's a few things to remember when it comes to safety, and what to do in the event of an accident.
Share these to spread the word about safety around fire and fireworks this 5th of November ⬇️
#KPFoundation
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