Life-Saving Anaphylaxis Kitt Stories.

Our Anaphylaxis Kitts have been used to treat 11 severe allergic reactions since we launched in 2023.

Never again do we want to see an ‘avoidable’ allergy death headlining the news.

Ava, 14, Dance Student

Featured in Talk TV, The Times & The Independent

Ava was part of a dance troop renting a school site when she experienced a severe allergic reaction to a snack bar. In the panic, she couldn’t find her own adrenaline pen, so the school’s Anaphylaxis Kitt was accessed and used to treat her.

Read Ava's story

Billie, 44, Maths Teacher

Featured in Good Morning Britain

Billie-Jo, a mathematics teacher from a prestigious UK boarding school, experienced a near-fatal allergic reaction to an unknown substance and required treatment from three adrenaline pens using the school’s Anaphylaxis Kitt.

Read Billie's story

Elaine, 53, Art Teacher

Featured across the BBC

Elaine had no known allergies until she consumed a ginger beer at home one evening and began experiencing anaphylaxis. She desperately called Jason, the estate manager at their school, who drove over with a Kitt and saved her life.

Read Elaine's story

Adrenaline needs to be made more accessible.

The number of adrenaline pen prescriptions has increased by over 300% in the last 20 years* - but studies have found that most people at risk of severe allergic reactions do not have adrenaline pens.

People can forget their adrenaline pens, often expiring before they’re replaced.
In some cases, people develop new allergies and only find this out when they experience their first allergic reaction.
Severe anaphylactic reactions can require multiple doses of adrenaline to treat symptoms properly.

Our goal is to have Anaphylaxis Kitts installed in schools and qualifying businesses all across the UK, similar to defibrillators. They can be accessed by trained staff for use in emergencies to treat life-threatening allergic reactions, whenever and wherever they occur.

"A third of people in England who have experienced a severe allergic reaction to food are not carrying live-saving adrenaline pens, analysis shows". The study was conducted between 2008 and 2018 and published in the journal The Lancet Public Health (Source: The Independent).

Source*: Prescription rates of adrenaline auto-injectors for children in UK general practice: a retrospective cohort study

The stories of people whose lives we’ve saved:

A teenage girl eating a snack...

A young dance student had a severe allergic reaction to a snack bar and couldn't find her adrenaline pens. Thankfully the school hosting the class had a Kitt installed, which was used to save her life.
July 12th, 2023
A school teacher who needed three pens...

A school teacher experienced idiopathic anaphylactic symptoms on her way to school. She used her adrenaline pen, but her condition worsened and two more pens from the school’s Kitt were used by the nurse to treat her.
December 6th, 2023
A woman who drank a ginger beer...

A woman with no-known allergies drank a ginger beer late at home one night, and began to struggle to breathe. The Kitt installed at the nearby school was driven over to her home and used to save her life.
July 17th, 2024
Airborne anaphylaxis on a school bus...

A 15-year-old school boy experienced airborne anaphylaxis to peanuts on a school bus, and his adrenaline pen was the wrong dose. He was rushed to school and treated by the on-site Anaphylaxis Kitt.
September 10th, 2024
Eating at a parents evening...

A young boy experienced a severe allergic reaction at a school open evening after eating something they weren’t aware contained any allergens. The school’s Kitt was used to treat them.
September 20th, 2024
An outdoors educator being stung...

An outdoor education teacher developed a life-threatening allergic response when stung by 20 bees, even though she had no-known allergies and had been stung before without issue. She was treated by adrenaline from the nearby Anaphylaxis Kitt.
September 25th, 2024
Exercise induced anaphylaxis after a run...

A teenage student had a surprise allergic reaction after running 5k around the school fields and the school’s Kitt was used to treat them. They had been prescribed adrenaline pens but had never needed them so didn’t carry them.
October 16th, 2024
A 3 year old's first ever reaction...

A 3-year-old child had their first allergic reaction whilst at nursery. They had not been prescribed adrenaline pens so the on-site Anaphylaxis Kitt was used to treat them.
November 15th, 2024
A misread allergen label...

7 year old girl experiences anaphylaxis to egg after eating a chocolate bar but is saved by Anaphylaxis Kitt on site.
February 10th, 2025
Airborne chickpea allergy from a curry...

A 49 year old experienced her first allergic reaction - airborne anaphylaxis to chickpeas in a curry being eaten next to her. The school’s Kitt was used to save her life.
March 10th, 2025