My husband has been on dialysis waiting for a kidney transplant for four years, and for someone to donate their organs after their death is the ultimate gift and truly transforms lives. We try not to let the dialysis take over, having to attend hospital three times a week, every week, without fail, results in us having virtually no life at all.

I respect Mrs Hemingway's viewpoint but hope she never finds herself having to walk 10 paces in my shoes.

Mr and Mrs Newton, Totley

Window pain

I'VE experienced problems with Sheffield City Council, due to investment work completed last year.

I had double-glazed windows installed last August, for which I was grateful. But the problem was my kitchen window has two catches to be pressed in, in order to open the window fully. To do this, I have to stand on my kitchen sink, as they are too high.

I am currently 32 weeks pregnant with twins and so can't risk falling or slipping off my sink to open a window. I have spoken to the investment team several times and all I've been told is I can't have the catches changed as this is simply how they are manufactured and they believe this is acceptable.

This is ridiculous. I wrote a complaints letter to the council but received only an acknowledgement of my letter which I kept. I'm wondering if I'm not the only one with this problem.

Jennifer Webb, Crowder Crescent, Sheffield S5.

Have a heart

THANK you to all readers who helped to make the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Help a Heart campaign a success this June.

So many people supported the campaign by digging deep and donating to our UK-wide House to House collections, buying a Heart Button from their local BHF Shop or raising funds in their own way, that we're well on our way to raising our target of £1.5 million.

We are also extremely thankful to those people who gave their time for free - by volunteering to distribute and gather in collection envelopes or helping out with events and other fundraising activities.

The money will help the BHF continue to fund vital heart research to save and improve lives. If people would still like to donate to the campaign they can simply visit bhf.org.uk/helpaheart or call 01623 624558

Jackie Skeel, Head of Fundraising Campaigns at the BHF

Cheering cuppa

I AM writing to thank the people of Sheffield who visited a Costa Coffee store on Saturday June 14, on our first ever Foundation Day, where we chose to donate the day's profits to charity. By simply purchasing any of our products in one of the five Costa stores across the city, the people of Sheffield were generously contributing to the Costa Foundation, a charity which aims to provide education facilities for some of the world's poorest children in coffee growing communities.

Across the UK, through Foundation Day, we managed to raise an impressive £150,000, enough to build three much-needed schools in some of the countries where we purchase our coffee.

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