“My son is so proud of me” – Di

My family supported my decision to donate a kidney to help someone else’s child. My son’s opinion was very important to me .. read my full story
“I got my life back” – Jim

The difference my transplant made was amazing and immediate, I am so thankful .. read my full story
“It was an easy decision for me to make”

Nicholas Crace, aged 83, a former charity director from Hampshire, gave a kidney to a stranger in spring, 2012. He was the oldest person in the UK to have done so. Read My Story
“Six months after I donated I was in the best shape of my life” – Luc

People don’t realise how little a difference it makes to have one less kidney read my story

Useful Links

For more information about living donation in the UK, go to the NHS Blood and Transplant website www.organdonation.nhs.uk
For a UK patients’ forum, including personal accounts of giving a kidney to a stranger, go to www.livingkidneydonation.co.uk
For a donor and recipient support network based in the UK, go to www.transplantsupportnetwork.org.uk
For details of a living donor network in the United States, go to www.livingkidneydonorsnetwork.org
To access professional UK guidelines for living donor kidney transplantation go to the British Transplantation Society www.bts.org.uk

“My son is so proud of me” – Di