Gift of Living Donations

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Giving the Gift of Life

We’re passionate about transforming the lives of Black kidney patients
through living kidney donation.

 

Our Vision

 

We aim to increase the number of pre-emptive transplants for Black African Caribbean kidney patients through a targeted community initiative to improve their access to living donation.

Gift of Living Donation, our story

GOLD Phone Buddy Scheme

Having a ‘buddy’ makes it easier for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
to talk to their loved ones about becoming a living kidney donor.

GOLD Buddy Scheme

Our latest report shows that the Buddy Scheme successfully supports people with CKD to talk to their loved ones about kidney donation. 

Read the report.

Inspiring donor stories

“It was the proudest moment of my life.”
Read and watch stories from donors and the people whose lives have been transformed.

Donation Stories

Changing Perceptions

As a Black kidney patient with end-stage kidney disease, it’s hard to start the conversation about living kidney donation with your family and friends.

Changing Perceptions will help you start to talk about living kidney donation with your loved ones. It chronicles the personal stories of Black living donors addressing the myths and taboos surrounding donations.

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Find out more about our Quality Improvement work

GOLD QI Toolkit

More Than a Match

By Dr Dela Idowu

This book narrates Dela Idowu’s family story as potential kidney donors. It’s a factual account of a personal journey that begins when Dela offers to donate a kidney to her brother who needed a life-saving transplant. It ends with a different life being saved in a sad, but inspiring twist.

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