What is living organ donation?
Living organ donations are made by people with spare working organs to people without. They're usually kidneys, as most people have two. The process usually takes between 3 months and a year.
- Register your interest (below)
- Sign up to the NHS’s donation register
- Get your tissue type tested
- Take the physical and mental assessments
- Undergo the operation
- Recover
Find out more or sign up below.
Interested Register
The first step to becoming a donor is having the right information. Register your interest below and we'll send you everything you need to know, as well as guiding you through the process.
Donor shortages: our silent crisis
Last year 34% of the waiting list for kidney transplants were Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals. Only 28% of transplants were to BAME individuals. In other words, hundreds of people on the waiting list are still waiting – living with the daily uncertainty of whether they have a future.
If your loved one’s kidneys fail, they will be left waiting (on average) one year longer for a transplant if they’re Black than if they’re White. Meanwhile, the numbers of donors are falling: last year only 17 people from the Black community came forward, the lowest figure in five years.
The number of deaths will continue to rise and the number of donors to fall, unless ordinary members of the community find the courage to help. Read more.
DJ Ace
Many know BBC 1XTRA radio personality, DJ Ace for his jovial, fun nature, catching jokes on the radio waves with the biggest names in music, however what many don’t know is that Ace is currently living with kidney failure and urgently needs a lifesaving kidney transplant to beat the illness.
What we do
ACLT provides personal support to everyone who signs up. We’ll consult with you before you join the register to make sure you’re ready. Then we’ll be with you every step of the way, from your first meetings with the NHS to the final surgery – and we’ll guide you through aftercare too.
To meet and talk things through you can book a no-strings consultation with us, by emailing info@aclt.org.
Useful information
NHS Organ Donation - For more information click here
British Transplant Society - For more information click here
The National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Transplant Alliance - For more information click here
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