The Black Living Donor Choir

Voices of the Community

The Black Living Donor Choir is part of Gift of Living Donation (GOLD)

A visual and powerful expression of lived experience, they bring living donation into the spotlight through music, making it visible, human, and relatable to people from diverse communities.

Serving as GOLD’s community engagement outreach initiative, the choir raise awareness of living donation, promote health equity, and aiming to help reduce the need for dialysis.

In the UK, over 700 Black patients are waiting for a kidney transplant, with many spending years on dialysis. Through powerful performances and lived
experiences, the choir gives a human voice to donation, helping communities understand its life-changing impact.

Meet the Choir

Our journey of compassion and hope

The Black Living Donor Choir brings together singers from across the UK, united by their shared experiences as living kidney donors. Combining music with a powerful health message, they use soulful harmonies to celebrate life and raise awareness of living donation within the Black community.

Through uplifting performances, they share the message of living donation and its life-changing impact — bringing people together and encouraging others to give the gift of life.

1 in 4

BAME on Transplant Lists

3x

Longer Wait Times for Black Patients

2022

Year BLDC Was Founded

Get Involved

Support Our Voices

The Black Living Donor Choir uses music, storytelling, and lived experience to raise awareness of kidney disease and living donation in Black communities. Your support helps us reach more people, challenge health inequalities, inspire life-saving conversations, and continue creating spaces of hope, education, and community connection.

Whether you choose to donate, become a sponsor, or support our events, you are helping us amplify voices that can save lives.

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Sponsorship

Partner with us to save lives

The Black Living Donor Choir is a non-profit initiative. Your sponsorship directly funds our performances, travel, recording, and community outreach.

We are open to bespoke partnerships. Reach out and discuss how your organisation can help us save more lives.

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