About Us
Learn more about our mission to make a positive impact on the world
Raising voices to save lives
The Black Living Donor Choir was created in 2022 by Dr. Dela Idowu, founder of Gift of Living Donation (GOLD), as a platform to raise awareness of living kidney donation in the Black community through music. The choir’s unique approach — combining music with living donor stories — has allowed them to reach a wide and diverse audience.
The choir shows through singing and dancing that one can live a full and active life with one kidney.
Mission
We are on a mission to empower the Black community to act by raising awareness and understanding of living kidney donation. Through our music and storytelling, our choir shares powerful real-life experiences that bring people together, replacing fear with hope and clarity. We aim to inspire more people to consider living kidney donation and begin conversations, because every story has the power to transform a life.
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Our Story
Founded by living kidney donors and recipients, the Black Living Donor Choir was born from a desire to turn personal stories of survival into a collective anthem of hope.
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Our Mission
To educate, inspire, and advocate for living kidney donation within the Black community through the universal language of music, compassion, and lived experience.
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Community Roots
Deeply rooted in local communities across the UK, we partner with NHS trusts, hospitals, and organisations to close the gap in Black donor registration.
Make a Difference Today
Your contribution matters. Support the Black Living Donor Choir by making a donation.
Every donation helps us bring hope, music, and vital education to those who need it most. Together, we can save lives.
What people say about us
I never knew anything about living donation before. I didn’t realise it was something Black people could do in the same way. Seeing the choir perform made it feel real, and I went home and talked to my family about it.
Mary
London
I honestly didn’t know much about living donation at all. Watching the choir sing and seeing people who look like me made me think differently, it opened up a conversation in my home that we’d never had before.
Alex
London
We saw the choir performing at Brixton station and were drawn in immediately. It was uplifting, but also made us stop and think especially as Black people about how we can talk about donation within our own families.
Sharon
London
The Black Living Donor Choir is a fantastic initiative. It brings a important health message into the heart of the community in a way that feels real, accessible, and deeply moving.
The Voice Newspaper
A brilliant initiative combining culture, music, and an important health message. It engages people in a way traditional campaigns simply don’t.
Nigerian UK Golf Association
A powerful and meaningful project. Music, community, and an important message about living donation, it’s inspiring to be part of something that encourages real conversation.
Juliet Cahn
This is exactly the kind of initiative that changes conversations in communities. It brings awareness of living donation in a way that is honest, human, and needed.
Bell Ribeiro- Addy MP
Member of Parliament