People who have benefitted from receiving a transplant

Londoner Yuri, 47, had a lung transplant in 2014 after a series of infections had caused damage to his lungs.

Laura knows first hand what is has been like to receive the gift of sight when she had two cornea transplants to restore her eyes. Now she can see her son Noah, and work, and live a normal life thanks to eye donation.

Emily received a lifesaving liver transplant after nearly dying from liver failure caused by the genetic conditions Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Alagille Syndrome.

Matthew Pietrzyk had neither of his kidneys and had been on a transplant waiting list for eight years. He finally received a kidney transplant in 2016.

Having both received life-saving transplants, Wendy and Richard met at the British Transplant Games in 2016 and fell in love.