George Cannon, from Ramsgate in Kent, saw a post on social media when he was 18 from someone who had donated a kidney, feeling as though it was “really nice” of the donor.

George, who is studying to be a chartered accountant, said the idea “stuck with” him, and by September 2023, having just turned 23, he was on the operating table “getting cut up”.

Although he experienced some discomfort after…