700 potential kidney donors lined up for Leeds boy

Ms Craven added: “That’s impacting on his ability to attend school regularly, see his friends and obviously we want him to have the best possible chance (in life). A new kidney would do that for him.”

Jack, who enjoys building Lego, chatting to his friends and watching YouTube, has been desperately asking those around him for updates on efforts to find a matching kidney.

Those identified as potentially capable of donating their kidney to Jack will be put through rigorous health tests to ensure their own bodies are able to cope with the loss of a major organ.

Councillor Helen Hayden, executive member for children and families, said the local authority had expected around “half a dozen” volunteers to come forward when the appeal was first put out.

She said: “My mind has been blown when I heard the news that so many hundreds of people have been n touch, even from as far away as Australia, to help someone they’ve never met, never will meet and is a stranger to them.”

“It speaks to something about human nature and how people are essentially good.”

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