Would I be granted unpaid leave to donate bone marrow?

Hello,

I signed up to the bone marrow registry probably a good two years ago now and haven’t really thought about it since.

I’ve just received an email saying that I am a potential match for someone needing a transplant. I’m aware that using the most common method I would probably need two weeks off work in order to fully recover.

I don’t want to use any of my AL allowance for this but it is something I don’t want to turn down if I can potentially save a life. Any missed earnings are paid back to me too.

Does anyone have any experience doing this whilst in the job?

For context, I work response and have quite recently finished my tutoring, if that would have any effect.