Due to the sad news of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II death and the timing of the State Funeral, we are postponing the #Race4Recipients challenge until a date later in the year.
The Scotland Organ Donation Team have launched a new national campaign to support #OrganDonationWeek.
From 17 until 25 September, we invite you to ‘Race 4 Recipients’.
In honour of organ donors, their recipients and those waiting for life saving transplants, we want to raise awareness and encourage people to make their decision regarding organ donation – and sharing this with loved ones!
Diane Bowler, Specialist Nurse from the Organ and Tissue Donation team said “Every km will honour our organ donors, their families and transplant recipients while raising awareness of organ donation.
The event is open to everyone! Family, friends, clubs, colleagues, sports teams – the list goes on! Your level of fitness is not important, every step taken and logged during the challenge contributes to the wider goal!”
Our goal will be to walk together through running, walking, cycling, swimming or any other exercise to achieve our targets.
The target for each region is 50,000 Kilometres to represent the 50,000 people currently living in the UK with a transplant. Locally, each hospital is challenged to reach 7,000 Kilometres to represent all those currently waiting for a lifesaving transplant in the UK.
Remember, fitness level is not important, every activity counts!
Register your interest here, and join in the conversation online by using the following hashtags! #JoinTheJourney, #OrganDonationWeek, #RaceForRecipients, #LeaveThemCertain
