Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am a Specialist in Organ Donation Nurse (SNOD) who works for NHS Blood and Transplant, covering the south central area. Our area covers hospitals in Southampton, Oxford, Salisbury, Swindon, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, Reading, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Stoke Mandeville, High Wycombe, Cheltenham, Gloucester and My two hospitals Winchester and Basingstoke (Hampshire Hospitals).

As an area we managed to facilitate 94 proceeding organ retrieval’s resulting in hundreds of people having their lives saved by Organ Donation, in a time where the NHS was being stretched to the limit by Covid 19. In recognition of the 94 donors, their families, the organ recipients and to help the public become further aware of the benefits of organ donation I am going to run a lap of the Anthem of the Seas Cruise ship, whilst on my holiday around the coast of the UK, for every donor. The running track on the Anthem is 553 metres. Over the 7 days I will have to run approx 13.5 laps a day to get to the donation mark. I will round this up to 14 laps; Making it 5 miles a day for 7 days, Dressed in a pink Morph suit, after multiple trips to the buffet! This will take place during organ donation week 20th-26th September 2021.

This challenge isn’t about raising money but the importance of donation. There are still over 7000 people awaiting a transplant in the uk. You can register your decision at www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-your-decision - here you can register your choice to become an organ donor or not. 

However if you would like to contribute to Hampshire Hospitals, as well, there is a link to their charity page . Any funds raised by myself on this challenge will hopefully go towards us fund a hospital project in honour of Organ Donation.

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