Over the past three months there have been massive changes to everyone’s lives, not withstanding the whole of the NHS workforce. Like other professions, a small group of physio staff were redeployed to form the COVID Intensive Care Physiotherapy team at Fairfield General Hospital.

We have experienced the highs and lows, witnessing the effects this virus has on the staff, patients, friends and family. The work we have undertaken has been both physically and emotionally demanding and so looking after our mental and physical wellbeing has become increasingly important.

As a team we wanted to find a way to give back and help vital services. Physical activity has been shown to have huge improvements on mental health and so the team have decided to set ourselves a physical challenge throughout June. We plan to run 600km collectively, approx. 100km each, to raise money for three separate charities: Swan endowment fund, Bury Hospice and NHS staff wellbeing service.

We would greatly appreciate any donations and weekly updates of our progress will be posted via this page.