The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary's Baton Relay Challenge, started in Critical care.  It was then passed to Theatres and has now been passed on to us.  We have a team together from General Outpatients oncluding Dermatology and Vascular and may include more as the month goes on.   

The challenge is that, over the next 30 days, atleast one member of  the team has to walk, run or cycle atleast 5k each day.  Theatres are the current champions clocking up 1325km in 30 days, and we hope to beat this. 

We decided to we wanted to support a local charity and Decided on Nith Inshore Rescue. 

For all the reasons below......

All lifeboats in the UK are run by volunteers, and ours is no different. We have no paid staff, and we all give our own time to help others who need us. Many of our crew have busy day jobs, but when the pager goes off, they are at the boathouse within minutes and ready to respond to any emergency in or near water.Nith Inshore Rescue is an independent lifeboat, which means we are not linked to the RNLI and have to raise all our own funds in order to run. This amounts to around £20,000 per year (not including unforeseen expenses).