The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is calling on members of the public to support its volunteer lifeboat crews this winter by taking on the RNLI Reindeer Run challenge.
The RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews across the UK and Ireland are ready to answer the call for help this winter – but the charity needs your help too. This December the RNLI is once again challenging people to take part in the Reindeer Run by running or walking 24 miles to help raise vital funds – that’s one mile for every hour RNLI lifesavers are on call every day, even on Christmas Day.
RNLI lifeboat crews across the UK and Ireland are on-call 24/7 ready to answer calls for help this winter. Fundraising challenges like the Reindeer Run help to provide training, equipment and lifesaving crew kit, meaning that more families can be reunited this Christmas and beyond.
Participants can tackle the distance any way they like – which could be covering one mile every day for 24 days or choosing to run or walk multiple miles on different occasions.
Over the last five years, RNLI lifeboats have launched on average over 100 times during the Christmas period* – rescues which were only possible because of funds raised for the charity by its supporters.
If you’re ready to get running this December, you can sign up now at RNLI.org/ReindeerRunChallenge. Every participant who raises over £125 or €125 will receive their very own commemorative Reindeer Run medal as a thank you for helping to support volunteer lifeboat crews. And every penny/cent raised this Christmas goes directly to help the RNLI save lives at sea.
