In honour of organ donors, their recipients & those waiting for a lifesaving transplant - join us as we
#RaceforRecipients
- Organ Donation Week Challenge 2024
Congratulations
@Scotland_OTDT
!
🌟💗🏆
The 1st region in
#OrganDonationWeek
history to collectively travel 50,000km in honour of Donors, Recipients & those waiting for a life saving transplant!
💗50,000 people alive today thanks to organ donors across the UK
#RaceforRecipients
#RaceforRecipients
racers....
We are a Go Go Gooo at 06:00hrs tomorrow (Sat 16th)!!
Join the 4000 people signed up across the UK to raise
@NHSOrganDonor
awareness!
support your region to 50,000km, representing those alive today thanks to
#OrganDonation
#RaceforRecipients
milestones are meaningful with each kilometre travelled dedicated to organ donors, the lives they save and those waiting for a life saving transplant!
Loads of milestones achieved today!! 🏊🏿♀️🚴♀️🏃🏻♂️🚶🏾♂️
Huge day 1 effort from all taking part!!
@NHSOrganDonor
Registration for
#RaceForRecipients
2023 is OPEN!!
Head to to sign up to this amazing event!
Encouraging everyone, everywhere to get active during
#OrganDonationWeek
to raise awareness of making a donation decision in honour of donors and the lives saved
16 days till
#RaceforRecipients
opens to record your distance in honour of organ and tissue donors and the lives they have saved!
1. Sign up at
2. Have fun & share on social media
3. Encourage others to register their decision at
BREAKING NEWS!
#Race4Recipients
team challenge, travel 7000km in recognition of the 7000 people waiting for a life saving transplant.....
CONGRATUALTIONS
@NHSForthValley
we salute you & we thank you!!!
Collectively, you have SMASHED it!
You are our winning team!!!
@NHSOrganDonor
Look at this beautiful sight!
The Kelpies lit pink to help encourage people to register their donation decision
Have you seen any building lit up pink this
#OrganDonationWeek
?
See here to find your local landmarks and add your decision!
@NHSOrganDonor
Head to and sign up to this amazing national event…
Join a team in raising awareness during
#OrganDonationWeek
.
Share your distance in honour of organ and tissue donors and the lives they save…
For everyone, everywhere!
Thank you!
@NHSOrganDonor
HUGE shout out to
@NHSForthValley
!!!
They have retained the title as first team to reach 7000km!
7000km to represent the 7000 people currently waiting for a life saving transplant in the UK
Thank you for your amazing support!
🚲🥳💪💕
@NHSOrganDonor
#RaceforRecipients
2023 is coming 16/09/23!!!
We are really looking forward to welcoming you back this year as we honour our donors and the organ recipients by raising awareness of
#OrganDonation
Details to follow soon
#R4R
!!
RaceforRecipients
@nhsbt
.nhs.uk
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to
@MidYorkshireNHS
#MYTeam
!!!
You have walked, run & cycled over 7000km in recognition of the 7000 people waiting for a life saving transplant!!!
You did it!!! Whilst raising awareness to encourage registrations & conversations!
Thank you!
@NHSOrganDonor
WoW!
Over 200 signups in less than 48 hrs! Thank you so much for your support!!
Join over 1800 people in the
#RaceforRecipients
during
#OrganDonationWeek
!
Remember, this event is for everyone, everywhere & you don't need a team to join!
@NHSOrganDonor
#RaceforRecipients
HQ are thrilled! With 4 days to go we have over 2500 people signed up to dedicate their
#OrganDonationWeek
distance to donors and the lives they save whilst encouraging others to make their decision! Thank you!
Are you taking part..??!
We are overwhelmed by the
#RaceforRecipients
support over the last 2 days!
Each km travelled represents a meaningful milestone.
Today, one team reaching 3,700km to represent the number of organs transplanted last year thanks to organ donors.
What Milestone have you reached?!
#RaceforRecipients
encourages everyone everywhere to take part & dedicate their distance whilst encouraging people to record their donation decision
The competitive element of the event has brought an incredible energy... so...
We are introducing a regional stretch goal..!! 💪
Excited to share that
#R4R
have joined with
@ScimitarCustom
to produce some fantastic
#RaceforRecipients
promotional items to help raise awareness!
Available in bulk or for personal purchase!
Brochure & Website coming soon!
*Orders by 20/07/23*
Here is a little teaser...!!
Join the 1600 people across the UK who have pledged to get active during
#OrganDonationWeek
by signing up to challenge!
In honour of organ donors, the lives saved and encouraging others to register their decision
@NHSOrganDonor
We have a WINNER!!
@CritcareLTHTR
@LancsHospitals
CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU have joined with palpable team spirit & achieved an amazing 7000miles representing those currently in need of a life saving organ transplant! Raising awareness & encouraging the
#LeaveThemCertain
conversation
A huge well done to all at team
@LancsHospitals
for their contribution over the last few days. 7000miles completed for
#RaceforRecipients
1 Mile for everyone on the organ donation waiting list. This achievement has massively helped our teams health and well-being whilst…
Thank you so much to everyone supporting the
@R4R2023
teams to raise awareness during
#OrganDonationWeek
Day 3
#RaceforRecipients
shows a whopping:
Total Racers: 5,821
Total Activities: 7,429
Total Distance: 79,559 km
The amazing
@NHSForthValley
has hit the 7000km target!! 🩷
Day 4
#RaceforRecipients
Your round up in pictures!
Thank you to all for sharing and raising awareness during
#OrganDonationWeek
!
Encouraging others to register their decision ➡️
Grab something pink and keep the pictures coming!!!
@NHSOrganDonor
To everyone, everywhere who took part in
#RaceforRecipients
– From the bottom of our 💗’s, Thank you!
7520 people logging
33,754 activities travelling
355,765 kilometres dedicated to donors, recipients and those in need of a lifesaving transplant.
Utterly amazing ⬇️⬇️💗
Wow wow wow!!!
#TeamTopLung
!!! You have also made history today being our 1st community team to reach the 7000km milestone!! 🌟🏆
#TeamTopLung
is made up of
#JohnWinkDesign
colleagues and recipients who have all been touched by the life saving gift of organ donation!!
Thank you!!
@northwestodst
!!!!
You have done it!!
You have joined the ultimate stretch milestone club!
To every single person adding every kilometre as part of the NW region… congratulations! 🤩
An amazing achievement!!
Celebrate by sharing to encourage decisions 💗
The
#Race4Recipients
National challenge is hotting up with registrations from all 12 regions!
@northwestodst
securing 28% of signups with
@SouthWest_ODT
hot on their tail!
You don't need a team to join & every step in honour of our organ donors. Join us!
As we push for the final few hours of the
#RaceForRecipients
challenge please follow this link & update your
#OrganDonation
decision
Even if you are already on the register, now is a great time to update & discuss with your loved ones!
#LeaveThemCertain
🧵
#RaceforRecipients
day 2 - 7pm round up!
An amazing 5,204 racers
Logging 3776 activities
Travelling a staggering 43,643km in total!
We are completely overwhelmed by the support and the effort from everyone involved! Thank you!
Share the
We are glued to the
#Race4Recipients
leader boards!
@Scotland_OTDT
has just pipped
@Yorkshire_OTDT
for 2nd place! And all 12 regions now in the challenge!
We cant thank you enough for the awareness you are raising in recognition of Organ Donors, their families & recipients!
@LivHospitals
's Matthew Bridge sending in this fantastic Kidney shaped run travelled as part of the
#RaceForRecipients
challenge, honoring our donors as we aim to raise awareness & achieve a mile for everyone waiting for a life saving transplant
@NHSOrganDonor
Here at
#Race4Recipients
we are excited to invite you to join our 2022 National
#OrganDonationWeek
challenge!! In honor of organ donors, their families and the recipients! Bigger and Better than before! Visit to register your interest!!
@NHSOrganDonor
Amazing!! Over 2100 people across the UK have joined
#RaceforRecipients
challenge!!
How do you join??
1. Sign up to your local regional team
2. Get active & record your
#OrganDonationWeek
distance
3. Share to encourage donation decisions on the register
#Race4Recipients
Team Profile:
@Yorkshire_OTDT
Regional team...
11 teams with some amazing dedications from donor families, recipients, NHS staff, Organ donation teams and more... and our 2nd team to reach the 7000km target
@MidYorkshireNHS
!!
Thank you so much
@Yorkshire_OTDT
!!
@Scotland_OTDT
!
With over 24hrs to go you have made the ultimate stretch milestone of 92,000km celebrating the age (92) of the oldest living heart recipient in the UK!
Your team is a wonderful mix of NHS, donor, recipient & community teams!
We congratulate you all!
Thank you💗
WOW!!!
We have our 3rd
#Race4Recipients
team to reach the 7000km target!!
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to
@LancsHospitals
!!
Such an amazing achievement and such amazing support from you all! Raising awareness and all in honour of organ donors!
You are our Level 1 winning team!!!
Wow - As day 1 of the
#Race4Recipients
comes to a close we want to thank you & celebrate the amazing effort from all!
An amazing 330 activities logged and a staggering 3609km traveled by you, up and down the country to raise awareness of
#OrganDonationWeek
@NHSOrganDonor
Day 4
#RaceForRecipients
What an achievement! It's not to late to
#JoinTheJourney
sign up now as we join together to travel a mile for every person waiting for a life saving transplant & encourage people to share their personal decision
#LeaveThemCertain
With only 9 days to go until the
#Race4Recipients
challenge begins, sign up to at and get active in celebration of Organ Donation - a gift of life.
You don't need a team to enter and every distance travelled in honour of organ donation.
@NHSOrganDonor
Your day 9
#RaceforRecipients
round up in pictures 🤩
What an amazing week!
The UK has come together to raise awareness for
#OrganDonation
in honour of donors, recipients and those waiting for a transplant
The difference you have all made is remarkable 💗
See you next year 🫶
Amazing start to day 2 of the
#RaceforRecipients
! Go Go Goooo!
Remember, activities logged must be above normal working day steps/distance… get out and get active above normal activity and wear pink to help raise awareness!
Follow your teams progress !
#RaceforRecipients
leader boards
What does 7032 racers logging 22,094 activities in honour of donors, recipients and those waiting for a life saving transplant look like....??
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Utterly amazing 💗
We are pleased to announce that
#RaceForRecipients
will run in the new
#OrganDonationWeek
!
24th September at 06:00 until 23:59 on the 2nd October!!
In respect of the National Mourning period we will not promote until the 20th but registration is open
#R4R
Our
#OrganDonationWeek
awareness campaign will now take place from Monday 26 September to Sunday 2 October.
The timing of this important calendar moment has been moved to respect the period of national mourning, following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
See below:
A family will always be asked to support an organ donation decision.
We know that 9 in 10 families support donation going ahead if they know what their loved one wanted.
Confirm your decision today➡️
and share your decision with your family💗
Just 2 minutes now could save up to 9 lives in the future...
That's what the NHS Organ Donor Register is there for.
Confirm your organ donation decision today ➡️
#OrganDonationWeek
As the final day of the
#Race4Recipients
&
#OrganDonationWeek
comes to a close we want to take a moment to reflect on the remarkable difference you have all made...
You joined together as a Nation in honor of Organ Donors, their families & recipients & the amazing
#giftoflife
🧵
Day 5! We are at the half way point and YOU have achieved unimaginable success, travelling a collective 11,832miles!! YOUR support and determination reached the 7000 target on Day 3! So… Lets
#JoinTheJourney
&
#RaceForRecipients
AROUND THE WORLD, 24,901 miles!
@NHSOrganDonor
Here at
#RaceForRecipients
HQ we want to share huge appreciation to everyone single person who has
#JoinedTheJourney
and logged their miles! NHS workers, donor families, transplant recipients and members of the public coming together to support
#OrganDonation
. Amazing.Thank you.
#RaceforRecipients
Your day 5 round up in pictures!!💗
Thank you again to all the
@R4R2023
racers, getting out there in all weather conditions to dedicate their distance to raising donation awareness & encouraging registered decisions
You are amazing🎉
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the front of your eyes, but they make
a massive difference to how you
experience life. Please consider giving
the gift of sight after death, to help
those waiting to have their sight saved
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#IDonation
Wow!! We cant thank all our
#RaceForRecipient
Participants enough!! The leader board scores for day 1 are in!!! Well done to the top 5 NHS Trusts!
@coolmacha81
(LTH) furthest miles on foot today 21.12 miles and Adam Wilcox (LTH) furthest cycled 57.83 miles!
Day 3
#RaceforRecipients
in pictures!!
Here at HQ we are overwhelmed watching everything you are getting up to across the UK to raise awareness and encourage others to register their donation decision
#OrganDonationWeek
Day 4! Here at HQ we are overwhelmed by your support of
#RaceForRecipients
challenge!! Together you have joined together in honour of organ donors & those waiting for a transplant and stormed past the target of 7000miles to an unimaginable distance of 11832miles!!
@NHSOrganDonor
Thank you
@parkrunUK
& all dedicating their
#ParkRun
distance to
#RaceforRecipients
!
If you’d like to dedicate your distance to donors their recipients & those waiting for a life saving transplant ➡️
Update your donation decision ➡️
@niodst
your
#RaceforRecipients
team captain Richie!!
Richie was able to go on and win Gold at the
@wtg2015Arg
after receiving a life saving Stemcell Transplant!
Read more about these amazing cells:
Wow! We are overwhelmed at
#RaceForRecipients
HQ, with every stride taken in honour of organ donors & those waiting for a life saving transplant, the teams have collectively travelled 5243miles TODAY!! That's a MASSIVE Total of 17,075 MILES for
#OrganDonationWeek
!!
@NHSOrganDonor
As the
#Race4Recipients
day 2 draws to an end we want to thank and congratulate everybody who has dedicated their distance to raising awareness for
#OrganDonationWeek
.
A massive collective 12,946km logged with 1125 activities! All for our organ donors and their recipients...
Thank you
@JaneSMatthews
for sharing your amazing pictures capturing the gift of life you & Emily received from your donor & their family.
How lovely to celebrate the birthday of a very special bond between recipient & donor...
Organ Donation truly is the gift of life 💗
Today, I dedicate my run to Emily’s donor, his family & Emily. In the autumn sunshine, our home hills in view, I just feel so incredibly lucky that our daughter gets to live a life in this wonderful world. 6 miles in the bag for
#RaceforRecipients
@NHSOrganDonor
Brilliant! Thank you for your support
@HeartDaveWebb
!
Amazing to dedicate your distance to your donor too!
Can't wait to see you sharing your progress during
#OrganDonationWeek
!
Want to join Dave....
Sign up here !!
Across the UK you have been working together and cheering each other on to achieve the
#RaceforRecipients
meaningful milestones...
Every kilometre counts and every kilometre supports your team and region to raise awareness and encourage donation decisions..
Thank you!
As we approach
#Race4Recipients
2022, we want to raise the roof for our 2021 winners
@CritcareLTHTR
@LancsHospitals
! An amazing team effort during a difficult time… what will 2022 bring
@CritcareLTHTR
?! And who will step up to challenge you?! Good luck to our title owners!
A huge well done to all at team
@LancsHospitals
for their contribution over the last few days. 7000miles completed for
#RaceforRecipients
1 Mile for everyone on the organ donation waiting list. This achievement has massively helped our teams health and well-being whilst…
An amazing start to day 8 of
#RaceforRecipients
!!!
@NHSGrampian
&
@NCAlliance_NHS
have made the 7000km milestone representing those waiting for a life saving transplant…
Amazing achievement 🤩
Congratulation to everyone involved!! 💗
Day 6
#RaceforRecipients
7pm leader boards!
Huge milestones being achieved today! Thankyou for sharing every distance travelled, big or small, to help others to make their donation decision!
@Yorkshire_OTDT
.... its safe to say that the Nation is behind you... You CAN do it!!💪
DAY 2 - The leader board is in... Congratulations
@LancsHospitals
!! Maintaining 1st place. 2nd and 3rd no movement but
@CriticalCareWWL
pipping 4th place!! It has been so exciting watching the movement on the board today!! Well done all!!
#RaceForRecipients
What will Day3 bring?!
Day 3 round up of the
#Race4Recipients
and we are blown away!
Collectively UK, you have traveled 28,379km!
1424 participants have logged 2382 activities in recognition of organ donation and to encourage people to register their decision on the ODR ➡️
This is utterly amazing!!!
Thank you so much for your support!
Members of
@N_CyclingCentre
, go to and register in the North West team National Cycling Centre we would love you to dedicate your personal distance to the
#RaceforRecipients
!!
Thank you 🚴♀️🚴♂️
Massive shout out to
@NHSForthValley
!!
By day for of the
@R4R2023
challenge you have achieved all team targets!
This is truly amazing effort and we are overwhelmed by your support!
Thank you and congratulations!!
Excited to see just how far you do get.....! 🚴💗
Day3, Wow! Here at
#RaceForRecipients
HQ, we want to thank everyone taking part in our challenge to travel a mile for every person waiting for a life saving organ. Your support is amazing – here is the proud list & leader board of participating teams/communities.
@NHSOrgandonor
BIG NEWS!
As the
#Race4Recipients
challenge hots up we are really excited to announce...
**4 FREE
@BTStransplant
2023 Congress places for the winning NHS Trust teams!!!**
Get your units recruited for the chance to win!
!
Great work
@MidYorkshireNHS
and Specialist Nurse
@razdy
!!
The best thing you will do today is take 2 minutes to register your decision on the
#OrganDonor
register 💗
➡️
Did you know? You could save as many as nine lives as an organ donor. It only takes two minutes to confirm your
#OrganDonation
decision online, act now to save lives in future.
Visit:
#MidYorksNHS
#ODW2023
@MidOrgan
Final 10 hours of the
#RaceforRecipients
challenge!! You can do it
@LivHospitals
!! Less than 118 miles to go to reach 7000 miles representing 7000 recipients!! Amazing achievement everyone who has taken a stride to raise
#OrganDonation
awareness… we Thank you!!
@NHSOrganDonor
**R4R PLATFORM IS LIVE**
**Register now!!**
This will create you a profile on the R4R platform & enable you to log your distance!
The Challenge starts tomorrow @ 06:00 and ends at 23:59 on the 2nd Oct.
Get active, log your distance and share pictures!!
Day 5
#RaceforRecipients
7pm leader boards!!
We are so grateful for the difference you are all making!
REGIONS: We are overwhelmed by the enormous distances being dedicated to organ donation & transplantation!
Keep pushing
@Yorkshire_OTDT
!! 4 days to go and 1/2 way there!!
Amazing team motivation
@OldhamICU
!!
And some incredible stats there!
Thank you for all of your support in realising awareness and encouraging all to register their donation decision…
Day 4 of
#RaceforRecipients
💖 proud to be part of
#teamNCA
💪💖 still time to join and log your km! Trying to get to 7000km and 70000 as team NW! Most importantly sign the organ donation register to leave your loved ones certain of your wishes
#giftoflife
#OrganDonationweek
An amazing start to the day for the
#Race4Recipients
challenge! It’s getting very close on the hospital leaderboard!
Is never to late to join to support your region and your chosen team!!
As the
#RaceforRecipients
challenge 2023 comes to a close... please take a minute to hear from
@HeartDaveWebb
, a heart transplant recipient, as he describes the power of the gift of life 💗
Thank you Dave, and thank you for dedicating your distance to
#RaceforRecipients
!
With only 4 days to go until the
#Race4Recipients
challenge, register at You do not need a team to enter, every distance traveled and logged between the 24th Sept & 2nd Oct in honour of organ donors and recipients! Do something amazing.
@NHSOrganDonor
#R4R
Organ Donation Promotional Garments available HERE!!
So excited to share this with you!
@ScimitarCustom
have designed & produced
#R4R
garments available to purchase for
#OrganDonation
Week 2023!
Be Quick! Pre-order closes 21st July!
@NHSOrganDonor
Another amazing day for the
#RaceforRecipients
racers!!
Total Racers: 6212
Total Activities: 10,957
Total Distance: 113,370km!!
@LHCHFT
achieved the 7000km milestone and
@NHSForthValley
have made it to the stretch goal of 10,000km!! All by day 4!!
Huge congratulations all 🌟
Thank you TLabbers!
Keep going!!!
Big shout out to the amazing job you do to support organ donation and transplantation…
Ensuring the precious gift of a donated organ is allocated to the best possible matched recipient!
Truly amazing 💕
Read More:
After 24 hours we are nearly half way to our target of 200km representing 200 paediatric patients waiting for a life saving transplant. What a fab team the Transplant Lab are. We are on call 365 days a year supporting the vital work of our Transplant team
@R4R2023
@URTMRI
A total of 1148.96 miles travelled by all participants by 6pm today!! We are on Target to smash this challenge! Remember to post your pictures and encourage people to have their Organ Donation Conversation
#RaceforRecipients
#LeaveThemCertain
Good luck to all those joining
@drboothy
(virtually) for the
@GoZwift
@R4R2023
ride today at 11!
Join them from anywhere in the UK!!
And share your pictures to raise awareness!!
Find out more below!!!
🚴♀️🏃♂️👩🦽🚶♀️🏊
#RaceforRecipients
have been really enjoying these challenges!!
It really does take just 2 minutes!!
To update your decision that is… sorry George 😆
➡️ 💗
Specialist nurse George is back to try another challenge for
#OrganDonationWeek
! 💪
Can he complete 50 push-ups in the time it takes Oscar to confirm his decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register?
Watch to find out (and see his costume)!! 😜
Day 2
#RaceforRecipeints
in pictures!
Thank you to all racers, logging their distance and dedicating it to raise awareness!
One organ donor can save up to 9 lives.
Can the
@R4R2023
racers encourage 9 others to update their donation decision...??
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