South Central Ambulance challenge locals to out run an ambulance and help raise vital funds
The three month campaign hopes to raise £10,000
South Central Ambulance are challenging people to cover the distance a emergency vehicle would travel in one shift.
For Stoke Mandeville, an average 24 hours see's the emergency vehicle travel 94 miles.
However, participants are being reassured they arent expected to do it all in one day.
SCAS launched this on March 1st and people have until May 31st to complete the distance, or beat it.
The aim is to bring in £10,000 for the service's charity.
Laura Patrick, Communications and Fundraising Officer at the SCAS Charity, said:
"We wanted to create a challenge that was accessible to as many people as possible, hence the wide range in mileage options on our list of stations.
"You can add miles with any form of exercise - go out for a run, a cycle, a walk, or indoors on an exercise bike, treadmill or rowing machine.
"We've even got one lady attempting to out swim an ambulance! You can take part as an individual or team up with people in your household or support bubble."
They've provided a breakdown of distances for local operational teams:
Berkshire: Wexham (75 miles), Newbury (140), Bracknell (155), Reading (165)
Buckinghamshire: Stoke Mandeville (94), High Wycombe (164), Milton Keynes (186)
Hampshire: North Harbour (66), Nursling (70), Hythe (81), Eastleigh (95), Hightown (109), Ringwood (110), Petersfield (117), Lymington (129)
Oxfordshire: Oxford (98), Kidlington (108), Adderbury (133), Didcot (152)
Will Hancock, Chief Executive at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"I fully support this latest fundraising campaign from our wonderful Charity team.
"With so many fundraising events cancelled over the last 12 months any money that you can raise during this challenge will make a real difference to our Charity and enable us to save more lives.
"It costs £310.00 a year to keep our volunteer community first responders active in their local communities, and we have over 1,000 CFRs across the four counties we serve.
"They are sent to life-threatening emergencies and other priority emergency calls in their local area. Last year they were sent to over 24,000 incidents but we can only keep them trained, equipped and operational with funds raised by the SCAS Charity."