Schoolboy walking around town harbour to raise money for RNLI
A seven-year-old lifeboat fan has been raising hundreds of pounds for his local RNLI station in a series of sponsored walks.
Nathan McIntosh, who lives in Arbroath, is desperate to join the RNLI lifeboat crew when he's older, after growing up watching both his mum and dad volunteer there.
Throughout this month, he is walking miles around the town's harbour and has already raised more than £390.
'I'm raising money for getting new suits for the lifeboat,' explains Nathan.
'They go to so many different places.'
His fundraising efforts are part of the Mayday Mile, a campaign run by the RNLI, encouraging people to complete a mile per day throughout the month of May by walking, running, cycling, swimming or skating. STV News Nathan's dad is a member of the lifeboat crew, while mum volunteers at the station too.
More than £235,000 has been raised across the UK so far this month.
And while Nathan admits his legs are 'very sore' after clocking up the miles around the harbour, he hopes to follow in his parents' footsteps.
His dad is a member of the lifeboat crew, while mum volunteers at the station too.
'He cannot wait to get in the boats proper and take after his father that way,' sajd Nathan's mum, Sharon McIntosh.
'When you're at home, you'll see him with all those lifeboats playing about; he even does casualty care on his mum and sister,' adds his dad, Paul McIntosh. STV News Nathan has already hit his £250 fundraising target.
'When he got his first yellows, he'd stolen my pager – there have been several times that I've lost my pager because he's got it.
'There's one day he took it to school; it was an absolute nightmare, but thankfully the boat didn't have to go out.'
Nathan has already hit his £250 fundraising target but will keep the steps up until the end of the month.
When he's big enough, he hopes to be at sea saving lives just like his dad.
For now, he's happy helping in any little way he can.
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