If I told you that I was one of the least athletic people I've ever met, then I'm not exaggerating... However, in 2017 a friend motivated me to start walking, and when I went through London on the day of the Marathon in 2018 I was so struck by the amazing atmosphere that I decided that this was something I wanted to experience. There was just one small problem... I've never been a runner, and I couldn't run 20 yards without being wiped out and on the floor!

Never one to shy away from challenges I applied and was given a place to run the 2019 London Marathon (28th April) for Meningitis Research, in memory of my sister who died of the disease.

As part of my training I'm running the Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon on 3rd March, and decided to don my yellow Zonta t-shirt for the occasion to create awareness, and raise some much needed funds to go towards the charities that we support. At Zonta Guildford we support the Zonta International projects as well as our own projects, all of which are focussed on making the world a better place for women.

We donate a third of all our charitable donations to Zonta International for their work in supporting women overseas, and we are currently supporting North Guildford Food Bank, providing support for the team helping sorting food for distribution to people in need in Park Barn, Westborough and Bellfields in Guildford. We also support Your Sanctuary who helps women and men who are victims of domestic abuse. Additionally we support Seeds for Development, a charity that is kicking poverty out of Northern Uganda through education, empowerment and farming.

Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognised as human right and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.