On June 21st I'll be joinining 239 Lenovo employees to walk 13.1 miles across London to raise awareness and funds for the Ruth Strauss Foundation.

In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, wife of Sir Andrew Strauss the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers.

Ruth died on December 29th 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.

In her memory her husband launched the Ruth Strauss Foundation to:

Provide emotional support for families to prepare for the death of a parent.

Raise awareness of the need for more research & collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers.

Each of us would like to fundraise £150, which would mean each walking team would fundraise £1500 and all 24 teams will raise £36,000 for the foundation. Lenovo will then match our final fundraising total.

That amount of money will make an enormous difference to their mission.

Please support me with whatever you can to help others cope with the death of a parent under similar circumstances.