I have supported One By One for the last 10 years, it has become a charity close to my heart. Over the years I have completed many challenges including Challenge 42, Ben Nevis Ultra Marathon and 100 Mile Ultra Marathon.

I have had the privilege to experience the incredible work One By One does by visiting King's in Kenya, delivered the Dignity Project in Sri Lanka and most recently experiencing the incredible work that the staff to do support vulnerable girls at The Mercy Centre in Uganda. This summer, I am joining the 'Distance for Dignity' challenge with this year's challenge taking on my first half Iron Man and ultra marathon up Scarfell Pike (A mountain I have never done)!

The Dignity Project delivered by One By One provides valuable support and education to girls all over the world.

Period poverty and human trafficking should be tackled together because they are linked by the same root problems: poverty, inequality, school absence, and girls being forced into unsafe survival choices. Period poverty affects hundreds of millions of menstruating people worldwide, with one source citing roughly 500 million unable to access adequate menstrual health support, and Human trafficking remains the fastest growing crime in the world today, with girls making up the large majority of sex-trafficking victims.

The practical message is simple: if girls cannot afford pads they are more likely to miss school, lose income, and become vulnerable to coercion or “survival exchange” exploitation. Programs such as The Dignity Project which provides free re-usable menstrual products, school-based health education, and training on the tactics of traffickers reduce the pressure points traffickers exploit.

We have reached over 55,000 lives so far but want to reach 60,000 by the end of 2026.