It is official I am off to Namibia next Friday to visit and help raise the profile of this most worthy of charities (CCF UK). Cheetah Conservation Fund UK (CCF UK) is calling for its supporters to join forces and help raise enough funds to help save the cheetah from extinction. The race is on to save the cheetah and, with your help, it can be won.

I have committed time and funds to this cause and so hope you will now do the same.

Cheetahs were once found thriving in numbers of more than 100,000, across a range that stretched through Africa and Asia; today, just 7,100 remain in the wild, occupying 9% of their natural range. The cheetah is now Africa's most endangered big cat.

By working together we can save a species, what an amazing concept!