The inspirational Martha Lane Fox is taking on the Three Peaks Challenge in support of several charities, including Horatio’s Garden. She has almost reached her £300,000 target and will be tackling her final peak, Ben Nevis, on Sunday 8 September!
Please donate here to help Martha reach her fundraising target.
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A leading businesswoman, philanthropist, and public servant, Martha Lane Fox has been a cross bench peer in the House of Lords since March 2013, at which point she was its youngest female member. She is currently President of the British Chambers of Commerce, Chancellor of the Open University, and Chairman of Lucky Voice, a company she co-founded.
In 2004, Martha was involved in a life-altering car crash. Since then, she has had 47 operations and experienced struggles with balance, nerve damage and constant pain, needing two sticks to walk anywhere. Despite these challenges, Martha has decided to climb Britain’s three highest mountains to mark the 20th anniversary of her accident.
So far this year, she has remarkably reached the summits of both Mount Snowdon and Scafell Pike, surrounded by her family and friends. Meanwhile, thousands of people have been following Martha’s Mountain Mission online too, donating along the way and encouraging her to keep going whenever the climbs get tough.
Speaking to the Observer, Martha said: “My body is not like other people’s. I have massive pain and continence challenges, and I have very bad nerve damage. So all these things make it quite a significant hurdle to try and walk for a long time, let alone a really long time uphill, and all the way back down again.”
Martha is dedicating her Mountain Mission to raising vital funds for four charities that are close to her heart: Day One, iamtheCODE, AbilityNet, and Horatio’s Garden.
Following a visit to Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville with her family, Martha shared: “It was wonderful to see the impact the plants, flowers and garden room were having on the patients and their families. It is imperative to help give some joy into the daily life in hospital by supporting Horatio’s Garden.
We are so grateful to Martha for choosing to raise money for Horatio’s Garden and are immensely inspired by her fundraising journey. We wish her the very best of luck with her final ascent this weekend!
Please donate here to help Martha reach her fundraising target.
You can also read about Martha’s incredible story in The Observer, The Times, and listen to her in the Tuesday 16 April episode of Off Air with Jane and Fi.
