Martha Lane-Fox scales the Three Peaks for AbilityNet
Annie Mannion | 16 Sep 2024
Three cheers for our patron Martha Lane-Fox who has successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of AbilityNet!
Martha, 20 years on from when she suffered a stroke and broke 26 bones in a life-changing car crash in 2004, conquered the three highest peaks in the UK, completing the final mountain climb on 7 September.
Speaking to us reflecting on her Three Peaks achievement, Martha said:
"It was the lowest lows and highest highs of my life, but thinking of people who long to climb but cannot spurred me on."
Martha was joined on the challenge by her two seven-year-old boys, and climbed Snowden in April, and Scafell Pike in May in aid of four charities, including AbilityNet.
The other chosen charities who will benefit from Martha's support:
- dayonetrauma.org helps people navigate the recovery from extreme physical trauma.
- Iamthecode.org trains girls in refugee camps with computer science and digital skills.
- Horatio's Garden which nurtures the wellbeing of people after spinal injury.
"Please help me to help these different charities, all of whom plug vital holes in different systems of care," says Martha on her Martha's Mountain Mayhem fundraising page.
You can still support Martha in her amazing challenge, which so far has raised an incredible £356,054.72 for the charities.
Martha's role with AbilityNet
Martha Lane Fox (Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho) became AbilityNet's patron in 2011. She took part in our Look No Hands campaign, alongside Stephen Fry, which showed how challenging technology can be to some disabled people. She also won our Tech4Good Special Award in 2023.
AbilityNet's Digital Skills project with BT Group is supporting people 65+ and disabled adults with getting online and using technology, such as:- learning how to use email
- make video calls
- use online banking and book medical appointments
Find out about Free BT Digital Skills sessions for people over 65
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We have many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnership opportunities supporting our work helping older and disabled people through technology, from free support such as volunteering, to sponsorship and fundraising. Employees at organisations including BT Group and CapGemini, for example, have AbilityNet volunteers within their workforces.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss working together - we'd love to have a chat!
How AbilityNet can help you
- Call AbilityNet's helpline on 0300 180 0028
- Request help from an AbilityNet volunteer
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