I’m running the London Marathon 2025 to fight for lung health!
Since 2019 I've been part of Team Breathe, raising money for the British Lung Foundation, now Asthma and Lung UK. It started out as a personal journey having been diagnosed with an autoimmune lung disease back in 2011 (Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia). This wasn't ideal news for a professional singer, but with the expertise of medical professionals and the support of the lung foundation, my condition was and is manageable as long as I don't overdo it and run up too many hills!
Then came the pandemic. A respiratory pandemic. A frightening time for all of us during which the daily news and indeed our daily vocabulary centred around the breath, the lungs, the airways... Many of us lost loved ones during this time. All of us have, in different ways, been changed by this virus. And some of us have more challenges lung-wise and health-wise as a result of being exposed to Covid-19.
Asthma + Lung UK works tirelessly to fight for everyone's right to breathe from research initiatives to online and face to face support groups. Every pound I'm able to raise will take us a step closer to a world where everyone has healthy lungs. Just £22 allows one of Asthma + Lung UK's nurses to answer a call on the Helpline, offering potentially lifesaving advice.
I'd be very grateful for any donations you could make!
Go Fiona!