A LEADING motorsport presenter is gearing up for a new role.
Hope for Tomorrow, based in Stonehouse has announced that former racing driver and motoring broadcaster, Amanda Stretton as a new addition to its team of ambassadors.
Joining the charity to help raise awareness of its mobile cancer care units and the vital service they provide so that more patients can be treated in more locations, Amanda is looking forward to working with the team.
Hope for Tomorrow has a long-standing connection to the motorsport world, meaning that Amanda joins a team of existing ambassadors and patrons, including the late great Stirling Moss, Ross Brawn, Derek Bell, Martin Brundle and more.
Amanda was part of the first ever female team in the FIA British GT Championships (the only British woman to have achieved this) as well as racing in the top LMP1 class against a record entry of ex-F1 drivers in the world famous Le Mans 24-hour race.
Alongside Murray Walker she co-presented ITV1's coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Goodwood Revival and The Goodwood Members Meeting for many years.
Amanda said: "I’m very much looking forward to working with the Hope for Tomorrow team in my new role as an ambassador.
“Helping to spread the word about the essential role the charity’s mobile cancer care units play in helping to deliver cancer treatment closer to patients is something that I’m proud to lend my voice to.
"Working in partnership with NHS Trusts all over the country, Hope for Tomorrow relies solely on fundraising to keep the wheels on the units turning.
"So, alongside raising awareness, I’ll be helping with fundraising whenever I can.
"These vital spaces help to reduce travel stress and the amount of time spent away from home, as well as freeing up capacity in hospitals for those that need to be treated there.”
Hope for Tomorrow currently provides 10 mobile cancer care units and 11 nurse support vehicles to 9 NHS trusts.
Last year the units allowed the NHS to deliver nearly 30,000 treatments in local communities.
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