Our patrons and ambassadors
We are honoured to have ambassadors and a patron who support our work and help spread the word about what we do.

MILTON JONES
Patron
Comedian Milton Jones from ‘Mock the Week’ and other UK television shows visited Chance for Childhood’s work in Uganda in May 2014 and Rwanda in 2016 to see our life-changing work for himself. Milton continues to promote our work and has donated the profits from some of his gigs to us. Read his blog from Rwanda.
Milton has broadcast Chance for Childhood’s Radio 4 appeal not once, but twice!

DR CLIFFORD FERGUSON
Ambassador
Clifford is an executive and non-executive director and former Chair and Trustee of Glad’s House Kenya UK (one of our partners). He has more than 30 years’ experience in a wide variety of sectors, from large corporates to start-ups. Clifford’s core interests lie in helping organisations and people with change, people development, networking, motivation, facilitating meetings and team development. He played an important role in our merger with Glad’s House.

GARETH JONES
Ambassador
Gareth is our Challenge Events Ambassador. As an elite athlete, Gareth has taken on multiple events to raise money for us, such as the epic Marathon De Sables (a 250km race across the Sahara Desert). Gareth has a large social media following and speaks openly about his fitness and mental health journey. View his profile here.

MICHAEL LYNCH-BELL
Ambassador
Michael is a long-term supporter of Chance for Childhood and Crew Chief of Team Abana, an initiative that raises money for children living in Africa through sponsored cycling races. The team have completed five races so far – including from Perth to Sydney and from Land’s End to John O’Groats in the UK, raising an incredible £400k to date.

RYAN DURANCE
Ambassador
Ryan is the founder and Managing Director at Briarwood Partners, a firm that supports private businesses. Briarwood has supported Chance for Childhood, and Ryan ran the London Marathon with us in 2023, raising an incredible £10k.

SOPHIE CHRISTIANSEN
Ambassador
Paralympic triple gold medallist, Sophie Christiansen CBE, has supported our advocacy work across East Africa, raising the profile of the rights of children with disabilities. In 2015, she travelled to Rwanda to see our work in action and to meet young disabled children to hear about the difficulties they face.
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