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Lord's will turn red for the Ruth Strauss Foundation helping raise awareness of its mission and supporting #RedForRuth day on Friday 13th August
On Friday 13 August, Lord’s, the Home of Cricket will once again turn red for the Ruth Strauss Foundation’s annual #RedforRuth day.
Test Series title partner LV= Insurance has dedicated the entire Second LV= Insurance Test Match to the charity, helping raise awareness of its mission across all five days and supporting #RedForRuth day on day two.
The Ruth Strauss Foundation was set-up by former England cricket captain Sir Andrew Strauss in memory of his late wife, Ruth. She died of a non-smoking lung cancer in December 2018, aged just 46. Their children were just 10 and 13 years old – two of the 41,000 children who face the death of a parent annually. In the UK more than 23,600 parents with dependent children die each year. The charity believes every family with a child facing the death of a parent should be offered professional, emotional support to prepare for the future.
We are once again very proud to be supporting the Ruth Strauss Foundation. The dedication of everybody to make last year a success despite the challenges everyone faced on and off the field with the Covid-19 pandemic is a testament to how beloved the Strauss family are by the cricketing community.
We look forward to the day returning to Lord’s after Emirates Old Trafford did a fantastic job last year. We will be joining the cricketing community in going #RedForRuth on 13 August to raise vital funds and remember Ruth.
Tom Harrison, ECB Chief Executive Officer
This year’s #RedforRuth campaign will raise awareness of the charity’s new Family Support Service – a vital service that provides much-needed pre-bereavement support for families with dependent children, where a parent is told they don’t have much longer to live, and helps families prepare for grief, death and dying. Without the right support, families can struggle to process grief and this can particularly affect children's future wellbeing. A research study showed approximately half of the children who face the death of a parent from cancer experience unresolved grief up to nine years later.
With the kind generosity of the cricketing family and wider public, the charity hopes to extend their support service to thousands of families nationwide plus launch its training programme for healthcare professionals. Research found that healthcare professionals feel ill-equipped to support families where a parent has an incurable diagnosis. The programme will help them be more confident in supporting families when they need it most.
