Midwives from Slough's Wexham Park Hospital are putting on their running shoes ready for the Windsor half marathon next month.

Stacey Turner, 22, has just finished her training and is about to start at the hospital.

She will be teaming up with new colleagues Stephanie Boardman, Emily Clark, Inaki Mansilla, Antonio Sierra and Stephanie Gregory to run the half marathon in the Great Park on Sunday, September 24.

She said: "We are running for MAMA, a cause very close to our hearts. It is a charity run by a small group of midwives from the UK passionate about improving advocacy of local Ugandan midwives, improving maternal and neonatal health in the surrounding areas. MAMA's aim is to support local midwives through education and equipment, enabling them to provide improved healthcare and outcomes for mothers and babies.

"MAMA Volunteers self fund their trips and use their annual leave. Half of our runners have already been out and volunteered in Uganda for MAMA, with a future four week trip already planned for one runner the week after we cross the finish line."

Miss Turner went to Uganda last November to help at the Hoima clinic there. She said that seeing where the money goes encouraged them all to do the run.

A £9 donation will fund a normal delivery, £5 neonatal admission for a day and £79 a Caesarean section.

The midwives all live near each other in Windsor - so they will not have far to go before starting their big run.

They have their own crowdfunding page:

It's called running for MAMA and the link is as follows:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/runningformama