Lace-up your trainers, fill up your water bottle and double down on your ambition to support women and girls.
The Lady Garden Foundation is inviting FHS families and staff to join the race to raise awareness and funds of the five most common gynaecological cancers. On Sunday 14th June, Battersea Park will see Lady Garden Foundation Family Challenge 2026 hit the trails – click this link to join and support the cause.
Whether you’re a confident 10k runner, a chilled 5k jogger or more of a ‘walk with friends and shoot the breeze’ type, there’s a distance for everyone. Let’s show London what the FHS community can do when we move with purpose!
Every day in the UK, 60 women and girls hear the words ‘you have gynaecological cancer’. 22,000 diagnosed annually. 60,000 living and fighting it daily.
Currently, more than 20 deaths per day in the UK are attributed to gynaecological cancer.
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Allegra in Year 8 spent her 2025/26 half term holidays volunteering at the Lady Garden Foundation. The stories she encountered and people she met gave fresh perspective on life, what truly matters and the seismic change that can occur when passionate women come together for good!
In the piece below, she shares her experience of the charity and her interview with the indomitably inspiring CEO and Co-Founder of the Lady Garden: the ultimate boss girl, Jenny Halpern Prince MBE who, along with her family, are beloved members of our sister school, Francis Holland Regent’s Park.
Interview with Lady Garden CEO and Co-Founder, Jenny Halpern Prince MBE
A Force for Cultural Change
Founded in 2014 to raise awareness of gynaecological cancers, the Lady Garden Foundation (LGF) has become one of the UK’s most recognisable women’s health charities, combining education, creativity and cultural influence to challenge outdated stigmas surrounding gynaecological health.
What began as a bold campaign to break the silence around women’s health has since evolved into an empowering movement, encouraging thousands of women to seek support, advocate for themselves and engage in conversations that have previously been considered taboo.
During my internships with LGF, I was struck by the passion and determination of the team behind it. Working alongside this group of inspirational women, it became evident that LGF is more than a charity – it is a force for cultural change.
Jenny explained that the idea for the charity emerged from a conversation among friends who had all been directly or indirectly affected by gynaecological cancer.
“A group of friends and I were talking back in 2014 about the ways we had all directly or indirectly been impacted by gynaecological cancer, and we realised there just wasn’t enough information out there,” she said.
That conversation sparked a mission; to raise £750,000 to fund pioneering research led by Dr Susana Banerjee into personalised treatments for women with gynaecological cancers. The research contributed to the discovery that treatments already proving successful in other forms of cancer, could also benefit gynaecological patients, while exploring the potential of immunotherapy as a future treatment option.
LGF’s impact extends beyond funding research. It supported four research fellows and helped secure consent from more than 700 patients to use blood and tumour samples, creating an invaluable resource for future global cancer research. Its first major campaign, in collaboration with Topshop and fronted by Cara Delevingne, propelled the charity into the public eye and demonstrated the power of using fashion and popular culture to tackle serious health issues.
For Jenny, creativity has always been central to the approach of the charity.
“One of the biggest barriers was the stigma and discomfort around even saying the words associated with gynaecological health,” she explained. “We leaned into creativity and cultural relevance, using humour, fashion and a strong visual identity to make the subject more approachable.” The charity’s name itself reflects this philosophy. By choosing an intentionally playful and irreverent title, its founders hoped to remove some of the fear associated with cancer and encourage women to speak openly.
Alongside her work with LGF and her business ventures, Jenny has also had to navigate the challenge of balancing leadership with family life. “Time is the most obvious sacrifice,” she said. “There are only so many hours in a day, and something always has to give. I’ve learned to rely on strong teams, set clearer boundaries and embrace flexibility.”
Above all, LGF wants women to leave with one key message: awareness is essential.
“Knowing your body is not optional — it is essential,” she asserts. “Recognising changes, not ignoring symptoms and feeling confident enough to ask questions can genuinely save your life.”
More than a decade on from its launch, Lady Garden Foundation continues to prove that changing the conversation around women’s health requires more than fundraising alone. It requires courage, openness and a willingness to challenge silence.
As Jenny puts it, the call to action is simple but powerful, to change the face of women’s health for future generations — and to ensure that gynaecological cancer is no longer something women face in silence.
Allegra H, Year 8
