Sally Smith

Sally has inspired thousands to push boundaries by demonstrating through her own activites what can be achieved. She was a journalist in Fleet Street when it was dominated by men, she started parachuting when there were only a handful of female skydivers in the country, becoming British Women's Freefall Champion, a member of the British Parachute team and starting up and running the world's first all girl skydiving display team. Having young children, she demonstrated how to mix dedicated parenting with other actibities, turning to hot air ballooning because her three children could help in the sport, becoming a member of the Australian Hot Air Ballooning Team, second female at the World Ballooning Championships - again inspiring women that you can continue to achieve even as a Mum in male dominated areas. Her top selling book Super Dad was one of the first to help men really get involved in parenting. Now in her sixties, she has started a top monthly series in www.laterlife.com, the UK's leading online magazine for the over 50s - Out of the Box - an inspirational look at some of the more unusual activities the over 60s can undertake such as windsurfing, learning the electric guitar and running with the Hash Street Harriers, giving full information on every activity to inspire others to start something new.. She now runs her own very successful business from home showing life doesn't end at 60 - and there is no space to mention her charitable activities here.