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The Extraordinary Ordinary, from Women of the Year, shines a light on incredible achievements by women who you’ve probably never heard of...
Oct 26, 2023
Radio Odstock - Salisbury Hospital Radio
Sally chatted to staff and patiences at Salisbury Hospital ahead of her trip to London to receive her MBE.
Sep 7, 2023
Sally completes English Channel swim with the Bowra Foundation.
On the 6th September 2023, Sally joined a group of extraordinary veterans, led by Mark Bowra to swim the English Channel. Despite a range...
Sep 3, 2023
Sally and the Veterans Foundation
Sally Orange spent 22 years in the Royal Army Medical Corps before being medically discharged with severe depression. She still lives...
Aug 9, 2023
Double amputee Tony Hudgell , 8, reaches fell summit
An eight-year-old boy who had both legs amputated after he was abused as a baby has walked to the summit of a Lake District fell. Tony...
Jul 26, 2023
Helping organisations thrive podcast - interview with Sally Orange
Get ready to be inspired by Sally Orange's incredible story of running seven marathons in seven days on seven different continents. In...
Jul 23, 2023
Veteran, mental health champion and SSAFA fundraiser
Former Army Major, Sally Orange MBE has raised over £10,000 for SSAFA through a series of fundraising challenges including running 100...
Jun 25, 2023
Salisbury Journal - On Point
Sally's home town The Salisbury Journal talk about her recent MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List, mental health and overcoming...
Jun 16, 2023
The Confederation of Service Charities
On 17 June, Sally Orange, from Salisbury, has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours List, for her...
Jun 12, 2023
BBC News: Salisbury woman's Alcatraz race 'symbolic' of mental illness
A former army major swam from Alcatraz dressed as a convict, saying it felt "symbolic" of the way mental illness can make you a prisoner...
Jun 11, 2023
No Limits. Period.
Menstruation has lost its taboo status as a result of campaigners raising the issue of period poverty, schools providing sanitary...
May 31, 2023
Women's Running Magazine - How I Train
Sally completed a Q&A for Women's Running Magazine about her training regime. Publication Date - June 2023 www.womensrunning.co.uk
May 24, 2023
Soul Kind: Sally Orange
As Sally Orange sits on the other side of a Zoom call to us, we can't help but think about how this is probably her last chance to relax...
May 21, 2023
Chat Magazine - Berry, set, go!
Sally was recently interviewed by Chat Magazine: Chat Magazine Issue 22 Published 25/05/2023 facebook.com/chatmagazine
Apr 22, 2023
Salisbury woman to run London Marathon as a Cream Cracker
Sally Orange has run marathons as several bits of fruit before! A Salisbury woman is running the London Marathon this weekend dressed as...
Apr 19, 2023
Veteran, Mental Health Champion & SSAFA Fundraiser
Former Army Major, Sally Orange, has raised nearly £10,000 for SSAFA through a series of fundraising challenges including running 100...
Apr 28, 2021
Local volunteer helps reunite mother with her veteran daughter’s grave
Veteran, NHS Nightingale physiotherapist, and SSAFA Fundraiser, Major (Retd) Sally Orange, set herself the arduous challenge of...
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