Christine started her campaigning alongside her mother Rosemary (also a Guild member), in memory of her brother, Peter, who died in 1989. Peter, 24, had told his family about his wish to donate organs before his death from a brain tumour but the family were surprised to find there was no register for potential donors.

This led the family to take on a five-year campaign before the introduction of the first nationwide NHS Organ Donor Register in 1994, and a lifelong mission to increase awareness of organ donation, which also paved the way for England’s move to the opt out system in May 2020.