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Sarah Brown was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire in 1963. She spent part of her early life in Tanzania in East Africa, leading to a life-long commitment to international development. When the family came back to England, Sarah attended Acland Burghley School and Camden School for Girls before studying at Bristol University, where she gained an honours degree in Psychology.

After graduating from University, Sarah worked for many years in communications - helping organisations in Britain’s arts and voluntary sector explain their work and their passions. She met Gordon through her work and they are now the proud parents of two young boys - John and Fraser.

In 2002, Sarah founded the charity PiggyBankKids which supports charitable projects to create opportunities for children and young people in the UK. She has edited a number of anthologies to raise funds.

PiggyBankKids administers the Jennifer Brown Research Fund, which seeks solutions to pregnancy difficulties and works to save new-born lives. The Fund was established in memory of Sarah and Gordon’s first child born in 2001.

The medical research work of the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh is undertaken by a talented and dedicated team of scientists who are advancing pioneering research projects that are making fast progress towards resolving some of the life threatening complications that can arise during pregnancy.

PiggyBankKids also funds a number of community based initiatives to help the most vulnerable mothers and babies including ‘Granny School’, refresher baby care classes for new grandparents.

Sarah is a committed supporter of a number of charities and causes. She is a patron of domestic violence charity Women’s Aid, of the CBI’s First Women Awards to support women in business, of education charity SHINE Trust, of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres and of health research and awareness charity Wellbeing of Women. She sits on the Advisory Group to the International Board of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, who are exploring ways to use their network of qualified doctors to improve healthcare for Mums in the developing world.

In 2008, Sarah became the Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for safe motherhood, an international coalition of some 3500 organisations and individuals, all working to save the lives of mothers across the world. During the last year, Sarah has been an international voice in the campaign to meet the Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by two thirds by 2015.

In March 2009, Sarah was asked to take on a formal role in establishing a network of national and international champions for the issue of maternal health, working in close collaboration with the Global Leaders Network under the chairmanship of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Working with co-chair Bience Gawanas, social affairs commissioner of the African Union, the Leadership Group for Maternal and Newborn Health will focus on supporting the establishment of taskforces in developing countries and in pushing for international support for the fight to reduce the number of maternal and infant deaths.

If you would like to know a little more about Sarah’s work with various causes, you can follow her on Twitter channel. You can also read more about Sarah’s recent activity in Downing Street on her Latest News page.You can see photos of Mrs Brown on Flickr, or read her G8 blog from L’Aquila in Italy.