Formula 1 stars celebrate Mother’s Day with charity campaign #HomeAdvantage

Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Alex Albon opened up about the impact their mothers had on their lives ahead of their #HomeAdvantage campaign.This charity works to bring children from orphanages to ‘loving homes’

To mark Mother’s Day and the launch of the #HomeAdvantage charity campaign, four British F1 stars have revealed to Sky Sports F1 how their mothers made them successful.

Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, George Russell and Alex Albon share inspiring stories about the love and support their mothers provide in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports.

Sky Sports F1 helped launch the #HomeAdvantage campaign to support global charities. Children’s hopes and homes.

Like children, sports stars can reach their potential and achieve better results when they are encouraged in their immediate surroundings.

Unfortunately, the 5.4 million children trapped in orphanages around the world today are denied this. Alone in confinement and routinely suffering from violence, abuse and needless neglect, 80% of them have living parents who care for them at home.

Backed by Sky Sports, YouTube and eBay and featuring global sports stars sharing stories of the support they received from their families as children, #HomeAdvantage seeks to make orphanage history.

Hamilton opened up about the impact both his biological mother and stepmother had on his life.

“I have two mothers. My biological mother. She taught me about empathy, warmth and compassion for the world,” Hamilton said.

Lewis Hamilton thanked his stepmother Linda Hamilton for being with him “all the way”.

“And I was lucky enough to have a second mother, my stepmother Linda, and I’m so grateful that they were with me all this time.”

Norris added: “In my life, my mother’s role is very important. She has supported her son as much as she could in his efforts to achieve her goals. I didn’t ask for it.”

In the UK (a major source of orphanage funding abroad), nearly 70% of people believe orphanages protect children, when in fact 100 years of scientific research have shown is harming children.

Since 1994, Hope and Homes for Children has lobbied multiple governments, the United Nations, the European Union and the Commonwealth to permanently close the orphanage doors. This charity fights for children to grow in families by reuniting them with their relatives. If that is not possible, train social workers to find adoptive families.

Today, countries like Rwanda, Bulgaria and Romania are trying to eliminate orphanages. #HomeAdvantage aims to help them get the job done and looks to the rest of the world.

Pinkham on the importance of sponsoring Hope and Holmes for Children:

Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham believes home advantage has such power, “children grow up in families.”

As a keeper of hope and home for children, she said:

“For every three months a child spends in an orphanage, he or she can lose a month of growth compared to the family child.

“People who are denied the opportunity to grow up in a home are 23% more likely to be homeless later in life and 50% more likely to break the law.

“Don’t be locked up in an orphanage, deprived of the love of family and the benefits of home.”

1996 F1 World Champion and Sky Sports analyst Damon Hill #home advantage champion.

“When my father passed away, I realized that the benefits of a home we all take for granted are that my mother had to struggle to support the family,” Hill said. .

“And as a father, family is the most important thing. Children shouldn’t be in orphanages if they can find a loving home.”

To pledge your support and give home benefits to orphanage children, please visit: www.homeadvantage.org.uk Follow @hopeandhomes on Twitter and @homeandhomesforchildren #HomeAdvantage on Instagram.