While chairman, he signed a charitable sponsorship deal with Sheffield Children's Hospital.
[6] Following his resignation, Strafford engaged in a corporate whistle-blowing process, exposing various issues which directly contributed to the club.
During his time as CEO, the business went through three sale processes, 6 years as a reporting segment of Insight Enterprises Inc, a (NASDAQ listed Fortune 500 business), one AIM IPO, two and a half years as a PLC and was eventually sold to BT Group in January 2007.
[11][12] Strafford has spent much of the time since the sale of PlusNet working with Sheffield City Council and the two Sheffield Universities on creating more technology start-ups in the region and establishing better support for existing technology businesses.
In December 2010 Strafford became a founding private sector board member of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, working to drive economic growth in the city region with a specific focus on the Creative and Digital industries agenda.