Fundraising
About Me…
As a Teenager…
I guess I’m what you call a ‘home grown-un’, born and bred in and around Lancaster. As a child I was confident, sporty and animal mad, a keen swimmer, I was in the pool every day whilst also looking after a number of animals, not your ordinary pets, things like goats; hens; geese and 4 horses, an idyllic life you could say. I also always loved a cause, Mum always put a few pennies in my hand to give to the busker or the homeless person when we went into town. I could never go by without giving them something.
However, by the age of 15, things had gone downhill . I was more interested in meeting up with more wayward friends and getting up to mischief, I missed lessons at school and my marks were in decline. My parents despaired; they couldn’t understand why. At 16, I knew the academic route wasn’t for me and I rather fancied my chances of success doing it ‘my’ way (I am sure the school breathed a sigh of relief too!) I left LGGS in 1984, with only a handful of mediocre O levels.
After School…
After LGGS , I tried college, but that didn’t last long and so I went from job to job until joining BT (or British Telecom as it was then) aged 20. Starting out in finance, I quickly moved into more sales and marketing type roles, travelling extensively across the UK. This was when I first found my thing! Realising that I thrive on freedom, creativeness and being in an environment that fuels my imagination.
I left BT when my daughter was born with a blinding eye condition and the 2 of us became regulars at Alderhey for a few years. It was a worrying time, but I met some amazing people and many positive connections were formed. I was asked by Molly’s Consultant to help create an international children’s sight saving charity, and so I embarked on my current career path working across many NHS Charities, I also found myself honouring my childhood desire for a cause, and here I was, getting paid for doing it!
