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KNOW YOUR

TRUSTEE

Our new regular feature to
give you the opportunity to
know a little more about the
Take Heart Trustees
In our 8th feature it’s the turn
of our hard working Trustee
Stephanie

NAME private sector where I remained until I
Stephanie Kaufman retired in 2020.
ROLE HOME AND HOBBIES
I have been a trustee since 2001 I have been married to Paul for 38 years
apart from a 3 year break due to work and have 3 daughters, 4 grandsons and
commitments. I enjoy our monthly one grand-dog. I enjoy knitting, sewing
meetings where we make decisions in and at present making hand made felt
order to provide a more comfortable dolls which I really enjoy. I started ice
stay for patients and improved working skating at 13 and restarted in my 50’s with
environment for staff. I have met many lessons and achieved stage IV which I am
lovely people over the years both trustees very proud of [but that is not the same
and members. level as Torvill and Dean].
PROFESSION In the past few years I have enjoyed
I was born in Leeds but when I was 3.5 European city breaks with my favourite
my mother and I emigrated to Canada, to date Krakow. I feel now is the time to
first Vancouver then on to Toronto and continue to enjoy the UK. We love day
returned 2 years later and settled back in trips to the Dales, Peak district, North
Leeds. Wales, Lake District and the North East.
Now I have retired and spend more time
I attended Park Lane College to undertake at home it gives me satisfaction to make
a secretarial course [but I really wanted our home and garden more comfortable.
to be a hairdresser!]. I have worked in a
variety of businesses starting as a junior I also like reading [mainly crime and true
stories]. I like to listen to music and enjoy
typist at the YEB graduating to the role in particular the Proclaimers, 10cc, Neil
of secretary in later employment. I have Diamond and Queen.
been involved in the NHS since 1994
when I joined a GP practice, later moving I look forward to continuing my role as
to cardiology at the LGI in January 1998 trustee for many years to come. PS: we do
where I remained until leaving the NHS in have vacancies why not come along and
2012 to take up a secretarial post in the give us a try?

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