I first met Margaret around 1995 when we were both working at Manpower Forum. I had been there some time and was part of the old regime which was being replaced by the new one under our new chief executive who's name I do not include but Margaret knows who I mean. At that time Margaret smoked and we would periodically meet outside and exchange critical comments on the firm the boss and the way the world was upside down with all the wrong people in charge! This usualy involved an occassional swear word,can you beleive it?,and suggestions as to how and where the new initiatives could be stuffed. Never slow to express her views I found we had that in common and would often share a cheeky joke at the expense of an authoritive figure or two... More recently our paths have crossed again when I started work at Scouts in December 2008.It was good to see her again but I was sorry to hear that she had recently had cancer and when I first joined Scout she was still going for regular treatment. During this time Margaret was wearing a wig but her hair was starting to come back. With this in mind Margaret would at some point stop wearing the wig and switch to her new more natural look. Margaret being Margaret she came into the end of a session I was doing with clients and asked if she could address them. This she did by explaining that she had had cancer and as a result of the treatment had initialy lost her hair but that now it was growing back!She said this ,then to mine and everybody else's surprise,pulled off her wig revealing a kind of trendy spikey crop of hair! (As I am pretty bald my first reaction was one of slight envy.) This was followed by a round of applause from the clients and a generaly good moment to remember. Margaret had no pretentions and had no time for people that did,a healthy mistrust of authority and a genuine desire to help people particually those she saw as disadvantaged and was willing to travel that extra mile to help them. And don't forget the dry,irrevelent sence of humour which was something else we shared. The work she did was important to her and it was in that role I new Margaret and she did make a difference to alot of people as she could relate to them and show genuine empathy and support. I don't know if there is an afterlife but if there is I hope I bump into Margaret early on because she will tell me how it really is up there . No "bull..." All the best Steve Huszla