Jill Mortimer (Continued)

Last but certainly not least we have to thank Jill for pressing the Society to take the lease on a vacant shop she had spotted in Catherine Street. With the team headed by Betty Williams the doors opened in 1983, with the outstanding results we all know so well. Jill, with her husband Les, was a driver not just of the original idea but the subsequent move to larger premises now owned by the Society. And of course almost to the end Jill was a shop volunteer, as well as becoming one of the team of Shop Managers after Betty’s death. The magnificent work of the Shop has meant that generations of South Wiltshire families no longer need to struggle with jumble sales and market stalls to fund the amazing range of activities that the Society offers.

We are sure that there are many other projects unknown to us that Jill supported, giving 100% to everything. Without her enthusiasm, sympathy and understanding the members of the               Society,  past and present would still be struggling to achieve quality of life for people with  learning disability in South Wiltshire. We are all very grateful for all that Jill has done and     achieved in a well spent life.