Paula Haining - Trustee & Team Secretary

Email: paulahaining@themarkgorryfoundation.co.uk

About Me: I love spending time with my partner Kevin. I enjoy getting together with my friends and socialising. I have a dog called Murphy who I really enjoying taking out to lots of lovely places. I like to keep fit by walking, swimming, playing netball, going the gym and more recently cycling. I love food, holidays, meeting new people and spending time with those close to me.

How I know Mark: I got to know Mark when he started going out with my best friend Leah. At first I thought Mark was inappropriate, hyperactive and always full of energy and I was right!

Mark in one word "GREAT". He was always the life and soul of any get together and there was never a dull moment when he was around.

I have many great memories of Mark (far too many to share) and these will always stay with me!

Funniest Story: I have sooooo many fun memories of Mark so it's very hard to pick........ I think some of my favourite memories of Mark come from the time we went camping in the Lake District. The whole weekend was full of laughter mostly due to Mark. When we arrived Mark and Leah spend well over an hour TRYING to put up the world's smallest tent (which they discovered later wasn't even waterproof) and they failed miserably. The rest of the weekend then contained Mark mithering to go on the steamer that travelled from one end of the lake to the other. On the final day we eventually gave in and agreed to go on the steamer with Mark. After about 5 minutes on the steamer in the cold and rain, Mark decided that he didn't want to be on the steamer anymore and wanted to get off. This wasn't possible and we had to spend the next 2 hours getting drenched.

My Contribution to MGF: I am currently the secretary for MGF this involves a range of tasks such as contacting people, admin work and the hardest part keeping Leah in check.