Lesley Elliott (other)
Lesley Elliott may refer to: * Lesley Elliott (campaigner) Lesley Frances Elliott ( Scott; 27 October 1946 – 20 November 2022) was a New Zealand nurse and the founder and chairperson of the Sophie Elliott Foundation, an organisation that educated New Zealanders on the signs of abuse in personal rela ... (1946–2022), New Zealand domestic violence prevention campaigner and nurse * Lesley Elliott (field hockey) (born 1960), New Zealand retired field hockey player {{Human name disambiguation, Elliott, Lesley ...
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Lesley Elliott (campaigner)
Lesley Frances Elliott ( Scott; 27 October 1946 – 20 November 2022) was a New Zealand nurse and the founder and chairperson of the Sophie Elliott Foundation, an organisation that educated New Zealanders on the signs of abuse in personal relationships. She was moved to start the work after her daughter Sophie was killed by her former boyfriend in January 2008. She realised that she had been unaware that he was abusive, but that it was possible to identify the signs. In 2019, she closed the Sophie Elliott Foundation as her Parkinson's disease was preventing her from continuing to run the foundation and she did not want another person to control her daughter's image. Biography Born Lesley Frances Scott in Invercargill on 27 October 1946, Elliott was the daughter of Eric Prior Scott and Audrey Victoria Scott (née Green). She became engaged to Gilbert Stanley Elliott in 1966, and they married at St Mary's Anglican Church in New Plymouth in 1968. The couple went on to have two so ...
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