District Chairman Heather Hewson

I was born into a family of agricultural background in the centre of Norfolk. After school I attended Exeter University, got a degree in Mathematics, and then a job with Norfolk County Council where I qualified as a Public Finance accountant. I met my husband through Young Farmers and we have four children. Due to a change in our family circumstances, I decided that I would need to return to work, having first attended a course in computer studies for women returners. I then got a job with Norwich City Council, cashiering and in their Customer Services section, serving all walks of life. I have run a Brownie pack for 45 years, and since my retirement have become Treasurer for the Church and the local Playing Field. I love flowering arranging and gardening.

In 1998 I realised that I was losing the hearing in my right ear, and was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumour, and was successfully operated on at Addenbrooks. This resulted in a complete loss of hearing and balance in my right ear and facial nerve damage. My younger sister was born deaf so I have chosen Hearing Dogs for the Deaf as my charity.