Margaret was born with OI and from an early age realised that there was no support for people with the condition and that medical professionals knew little or nothing about diagnosing or treating it. When her daughter Yvonne was born with OI some years later, very little had changed and in 1968 Margaret established the Brittle Bone Society. She was its driving force for decades and her outstanding achievement was recognised when she was awarded an MBE in 1989.

The Society now has thousands of members and supporters and works closely with NHS specialised hospitals and world leading healthcare professionals throughout the UK and beyond.

The Society continues to provide front line support to this day and raises thousands of pounds each year towards the supply of wheelchairs and equipment and to promote better care in the sector. Furthering research was important to Margaret and the Society’s research programme are now funding a number of important research projects. The history of the charity’s much prized early work that Margaret pioneered has been entrusted to the University of Dundee which is archiving and preserving the charity’s past in order to record its immense impact on the care of people with OI.