Background
Born in Paddington, London, she is the daughter of Jack and Doreen Margaret Scott and was educated at Ensham Secondary School for Girls, Southwark Technical College and the Salvation Army Training College.
Born in Paddington, London, she is the daughter of Jack and Doreen Margaret Scott and was educated at Ensham Secondary School for Girls, Southwark Technical College and the Salvation Army Training College.
She joined Tomorrow"s People Trust in 1984, a charity working with unemployed people. She held various roles there, rising through the ranks to become Chief Executive from 2005 to 2015. The United Kingdom Charity Awards 2005 named her Charity Principal of the Year.
She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Sussex in 2007 and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
On 12 July 2010 she was created a life peer as Baroness Stedman-Scott, of Rolvenden in the County of Kent. She is also a Trustee of New Devon Opera and New Philanthropy Capital.