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COLIN PULLAN MBE

It was with great sadness that I heard pride in the hospital and staff that were so
about the death of Colin Pullan MBE, dear to him.
who over the years has made such an As a charity, Take Heart plan to put a
incredible difference for patients and staff
at our Yorkshire Heart Centre through the plaque on the roof garden, originally
Take Heart charity. My condolences to his funded by Take Heart and now in the
family, friends and colleagues. process of being refurbished, as a mark of
the great work he has done.
Colin was one of the founding members
and chairman of Take Heart which I am pictured here with Colin a number of
was formed in 1989 and run solely by years ago, presenting him with a plaque in
volunteers. The idea for the charity started recognition and gratitude for the £3m that
Take Heart had raised (that figure has since
when Colin, previously an ambulance been doubled).
driver, had treatment for a heart condition.
Following this he set up a club to help Kind regards
patients rehabilitation with exercise bikes
using monies raised for the hospital.
Although Colin stepped down in 2017
due to ill health he remained a lifelong
supporter as chairman emeritus. Known
as the small charity with a big heart, Colin Julian Hartley
epitomised this. He will be sadly missed for Chief Executive of
his humour and commitment as well as his Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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