Victoria Laughland

Tory Laughland formally Victoria Nicola Christina Laughland born Victoria Nicola Christina Jarman (11 July 1944 – 19 July 1994) was a British social worker and charity administrator who started the "Who Cares" magazine which is now the "Become" charity.

Life Laughland was born in Weston Favell in 1944. Her mother was a German born nurse named Helene Mariana Klenk who had come to England and she had started Brighton's Rudolf Steiner School. Her mother had married The purpose was for them to realise that they were not alone and they could read about children in similar situations and the stories of elder children as they succeeded. The called their local publication the "Who Cares?" magazine. The magazine was a success and its circulation and readership increased.

The "Who Cares Trust" was formally founded in 26 March 1992.

In 1993 she was diagnosed with mesothelioma and she was keen to find out the prognosis, but she only told those closest to her of her fate.

Death and legacy Laughland died in hospital in the City of Westminster in 1994 just after her 50th birthday.