Then, as a young single mum to a disabled daughter, she campaigned so children, carers and families had access to the kind of fulfilling education she’d had.
Such was her voluntary contribution to supporting others through Glasgow’s education system, that Leanne, founder and chair of Glasgow City Parents Group (GCPG), would receive the British Empire Medal, presented within the marble halls of Glasgow City Council’s City Chambers.
The irony that she’s now been slapped with a legal bill of £42,686 by that very same local authority is not lost on her.
And if anything, it’s fired her determination to fight.
“I would rather go bankrupt for the…