Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE - 1948- 2025
We’re heartbroken to share the news that Slimming World’s beloved founder Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE has passed away this morning (Sunday 2nd February) in Mallorca, surrounded by her family.
Margaret was a loving and much-loved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and the proud owner of several successful businesses in Mallorca and the UK, including the UK's leading weight-management organisation Slimming World.
Since founding Slimming World 56 years ago, her determination to help people shed the burden of excess weight without shame or guilt has seen it grow from a single group in 1969 to the global authority in weight management that it is today. She leaves this world a healthier place.
“Margaret steered her ship in the way she lived her life – with a generous spirit, passionate conviction, a wicked (and rebellious!) sense of humour and a fierce belief in doing the right thing. Our job now is to continue to keep her legacy alive by doing the very same thing.”
Margaret touched the hearts and changed the lives of millions of people, including all of Slimming World’s Consultants and staff who will feel her loss deeply. Right now, our thoughts are with Margaret’s family – her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We take comfort, as we’re sure they do, in the hope that Margaret is now reunited with her beloved husband Tony who passed away in 2021.
Slimming World Managing Director Lisa Salmon says: “Margaret steered her ship in the way she lived her life – with a generous spirit, passionate conviction, a wicked (and rebellious!) sense of humour and a fierce belief in doing the right thing. Our job now is to continue to keep her legacy alive by doing the very same thing.”
Margaret has taken great care to ensure that plans are in place to keep the company safe and sound, knowing that she might not always be around to steer it, so that the business will continue to operate just as it always has – run by people who care passionately about changing lives. - ends -
An obituary for Margaret is being finalised by the Slimming World Communications team, who knew Margaret personally, and this would be the preferred version to avoid incorrect information being shared. We’ll share this very shortly, with more photographs of Margaret.
For more information in the meantime, please contact PR and Public Affairs Manager Megan White on megan.white@slimmingworld.co.uk or 07770 807740.