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Time now to cross live for our special coverage of the Young

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Citizen Awards 2012, and Ellie Crisell joins us from Bournemouth.

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Hello and welcome. I'm Ellie Crisell and we're here for the

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Young Citizen Awards 2012 being presented at Rotary's Annual

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Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre. It's the

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sixth year of the Awards, honouring the achievements of a very special

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group of young people who've all done something extraordinary:

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whether it's excelling in the face of adversity or going out of their

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way to help others. Rotary Clubs across Britain and Ireland

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nominated youngsters for the awards. The eventual winners are with us

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today and over the next half hour, you are going to see some

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inspirational youngsters. Our first award goes to a group of

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students at a school in West Lothian who are determined to raise

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awareness about hidden child poverty here in the UK after being

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shocked at statistics that one in three children are living in

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poverty, and that even included pupils at their own school. They

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were nominated by the Rotary Club of Whitburn. We became homeless due

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to unfortunate personal circumstances and becoming homeless

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has become -- as has been a big shock to us. You can be happy want

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minute and have nothing the next. 30-year-old Tim it tells his school

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assembly about his personal plight. It has been quite a struggle and

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you go through different things, like not having enough layers to

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put on because it is cold, not having enough to to eat. His story

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has been featured in a short documentary film made in

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conjunction with UNICEF by 11 students at his school who call

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themselves the Seen and Heard group. This is a film about the reality

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faced by many of us in the UK. There are now 4 million children

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living in poverty in the UK. That is one in three. Their aim is to

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highlight the plight of children who might be living in hidden

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poverty close to home. When the sort Tinney talking about his life

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and unfortunate circumstances and how his everyday life is, we were

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taken aback. No one realised that. Some of us need help. You don't

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realise, you don't hear, you can't see. 15-year-old Kirsten wrote and

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recorded the track especially for the film. You need to hear our boys.

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The message of the song is that there are people who need to be

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heard who are not been heard, and that is the same as the film,

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because the film tells us there are people in poverty who people do not

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Congratulations to the "Seen and Heard" group - ten of the group are

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here on stage in Bournemouth -- having travelled down from Scotland

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to be with us today, and let's speak to three of them. Daniel Reid

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and Timmy Simpson and Kirsten McDonald, who you saw in that

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report. Let's start with you, what is your reaction to this award?

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Congratulations! Thank you. Very happy, as a community and as a

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school, or we are all very pleased. Tinney, what is your reaction?

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very glad about the result. Kirsten, pleased? We are all exceptionally

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proud, I don't think anyone realised we would get this far.

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have done wonderfully. Daniel, were me think about child poverty, we

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tend to think about children in Africa. How surprised were you to

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discover that so many children in the UK are living in poverty,

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including pupils at your own school? As you say, you normally

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associate poverty with countries like sub-Saharan Africa, so to find

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that poverty is all around us shop is an inspired us to make the film.

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What about the title of the film, that says a lot, how did you come

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up with that? We had a meeting in the school and came up with the

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idea from seeing the children -- from seen that children should be

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seen and not heard. A good twist! It is memorable. Tinney, we saw you

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in the film. Things have been tough for you. Tell us a bit about your

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experiences and what this film has done for you. It is difficult

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because you do not have the essential things, like heating,

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warmth and food. Which many of us take for granted. Yes, so I am glad

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the Crewe group has held me overcome that obstacle. -- the Seen

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and Heard group. Kirsten, how did you come up with the song?

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Everything we discussed during the film, I made notes and then I sat

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down at the piano and made a tune. It is beautiful. Congratulations to

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Our next Award is a joint award that goes to two remarkable

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teenagers, Alice Pyne from Cumbria and Hannah Jones from Chester. They

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were nominated by the Rotary Club of Babbacombe and St Marychurch and

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the Rotary Club of Torquay respectively because of their link

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to the Torbay Holiday Helpers Network in Devon, that provides

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free holidays to families with seriously ill children. Here's more

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16-year-old Alice pine is on her latest mission, the terminally ill

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teenager has been battling cancer for the past four years. She has a

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bucket list of which is or dreams she still wishes to achieve in life,

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and today she is still filling one of them. Alice, who suffers from

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Hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer of the white blood cells, has just set up

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her own charity called Alice's Harare escapes to provide free

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holidays in the late -- in the Lake District. When she found out she

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was ill, she realised she I'd had to do it or it would not happen.

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This is typical of what our family could come and stay in, just give

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them a week away from everything. They break, you need a break. It is

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important, and it is important to spend time with your family as well.

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The idea for the charity came out that Alice and her family spent a

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week being looked after by this man, founder of the Torbay Holiday

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Helpers Network based in Devon. Alice has done some fund raising

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for us as a charity, she designed some marks, which generated �13,000

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for us. 19-year-old Hannah Jones, who had a cancerous brain tumour,

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and her family from Chester whether it first to receive a holiday from

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the Torbay Holiday Helpers Network. Hannah was a diagnosed with a brain

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tumour or at the age of 15. cancer came back after Mike second

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operation which meant I needed to have a third operation and that led

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to me having a stroke. It was either have the stroke or die of

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cancer. Now I am not for the fight. If the cancer is up for it, I will

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fight it back! We tonight to see my scarf? I would

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love to. Hannah is passionate about her campaign to raise awareness

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about brain tumours, especially in children. She has launched her own

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charity selling hooded sweaters and was chosen at as the charity of the

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year by her local supermarket in Chester.

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And here to accept their Award are Alice Pyne and Hannah Jones.

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Unfortunately, Alice cannot be with us this morning. Congratulations!

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How do you feel? A round of applause. Had the feel today?

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Amazing. To be able to spread the word about bring to an awareness

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and how underfunded it is... Yes, you are specifically talking about

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bring to an awareness in young people. Why is it something that is

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such an important cause it to you? It is underfunded and yet it is the

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biggest cancer killer amongst children. You would think that

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people would put more money into it and yet it receives no government

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funding. You have raised �160,000 so far, haven't you? That is

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incredible! Another round of applause! What motivates you to

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keep going? What motivates me is just because it is so underfunded,

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I don't want people to have to go through what I have gone through,

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and I have lost a few friends along the way from brain tumours and it

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is a horrible disease. How did you come up with the idea of selling

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sweaters? They are seen as a bad thing sometimes, and yet I'm on

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them to see -- be seen as a positive thing and still raise

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money for research funding. It is a great twist. Even my grandmother

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has got one! Hannah Jones, congratulations again, and thank

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Our next award goes to Yorkshire schoolgirl Bethany Hare, who has

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come up with a novel way of fundraising for her local

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children's hospice and has just set up her own charity. Bethany was

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nominated by the Rotary Club of Leeds. Here's her story.

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12-year-old Bethany is putting on her make-up and getting dressed up

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for her favourite role as Charlie Chaplin. It all started when she

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was just 10, she used all her savings to make a charity video

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film that Abbey House Museum in Leeds to raise a smile and also

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thousands of pounds for her local children as Hospice. I am dressed

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up as Charlie Chaplin and it is because I want to raise money for a

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Children's Hospice, my local hospice, and other hospices around

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in the UK. She put her film on the internet and donations came in from

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all over the world. She made her target of 5,500. When the donations

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came in, she went up to �8,400. has now launched her own charity,

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Bethany's Smile, and she has received some high-profile backing.

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I got Matthew Lewis, who stars in Harry Potter, to become a patron

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for my charity. It is a testament to how hard Bethany has worked, as

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well as everyone else on the team. I am so impressed and privileged to

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be a part of this. After making her charity video, Bethany held her

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first event in Leeds last September it dressed as Charlie Chaplin. She

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now plans to hold her walks of smiles in York, Harrogate and again

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in Leeds and other cities. For a 12-year-old to be taking on this

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responsibility and raising so much money, it is a wonderful thing. It

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just shows other children that they can go out there and do something

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for someone, you don't have to be an adult. Hello everyone and thank

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you for coming. Her aim is to raise money for children's hospices all

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over the country to help children with serious illnesses and to

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encourage other youngsters to fund raised but her clubs.

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Congratulations, Bethany. I can see how your smile would

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raise a lot of money. How do you feel? I am really honoured, and

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other people are also receiving the award, they are amazing. I bet you

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are. You have done fantastically well and you deserve it. How did

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you come up with the idea of Charlie Chaplin? I was learning the

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song smile and I realised that Charlie Chaplin composed it and we

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went to Cumbria and me and my dad made a film and I said, why don't I

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sing the song? Charlie Chaplin composed it so why don't I dress up

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as him? How did you get the movements so accurate? I was on at

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YouTube for two days! It looks great. You have also received the

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backing of the chaplain's family. Josephine Chaplin said I could

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dress up as Charlie Chaplin for the awards and used his silhouette for

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my logo. She is really proud of what I have done. You have just set

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up your own charity, Bethany's Smile. What is that going to do?

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is caring for people with life threatening illnesses, like doing

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the housework, so they can spend time with their children. You have

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got a famous patron, who is that? Matthew Lewis. Who stars in Harry

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Potter, for those of you who don't know. Isn't that fantastic? How

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happy we to get him on board? really happy because I watch Harry

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Potter. When I found that he was doing it, I was really happy.

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you have another celebrity supporter who spoke to your mum.

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Yes, Jimmy Saville, because his family have given me all the walks

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and events that are in his name. I get 50 %, and there is a book going

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out and I get 50 pence for every book, and the Little Sisters get

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50p. So they think you're doing wonderful work, we do as well, so

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Our next award goes to Rabia Ahmed from Preston, who is determined to

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break down barriers in sport. As well as increase social cohesion in

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her community. You can start passing now. Football

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is a passion for Ruud the EEF Ahmed and she is determined to spread her

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enthusiasm for the sport. She gained qualifications to be a

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football coach. You have got five players. Ice of the Asian committee,

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been brought up in that environment, I will carry on like everyone else.

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I wanted Brixham barriers. I had to get permission for them to come out

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and play. I don't see anybody around. It is not as if you can

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play in the pas. She began volunteering at Fishwick Rangers'

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youth and community development scheme in Preston when she was 16.

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She had that enthusiasm to become a volunteer. She's up, I want to go

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and do something special for the community. She wanted to target

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football as a vehicle for the Asian girls. That is something unique in

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itself. The Asian girls, they really struggle to break down

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football barriers. She has now got qualifications and sport leadership

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and start to the health and fitness programme for Asian women in the

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local community. She has become a role model for those she is

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training. She is an inspiration. You want to be like her because she

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has achieved so much and she is really young. Because of what she

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has done, girls can play football as well as boys. It has broken down

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barriers. Congratulations. How do you feel? It is a great feeling to

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be here today. I want to thank the Rotary Club opressed and for

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nominating me and given me the opportunity to play football.

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have been breaking down barriers in your local community, how is that

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going? Pretty well. The Asian community were pretty much socially

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excluded from football. After that, with a structured environment and

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structured indoor activities were women could come and play. We had

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to have a female on the environment. Why football? I just had a great

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interest in football. I have interest in other sports, but

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football has been a hobby from the start. You have started death that

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this scheme for Asian women? They go to the gym weekly now. -- at it

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this scheme. We give them the opportunity to go to a female Ian

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Barmer. How are you a football team doing? We want to create football

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academies throughout Preston. As it will love, 10-12 will be a

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big year for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our next young

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citizen awards, Cameron Foster, has been chosen to carry the Olympic

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torch. He was nominated by the Rotary Club. I am Cameron Foster.

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Cameron Foster is back at his old school to talk to pupils about his

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forthcoming role as an Olympic torch there. My job is to be a

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torch-bearer. Seven years ago, Cameron suffered an horrific skiing

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accident. He fell 40 feet Thomas de left, breaking both legs, his arm

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and dislocating both ankles. It was an incident that would change his

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life. I spent many weeks there will chair. I started to realise how

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fortunate people were. In October, he was the youngest volunteer to go

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to Kenya with cricket without boundaries. Our aim was to make the

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HIV, Aids awareness more direct for Do you have a T-shirt?

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We used cricket as a tool to get the message across. Since then,

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Cameron has become the first young ambassador for the Lancashire

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County Cricket Club foundation. When they heard about his role, we

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research 10 and found out what he had done for raising money for

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young disabled people, there were he was doing himself, giving his

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Adico chum people. We Totti was a really good role model.

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Congratulations, Cameron. How do you feel? Unbelievable. When I

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found out, he was such an outstanding phone call, I could not

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wait to come and beat the other outstanding young people. You are

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are rather busy young man. What are you doing today? I had intended to

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get my third Dan black belt in karate. We have managed to arrange

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it for next week. Tell us about the trip to Kenya. It was unbelievable.

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A went out our cricket product. I was using cricket as a vehicle to

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spread messages about HIV. It was an unbelievable experience. It has

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changed my life. We hope to go back again. I am sure this will be a big

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year for year. Tell us about your Olympic torch. I was selected as an

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ambassador, to get young people nominated to carried the Olympic

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torch. How does it feel? Amazing. It is going to be crazy. I cannot

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wait to carry the torch through my Our last award goes to Ben McBean,

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who was winded surveyed in Afghanistan. He was nominated by

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the Rotary Club of Plymouth Mayflower. Former Royal Marine then

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make been more severely injured serving in Afghanistan. But he is

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determined to prove he is still up for the challenge, taking part in a

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sponsored mile run for Sport Relief. He was five months into his first

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tour of duty when he was injured after stepping on a land mine. He

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lost his left arm and right leg, as well as receiving burns and

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shrapnel wounds. I wanted to a doorway, then boom! I just, my arm

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was wrapped around my back. There was loads of blood. I was crawling

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around for ages. I just have to try and stay alive. Lynn has nothing. -

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- limbs missing. He was described by Prince Harry has a real hero on

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his return. There were two guys on the plane with us, one of whom had

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lost two of his limbs. They have been blown up by a mine. Ben was

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determined to fight back, taking part in an expedition to Everest

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base camp and completing the London Marathon twice in 12 months, the

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first being the than a year of sustaining the injuries. If I can

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raise money from Mullin a mile. That is good to go to someone in a

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If I can give something back, that is what I will do. What an amazing

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story. How do you feel to be standing here with this award?

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feels great. Can I just say, I want to dedicate this on behalf of

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everyone who has ever done anything did to help someone else. There are

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millions of people who do great things for charity. Not just myself

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but everyone sat here in the audience, not everyone gets

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recognition. Cheers. Tell us a little bit more about what you did

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in Afghanistan. A I was on patrol in Afghanistan with the Royal

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Marines and I stood on landmine. It blew off my a right leg. I spent

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minutes just crawling around, trying to stay alive. I know how

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much it is to lose a limb. I heard you give a top class year and it

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was amazing. You have done incredibly well.A motivational

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speaker for others? If I can help other people to live their lives

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and change it for the better, I am more than happy. Tell us about

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Prince Harry and the beard. We were about to get other playing together.

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I was not in a fit state to have a conversation. When I took my first

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steps, he bet me a crate of lager to climb the 30 feet wall. I

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climbed it and they go to the top and he said the a crate of beer.

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Lovely to meet you. The President of Rotary

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International. What has been due reaction to seeing all those

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fantastic young people being inspirational? They are an

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inspiration to us as Rotarians. We love nothing more than working with

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young people. Working with local young people. They are a great

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inspiration to us all. Thank you for giving us that final four.

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That's it from me in Bournemouth. I am sure you will agree, it has been

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analysing half-hour, I am very inspired. -- an amazing half hour.

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