:00:00. > :00:00.generally for Scotland and Northern Ireland with outbreaks of rain
:00:00. > :00:00.arriving here, fairly cool towards the north-west but parts of the
:00:00. > :00:15.south-east could get 25 degrees. I'm Ellie Crisell and I am
:00:16. > :00:18.delighted to be here in Manchester to celebrate
:00:19. > :00:20.the Rotary Young This year is the tenth anniversary
:00:21. > :00:24.of the Awards to honour the achievements of young people
:00:25. > :00:26.who've all done I presented the very first
:00:27. > :00:29.Awards when they were Since then, hundreds of amazing
:00:30. > :00:33.young people have been recognised. Each year, Rotary Clubs
:00:34. > :00:38.across Britain and Ireland nominate And the eventual winners
:00:39. > :00:46.for 2017 are with us today, and you are about to meet some
:00:47. > :00:48.inspirational young people. So let's find out more about this
:00:49. > :00:51.year's award winners. Our first award goes
:00:52. > :00:53.to teenager Abbey Booker. Abbey is in care but works
:00:54. > :00:55.tirelessly and selflessly to ensure other children have the best
:00:56. > :00:59.experience that they can. She spends her time volunteering,
:01:00. > :01:02.helping out with a number of schemes, and tries to change
:01:03. > :01:05.the way adults deal with other She was nominated for the award
:01:06. > :01:25.by the Rotary Clubs of Doncaster Hi. May I have two Cadbury's cream
:01:26. > :01:30.eggs. Have you signed in yet? My name is Abbey. I'm 15 and I'm from
:01:31. > :01:35.Doncaster. I've been in care for four years. I remember the first few
:01:36. > :01:38.years was a major struggle for me emotionally because I had so many
:01:39. > :01:42.different people and so many things going on in my life. I knew what I
:01:43. > :01:46.wanted. I knew what I wanted to say. I knew I had my own opinions on
:01:47. > :01:50.things, but I was never really given that chance. I was dismissed. When I
:01:51. > :01:54.found the courage to speak out myself, I just thought, right,
:01:55. > :01:58.that's it. I now know that I can say this, so I'm going to let other
:01:59. > :02:02.children have that opportunity. I've just give it them.
:02:03. > :02:07.We've got sports going on... Abbey is one in a million to be honest
:02:08. > :02:12.with you. She gives her time freely. She's a great advocate for young
:02:13. > :02:16.people. She offers them support. She offers them advice. She very much
:02:17. > :02:21.helps shape the service the way the independent visitors scheme runs.
:02:22. > :02:27.For me, before I came into care, I didn't really have a childhood. I
:02:28. > :02:33.basically raised my two young brothers. I was, sort of, given all
:02:34. > :02:39.the family's dilemmas and problems, they were put on my shoulders. Care
:02:40. > :02:42.changed my life. I did things that a normal 13-year-old should do instead
:02:43. > :02:46.of staying at home and cooking meals. It was difficult, but at the
:02:47. > :02:52.same time, easy. It was just a massive relief. Have you signed in
:02:53. > :02:56.yet? I don't think I will ever stop doing what I'm doing, never, ever
:02:57. > :03:02.stop. For me, I'm going to take it further and make sure that every
:03:03. > :03:07.child in care has a voice and every child is loving being in care.
:03:08. > :03:10.APPLAUSE Abbey is here with me now.
:03:11. > :03:18.Congratulations on your How do you feel? It's really, it's a
:03:19. > :03:21.whirlwind really. I never expected to win this award. I never really
:03:22. > :03:25.expected to be here with these amazing people too. But like I've
:03:26. > :03:29.always said, this award is never really for me. It's on behalf of all
:03:30. > :03:32.the children that work alongside me, the people that work with me as
:03:33. > :03:37.well. And all the different organisations that I help. You've
:03:38. > :03:40.done wonderful work. What was it about your experience in care that
:03:41. > :03:44.made you want to reach out to other young people? Well, I was never
:03:45. > :03:47.really listened to. I know how frustrating it is and annoying when
:03:48. > :03:51.you know you have something to say but you just can't say it, because
:03:52. > :03:55.people believe that you're not old enough or you don't know how to say
:03:56. > :03:58.it or you don't have the confidence. For me, I thought, I needed to stop
:03:59. > :04:02.and children needed to have that courage and confidence to come
:04:03. > :04:07.forward themselves. So I became a voice for young people. Obviously,
:04:08. > :04:11.it must be quite challenging being in care, I'd imagine it's not the
:04:12. > :04:14.easiest situation for children. You say you want to make it a happy
:04:15. > :04:19.experience for children. How can awe chief that practically? I -- how can
:04:20. > :04:22.you achieve that practically? By encouraging them to come alongside
:04:23. > :04:25.myself an the other children I work with to some of the presentations
:04:26. > :04:29.that we do, that show the fun and the work we do. And just talking to
:04:30. > :04:34.kids and explaining my story and how it's similar to other kids. And just
:04:35. > :04:38.getting them engaged and involved in different activities and showing
:04:39. > :04:42.them the positive side instead of the negative side of care. Indeed.
:04:43. > :04:45.I'm sure you will go on to do more great work. Congratulations. Thank
:04:46. > :04:54.you. APPLAUSE
:04:55. > :04:56.Our next Young Citizen Award goes to 18-year-old Harry McCann
:04:57. > :04:59.You could call Harry a real whizz kid.
:05:00. > :05:03.He founded his first business at the age of 15 - called Kid Tech.
:05:04. > :05:05.Over the space of 16 months, he taught over 800
:05:06. > :05:14.And in 2014, he founded the world's first Digital Youth Council.
:05:15. > :05:18.He was nominated by the Rotary Club of Naas.
:05:19. > :05:29.Hi Harry. Hole low. What generally happens here on a Tuesday evening,
:05:30. > :05:33.20 or so local kids come in to learn how to code. We introduce kids as
:05:34. > :05:38.young as seven to coding and get them involved in not just being
:05:39. > :05:44.users of technology, but also creators of technology. I'm Harry,
:05:45. > :05:50.I'm 18 years old. I'm a leading student and the founder and director
:05:51. > :05:55.of the digital Council of Ireland. I'm an entrepreneur. I've a passion
:05:56. > :05:59.for technology and I enjoy sharing that with the kids. I think it's a
:06:00. > :06:02.great opportunity to be able to show them that they cannot just use
:06:03. > :06:07.technology, but they can learn how to build things and control their
:06:08. > :06:13.technology as well. These kids are very much my generation, they are
:06:14. > :06:16.just people on Facebook, Twitter and using YouTube. But they're not. They
:06:17. > :06:19.understand that somebody's built it. And they understand if they put in a
:06:20. > :06:24.lot of work and understand technology, they too can build the
:06:25. > :06:27.next Facebook, Google, Twitter, the next billion-dollar business online.
:06:28. > :06:31.I don't do it for the recognition. I've never worked to receive
:06:32. > :06:34.trophies or awards. It's always just been an added bonus. It's great
:06:35. > :06:38.encouragement for me to be able to go on and do other things after.
:06:39. > :06:42.It's a good motivator. It's great to be able to get involved in something
:06:43. > :06:46.that the kids enjoy, I enjoy doing and to be able to share a passion
:06:47. > :06:49.for technology that I have with other people, especially when the
:06:50. > :06:50.kids get to go on and have the opportunity to go and build bigger
:06:51. > :07:04.and greater things. congratulations Harry. How do you
:07:05. > :07:09.feel? Yeah, I'm honoured to receive the award. As I said in the VT, I
:07:10. > :07:13.don't do it for the awards, or the recognition. It's nice to get at
:07:14. > :07:18.wards and it's great to be on stage with so many amazing other young
:07:19. > :07:21.people, but yeah, it's great. As I said, the kids as well, it's great
:07:22. > :07:25.that I can show other kids who are younger than me and who I'm working
:07:26. > :07:28.with that a lot of hard work and a lot of passion for something can
:07:29. > :07:32.lead to great things and this is one of them.
:07:33. > :07:36.Why coding? Yeah, that's a good question. Why coding. I suppose it's
:07:37. > :07:40.just because I think it's the future. Everyone has a phone in
:07:41. > :07:44.their pocket, everyone has a laptop or iPad or whatever it might be.
:07:45. > :07:47.It's really important that we don't just become users of the technology,
:07:48. > :07:51.but builders of technology. It offers so many opportunities for
:07:52. > :07:54.young people and I think, they have a really great future if they
:07:55. > :07:59.understand not just how to use them but how to build things for them as
:08:00. > :08:06.well. Any future Bill Gates amongst your lot? I bet they pick it up
:08:07. > :08:10.quickly. It's incredible. Some kids come in and code websites and build
:08:11. > :08:16.apps but they can't tie their shoe laces. Who needs to tie laces!
:08:17. > :08:20.You're coming in and you think, they might be next Bill gates, and they
:08:21. > :08:24.still need their mums and dads to come along with them. It's amazing.
:08:25. > :08:26.It's the future and you're part of it. Harry, congratulations. Thank
:08:27. > :08:33.you very much. APPLAUSE
:08:34. > :08:36.Our next winner is Mohamed Khalil. Mohamed grew up in Syria.
:08:37. > :08:40.He was forced to flee the country with his family when he was 10,
:08:41. > :08:44.having been shot during an attack on his school.
:08:45. > :08:47.He watched his friends die and had to play dead to survive.
:08:48. > :08:52.Having moved to England, Mohamed started going to Leeds City Academy.
:08:53. > :08:54.He was nominated by the Rotary Club of Leeds.
:08:55. > :09:07.Mohammed is a 16-year-old, growing up in Leeds, getting ready for his
:09:08. > :09:09.GCSE in foot technology. Nothing remarkable about that, but how he
:09:10. > :09:15.got here, well, that's another story. Mohammed was growing up in
:09:16. > :09:20.Syria, when his school was attacked. He saw his friends being killed and
:09:21. > :09:26.was himself shot in the leg. To survive, he pretended to be dead
:09:27. > :09:31.until the attackers had gone. I cry when I sleep because I can remember
:09:32. > :09:38.my friends. In my head, it's not going from my head. Like, I close
:09:39. > :09:42.the room, I sit in and I cry because every time I think about the bad
:09:43. > :09:46.things that happened to me. Mohammed's family fled Syria and
:09:47. > :09:50.eventually made a home in Leeds. His mum has had surgery for cancer and
:09:51. > :09:53.his dad injured his back at work. So Mohammed looks after them both and
:09:54. > :09:59.helps support the family with money that he makes from working in a
:10:00. > :10:03.restaurant. His teachers are astonished at the progress Mohammed
:10:04. > :10:09.has made. In school, as at home, he's made it his job to help others.
:10:10. > :10:15.His story is what pushes him. His story is what makes him want to
:10:16. > :10:19.change things. Seeing the war at such a young age, he speaks about
:10:20. > :10:23.helping people that have been through that, that aren't managing
:10:24. > :10:28.as well as him. Mohammed plans to dedicate the the rest of his life to
:10:29. > :10:34.helping other people. Sometimes I feel like I don't need a lot of
:10:35. > :10:38.money, I want to help, if I have money I want to give it to other
:10:39. > :10:42.people. If you help children, you feel like happy. ?
:10:43. > :10:50.APPLAUSE Congratulations, how do you feel to
:10:51. > :10:55.be here? Happy. You went through some terrible things in Syria. How
:10:56. > :10:58.do you think they changed you as a person and made you who you are?
:10:59. > :11:05.Made me more stronger and confident and to help other people who have
:11:06. > :11:08.bad life before. Now you work a lot here to look after your family.
:11:09. > :11:14.Yeah. You've had some problems with things here as well. My mum get
:11:15. > :11:20.sick, she had operation of cancer and I was very worried for her
:11:21. > :11:26.because my mum is just all the thing I have in my whole life, my mum and
:11:27. > :11:30.my family. When she got sick, I was like very worried. I went shopping
:11:31. > :11:34.for her to help her more because I'm the big and I want to help her
:11:35. > :11:39.shopping, bring my brother from the school and my dad is sick as well.
:11:40. > :11:43.He can't work properly. That's why. So a difficult time for you and you
:11:44. > :11:46.work in a restaurant as well as keeping up with your school work.
:11:47. > :11:50.Yeah, I was work in the restaurant to help more to make more money to
:11:51. > :11:54.give to my dad and my family to bring more stuff. So how does it
:11:55. > :11:58.feel now to be given this award and for everybody to be saying well
:11:59. > :12:03.done, we recognise how hard you're working. Thank you. I feel like very
:12:04. > :12:06.exciting because people read my story and I really happy about the
:12:07. > :12:11.award. I want to thank everyone who is here. I want to say thank you to
:12:12. > :12:13.everyone. Congratulations to you. Thank you very much. Thank you for
:12:14. > :12:16.talking to us. For the second year,
:12:17. > :12:25.we're presenting the Rotary Young Citizen Wheelchair Sports Award,
:12:26. > :12:27.sponsored by the British wheelchair The award goes to
:12:28. > :12:33.15-year-old Kare Adenagan. Kare, who was born with diplegic
:12:34. > :12:37.cerebral palsy, was inspired by the London 2012 Paralympics
:12:38. > :12:41.to take up wheelchair racing. Four years later, she brought home
:12:42. > :12:46.three medals from Rio. She now juggles the life
:12:47. > :13:00.of a full-time athlete Pushing hard in every training
:13:01. > :13:04.session to be the best. But fast times on the track aren't the only
:13:05. > :13:08.target for 16-year-old Kare this year. Maths and French revision are
:13:09. > :13:13.just as important with her GCSEs around the corner. It makes for a
:13:14. > :13:20.busy schedule. Guy toe school for about -- I go to school for about
:13:21. > :13:23.8am, then lessons to 4pm. Then an hour at home and onto the track. On
:13:24. > :13:27.the track for two hours. After the track session, I have home work as
:13:28. > :13:35.well. It's busy, but I know it will all be worth it in July. Kare was
:13:36. > :13:39.born with cerebral palsy diplegia. She took up wheelchair racing after
:13:40. > :13:43.watching London 2012. Four years later, she came home from Rio with a
:13:44. > :13:47.silver and two brms, to the -- bronze medals, to the delight of
:13:48. > :13:52.fellow pupils at school. I was so proud and I just, I almost cried,
:13:53. > :13:56.well I did cry. My family gathered in front of the TV about half an
:13:57. > :13:59.hour before the race, waiting to see her. When we saw it, it was
:14:00. > :14:05.fantastic. I was so happy for her. Their support will be important this
:14:06. > :14:12.year. They're not the only ones. This sport doesn't come cheap. This
:14:13. > :14:14.new chair has cost more than ?4,000. The world para athletics
:14:15. > :14:19.championships in London are the target. Expectations are high, but
:14:20. > :14:23.so is the bevel of competition. I want to medal at London 2017. I've
:14:24. > :14:27.been working quite hard and been training hard. I just hope that I
:14:28. > :14:30.can get a podium finish, despite GCSEs and despite what a busy year
:14:31. > :14:36.it is. I just want to be there in front of the home crowd. But she is
:14:37. > :14:38.determined that she will inspire the next generation, as she was inspired
:14:39. > :14:42.by the London Paralympics. That was Kare Adenagan -
:14:43. > :14:45.winner of the Rotary Young Citizen She can't be here today, as she's
:14:46. > :14:57.at a family birthday party. We wish her well. And send on our
:14:58. > :15:00.congratulations. APPLAUSE
:15:01. > :15:05.Our next award goes to 14-year-old Aidan Jackson.
:15:06. > :15:10.Aidan's raised over ?16,000 for charity in just two years.
:15:11. > :15:13.He was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2011, so sometimes
:15:14. > :15:16.struggles with everyday situations, making his fundraising efforts
:15:17. > :15:23.Aidan was nominated by the Rotary Club of Widnes.
:15:24. > :15:34.I don't like that picture. Aidan and his mum Caroline flick through a
:15:35. > :15:39.scrapbook of his fundraising exploits, at their home in Widnes.
:15:40. > :15:45.He started on a small scale, but the death in 2014 of his close friend
:15:46. > :15:50.Olivia Alice Walker, at the age of just 15, really lit his fundraising
:15:51. > :15:55.fuse. I wanted to help out her family as much as possible and when
:15:56. > :16:00.they wanted to set up a charity, it was like the main, like they ignited
:16:01. > :16:06.the spark. Last August, Aidan filled a sports stadium with 10,500 teddies
:16:07. > :16:09.to raise money. Why is it so important to you that you do this,
:16:10. > :16:13.that you do help people? Even if it's just one person, that one
:16:14. > :16:17.person it's going to make a big change to their life. It's going to
:16:18. > :16:22.help them out a lot. And all this despite the problems caused by his
:16:23. > :16:27.Asperger's. Day to day things were a struggle. They still are. But when
:16:28. > :16:31.it comes to fundraising, he's just a different person. As well as
:16:32. > :16:36.Asperger's, Aidan has a condition which causes him to walk on his
:16:37. > :16:40.toes. He may need surgery, which would keep him in plafrter for six
:16:41. > :16:45.weeks -- plaster in six weeks and in splits for a year. I have to just
:16:46. > :16:51.try and deal with it, at my own pace, just slow down a little bit.
:16:52. > :16:55.Aidan's raised more than ?16,000 in just two years. He'll find out next
:16:56. > :17:01.week if he does need an operation or not.
:17:02. > :17:08.APPLAUSE Congratulations. How do you feel?
:17:09. > :17:13.It's just brilliant to receive this award. I mean, it's just showing
:17:14. > :17:17.that there's not always just bad stories in the newspapers and the
:17:18. > :17:22.TV. It's showing that there is a lot of young people doing good things,
:17:23. > :17:27.showing that it's just brilliant what people can do when they put
:17:28. > :17:32.their minds to it. It's lovely to have good news about young people.
:17:33. > :17:35.Tell us about Asperger's, what difficulties have you had with that?
:17:36. > :17:41.Mainly social and just trying to get around really. As a child, I
:17:42. > :17:44.struggled with making friends and trying to strike up conversation was
:17:45. > :17:50.people, but during my fundraising, it's been a lot easier to actually
:17:51. > :17:55.get to know people, giving people topics to talk about and just
:17:56. > :17:58.genuinely making new friends. What drove you to fundraise? What made
:17:59. > :18:03.you think one day, you know what, I'm going to raise some money?
:18:04. > :18:06.Mainly to keep my friend Olivia's memory alive and to help out other
:18:07. > :18:10.people, making sure that what happened to her doesn't happen to
:18:11. > :18:11.anyone else. Indeed. Fantastic work, congratulations. Thank you for
:18:12. > :18:15.talking to us. Thank you. 18-year-old Molly Comish,
:18:16. > :18:26.was determined to act, after seeing so many homeless people
:18:27. > :18:28.living and sleeping She was nominated by the Rotary Club
:18:29. > :18:34.of Bray for her idea of giving packs of essential items to homeless
:18:35. > :18:49.people in her hometown. I was walking around Dublin in
:18:50. > :18:53.December of 2015, and I just saw the amount of homeless people and I
:18:54. > :19:03.decided that I needed to make a difference. So I'm trying any way.
:19:04. > :19:08.I'm 18 years old and I live in County Wicklow Ireland. For me,
:19:09. > :19:12.dignity is being clean. So I thought maybe I could put together a pack of
:19:13. > :19:15.things that we take for granted to keep us clean, that homeless people
:19:16. > :19:20.might not necessarily be able to pie. So I just decided -- to buy. I
:19:21. > :19:25.decided to put it in a rucksack as well, because it's reusable. There's
:19:26. > :19:34.everything from scarves to gloves, to socks, to ear buds, to Dee ode
:19:35. > :19:40.rant, deoderant, toothpaste, pretty much everything we all take for
:19:41. > :19:44.granted but need. Everyone smiling and thanking me when they receiving
:19:45. > :19:48.them... Hi guys, I'm going to leave some stuff here for you.
:19:49. > :19:53.That's just an amazing feeling in itself. People are just really happy
:19:54. > :19:57.to receive them, which makes it ten times better. It makes me really sad
:19:58. > :20:03.that people do have to live that way. But I'm trying my best to help
:20:04. > :20:07.them, make it a little bit easier. Winning the award is amazing. I
:20:08. > :20:12.never in my wildest dream that I would have won it. So to win it is
:20:13. > :20:20.incredible. Yeah, I couldn't believe it. I was over the moon.
:20:21. > :20:30.congratulations, how do you feel? I'm over the moon. I can't believe
:20:31. > :20:34.I've won it. It's amazing. It's such a simple idea, but such a lovely
:20:35. > :20:39.thought. What gave you the idea to come up with these dignity packs? I
:20:40. > :20:42.just saw so many homeless people on the streets, I thought this isn't
:20:43. > :20:46.right. I decided I wanted to make a change. I decided to make 30 by
:20:47. > :20:50.myself. I didn't tell my mum or dad or no-one. Then they caught me
:20:51. > :20:54.bringing in 30 wet wipes and they were like, "What's going on? Stop
:20:55. > :20:59.putting tooth brushes on the shopping listment Then I had to tell
:21:00. > :21:03.them. It's expanded. We made 120 this year. Wow. What's the reaction
:21:04. > :21:09.from people when you pass them over? Everyone's so poopy. They -- so
:21:10. > :21:13.happy. They want to hug you. It's a good feeling when you put them out.
:21:14. > :21:17.Are you looking to expand it? We have our stage one charity status.
:21:18. > :21:20.Now we're going to stage two. We want to expand nationwide and maybe
:21:21. > :21:25.to the UK as well, which would be as well. We would love to get in
:21:26. > :21:27.contact with charities and maybe other rotary groups, because they
:21:28. > :21:32.are supportive of this idea. We would love to expand out. You had
:21:33. > :21:34.some attention from people like the Irish Health Minister. Are you
:21:35. > :21:38.surprised by how much attention it's got? It's kind of crazy. I thought
:21:39. > :21:41.it would be a little thing that no-one would know about. To be up
:21:42. > :21:45.here now in front of everybody is incredible. It started off as a
:21:46. > :21:50.small seed and now it's a big tree. Congratulations to you. Good luck
:21:51. > :21:54.with the future. Thank you soup. -- thank you so much.
:21:55. > :21:58.APPLAUSE Our final Award goes
:21:59. > :22:00.to sisters Amber and Sophia They founded the mental health
:22:01. > :22:03.charity, Invictus Trust, in 2011, after their 18-year-old brother
:22:04. > :22:06.killed himself in a psychiatric They were nominated
:22:07. > :22:24.by the Rotary Club of Truro, Our brother was a party animal, life
:22:25. > :22:28.and soul of the party. He was a fashion student. He was very
:22:29. > :22:34.popular. He was just like the greatest person. In 2010, Ben was
:22:35. > :22:38.just 18 when he took his own life in an adult psychiatric unit in
:22:39. > :22:42.Cornwall. Within a few hours of losing Ben, we were in disbelief. It
:22:43. > :22:48.should have happened. Ben shouldn't have been able to take his own life
:22:49. > :22:52.in a mental health hospital. His sisters wanted to keep Ben's legacy
:22:53. > :22:56.alive. So they set up their own charity, the Invictus Trust as a way
:22:57. > :23:01.to support other teenagers with mental health problems. After Ben
:23:02. > :23:05.had passed away, not very long after, my mum sat down with us, my
:23:06. > :23:10.sisters and my dad and just said that she felt really strongly that
:23:11. > :23:13.we had to change the services, really didn't want to be a family
:23:14. > :23:17.that became bitter, because we felt that Ben had been let down. We
:23:18. > :23:20.needed to change what was available for teenagers in Cornwall and what
:23:21. > :23:25.support and services could be enhanced and better provided. After
:23:26. > :23:28.three years of campaigning for a mental health unit for young people
:23:29. > :23:32.in Cornwall, it was recently announced that the NHS will be
:23:33. > :23:36.building the first ever specialist unit in the county. It feels
:23:37. > :23:41.amazing. It's been seven years now that we've been running the charity,
:23:42. > :23:46.sometimes it's gone so fast. Sometimes it's gone so slow. We've
:23:47. > :23:50.been lobbying for a unit. It's been a long, hard journey. We finally
:23:51. > :23:55.have confirmation that a unit will be built for young people in
:23:56. > :23:58.Cornwall. ? APPLAUSE
:23:59. > :24:02.Congratulations. How do you feel to be getting this award? Yeah, we are
:24:03. > :24:05.so thrilled. We're overwhelmed at receiving an award. We didn't think
:24:06. > :24:09.that this would get recognised in this way. We're just really proud of
:24:10. > :24:13.what Invictus has achieved. We're a family-run charity. We're really
:24:14. > :24:16.proud. How do you feel, tell me, about how your brother was let down
:24:17. > :24:23.by the existing services in Cornwall at the time? I think as a family, it
:24:24. > :24:27.was really devastating. Ben was 18, but only just and went into an adult
:24:28. > :24:30.unit. We felt that the care didn't suit him. It wasn't very hopeful. It
:24:31. > :24:37.didn't understand him as a young person. We really felt that it let
:24:38. > :24:41.him down. Then increasingly through our work, we realise had he been
:24:42. > :24:45.under 18, he wouldn't have been seen in the county, as we have no mental
:24:46. > :24:52.health beds for young people. That became what we were lorying for,
:24:53. > :24:56.that there -- lobbying for, that there should be a young person's
:24:57. > :25:00.unit. We have the news that it will be built. This is a unit uniquely 18
:25:01. > :25:05.to 25-year-olds, it crosses that bridge. Currently it's ?5 million
:25:06. > :25:11.put aside to start the build next year. It's for under 18s, because
:25:12. > :25:16.there's no under 18 provision in patient care in Cornwall. What we're
:25:17. > :25:21.really lobbying for is to go 13 to 25. Our view is that Ben didn't just
:25:22. > :25:25.turn into an adult from going to bed at 17 and waking up at 18 the next
:25:26. > :25:28.day. Which of us do, you hit the nail on the head. Do you think your
:25:29. > :25:34.brother would be proud of the work you have done in his memory? We
:25:35. > :25:38.really hope so. Invictus is completely in his memory. It's named
:25:39. > :25:44.after his tattoos and we use the anchor logo. It's a brand, young
:25:45. > :25:48.people would want to identify with. What's next for you? It's busy. We
:25:49. > :25:53.go into a lot of schools and do talks and challenge and break down
:25:54. > :25:57.the stigma, make everybody aware that everyone has mental health it
:25:58. > :26:01.just depends where you are on the tech trum on that day and --
:26:02. > :26:06.spectrum on that day and it changes. With eare campaigning to make sure
:26:07. > :26:09.this build is innovative and Cornish children are cared for in Cornwall.
:26:10. > :26:11.They're in good hands. Congratulations both. Thank you very
:26:12. > :26:13.much for talking to us. Thank you.
:26:14. > :26:17.APPLAUSE And joining me now is the president
:26:18. > :26:19.of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland,
:26:20. > :26:31.Eve Conway, who started the Rotary I did, you were there as well. We
:26:32. > :26:35.were there ten years ago. I can't believe. It we still look as young
:26:36. > :26:38.as we did then. Of course, younger! What about the stories that you've
:26:39. > :26:42.heard here today? Inspirational. That's why the awards were started
:26:43. > :26:46.ten years ago to show case positive young role models like the people we
:26:47. > :26:51.have here today and overcome negative stereotypes. Because then
:26:52. > :26:55.as now, the headlines are so often dominated by bad news about young
:26:56. > :27:04.people. We know that the majority of young people aren't like that. With
:27:05. > :27:10.rotary, we have so many projects, Young Citizen Awards, our
:27:11. > :27:12.inspirational youngsters today, youth leadership awards, young
:27:13. > :27:16.musician, we know that young people are our futures. We need to invest
:27:17. > :27:23.in them really. And celebrate their achievements. Yes. Thank you very
:27:24. > :27:26.much. Eve Conway, thank you for joining us.
:27:27. > :27:27.So congratulations to all this year's winners,
:27:28. > :27:30.who were nominated by Rotary Clubs across Britain and Ireland.
:27:31. > :27:34.I'm sure you'll agree we've met some very impressive youngsters.
:27:35. > :27:40.We've been moved and I'm sure we've all been inspired. I know I have.
:27:41. > :27:42.Congratulations to all of you. Thank you very much for joining us this
:27:43. > :27:57.year. Bye-bye. Hello. If you like warm weather and
:27:58. > :27:59.sunshine,