:00:03. > :00:10.unable to walk because of spinal cancer, wrote two books and rope --
:00:10. > :00:13.and raised tens of thousands of pounds.
:00:13. > :00:18.I am Nicole Dryburgh and I was first diagnosed with cancer when I
:00:18. > :00:22.wa want through a range of different emotions from being
:00:22. > :00:28.really upset too angry and then just feeling really determined to
:00:28. > :00:33.get on with it. I I gine who has left wall
:00:33. > :00:37.of the mark than the call. She personally fought cancer three
:00:37. > :00:42.times and also not being able to see anything and she could not walk
:00:42. > :00:50.or here. That meant she had to overcome such extraordinary
:00:50. > :00:55.disabilities. All she wanted to do was help others. -- left more of
:00:55. > :00:58.the mark than the coal. I do what I do because I love it and I want to
:00:58. > :01:04.ma marence. It is my way of giving something back and leaving
:01:04. > :01:14.my mark on the world so that when I am corn I am not forgotten.
:01:14. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:01:54. > :02:04.A familiar walk along the seafront in Kent has many memories for a
:02:04. > :02:07.cold's mother. She was lively, very likely. Happy, funny and positive.
:02:07. > :02:17.It is her positivity more than anything that shone through that if
:02:17. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:23.she wanted to do something, she did it and nothing stopped her. Come
:02:23. > :02:27.here, good girl. She died unexpectedly at the age of 21 from
:02:27. > :02:35.a brain haemorrhage after facing many challenges in her short life.
:02:35. > :02:43.She has a stone. Oh my God expat she had been left blind and unable
:02:43. > :02:48.to walk through spinal cancer and then tumours destroyed her hearing.
:02:48. > :02:53.But despite that, she broke two books, ran her own website and
:02:53. > :02:57.raised tens of thousands of pounds to help other young cancer
:02:57. > :03:07.sufferers. My name is Nicole Dryburgh, I am 18... She certainly
:03:07. > :03:12.left her mark on the world. So many people wanted to come and pay their
:03:12. > :03:17.respects to her. We held it in Canterbury Cathedral. About 300
:03:17. > :03:26.people attended. Everybody was given a pink feather and they could
:03:26. > :03:31.make a wish for her. Before she lost her hearing, she always had
:03:31. > :03:39.the radio on so she used to listen a lot of people. She liked a
:03:39. > :03:49.particular song. And the scene of the sum agreed to come and sing it
:03:49. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:55.at the cathedral. -- singer of the song agreed. Do not feel pity, do
:03:55. > :04:00.not fill me sympathy, do not think the poor girl because I am not.
:04:00. > :04:10.not cry Rydon -- cry while reading the book. Stick to these rules and
:04:10. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:17.we will get along great. I was diagnosed with cancer when I was 11
:04:17. > :04:22.and I had an operation and eight weeks of daily radiotherapy to
:04:22. > :04:32.treat it. Two years later, I had a brain haemorrhage and discovered by
:04:32. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:42.cancer had come back. Within a week of going into hospital, I slipped
:04:42. > :04:49.into a coma, and was paralysed by a stroke. Did lack of oxygen to my
:04:49. > :04:56.brain, I completely lost my sight which has never repaired itself.
:04:57. > :05:01.They then explained I only had about two months to live. I felt
:05:01. > :05:11.determination. Determination to prove everybody wrong. And
:05:11. > :05:17.determined to fight for my life. I then had chemotherapy which I
:05:17. > :05:23.finished at 15. At 17, I relapsed again and had more chemotherapy.
:05:23. > :05:28.She is an extraordinary person supplies welcome Nicole Dryburgh.
:05:28. > :05:33.Towards the end of my chemo, I started having agonising pain in my
:05:33. > :05:43.left ear. I saw three different doctors who basically said nothing
:05:43. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:47.was wrong. Months later, I hadn't MRI scan which discovered I had
:05:47. > :05:53.something in each year and six months later, my hearing was
:05:53. > :05:57.complete destroyed. I would like to thank everybody here for what you
:05:57. > :06:07.are doing. You are helping improve the lives of people like me and it
:06:07. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:15.is appreciated. Please carry on with it. Thank you. I went through
:06:15. > :06:22.a range of different emotions from being the upset to angry and then
:06:22. > :06:29.just feeling really determined to get on with it. She spent a lot of
:06:29. > :06:39.time as a patient at King's College Hospital in south London. But now,
:06:39. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:46.she's going back for another reason. Her talent, to raise tens of
:06:46. > :06:51.thousands of pounds for a special children's the new rehabilitation
:06:51. > :07:01.unit. You are on a ledge! Your feet and on a ledge. Are you sure that
:07:01. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:14.is not the sky? No! You are OK. go. I am not letting go! You are
:07:14. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :07:59.And My God! I didn't break anything! Well done. You did the
:07:59. > :08:04.well. It is a brilliant way to end my fundraising. The money will be
:08:04. > :08:09.going to new road rehabilitation. White target was �30,000 and I have
:08:09. > :08:14.now raised around �43,000. The equipment that will be in that room
:08:14. > :08:23.will be much better than it would have been if it was only �30,000. I
:08:23. > :08:29.am really pleased. I need a cup of tea. She was inspirational.
:08:29. > :08:32.Amazingly strong spirited. Joyful and she lived life to the full and
:08:32. > :08:36.it has been a lesson to me that you can do that no matter what the
:08:36. > :08:40.circumstances. She has left a lasting legacy both in the
:08:40. > :08:50.inspiration she has given and the fantastic facilities she has left
:08:50. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:06.The room is called Nicole's Sweets. We are going to have one Peter Buck
:09:06. > :09:14.each bed. It is a new rope rehabilitation room. It will have
:09:14. > :09:21.special equipment for children recovering from brain spiral
:09:21. > :09:24.injuries. The NHS can only do so much. We would not have
:09:24. > :09:27.environmental control where disabled people can do everything
:09:27. > :09:32.from turning the television on to controlling the lighting in the
:09:32. > :09:35.aquariums. All of the other specialist equipment. It has all
:09:35. > :09:45.the bells and whistles that we wanted to make the most of
:09:45. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:08.everything for the young people Her determination to overcome her
:10:08. > :10:18.disabilities and do what she could to help other young people going
:10:18. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:32.through similar experiences brought her many awards. When they say how
:10:32. > :10:37.can one person make a difference, the person who created penicillin
:10:37. > :10:47.made a difference. One person can make a difference and she has done
:10:47. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:53.that. She is a shining example to other young people. Goodbye.
:10:53. > :11:02.Congratulations on winning this award. It is brilliant. What does
:11:02. > :11:12.it feel like to be here? I feel very important. We are so proud to
:11:12. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:23.present the 25th the award to Nicole Dryburgh. -- to present the
:11:23. > :11:27.award to Nicole Dryburgh. Congratulations. Amazing. It is a
:11:28. > :11:32.real honour to get the award because it is such a special one in
:11:32. > :11:42.memory of Princess Diana and the work she did. To receive it is
:11:42. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:47.really special. What an incredible girl. She has the most amazing
:11:47. > :11:57.sense of humour. An intelligent girl with so much to give. She has
:11:57. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:08.raised so much money for teenage cancer. She is incredible.
:12:08. > :12:18.younger viewers wanted to give a special prize to Nicole Dryburgh,
:12:18. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:28.acknowledging her remarkable I wrote my book to give people hope
:12:28. > :12:34.and to show to never give up and keep fighting, make the most of
:12:34. > :12:40.your life and what you have got. Our next young citizen award goes
:12:40. > :12:45.to 19-year-old Nicole Dryburgh. When she received a brutally young
:12:45. > :12:51.citizen award in 2008, she revealed her wish-list of things she wanted
:12:51. > :12:54.to achieve. I would love to have really long hair down my back. I
:12:54. > :12:58.have lost mind twice to chemotherapy so I would love to
:12:58. > :13:03.have the feeling of long hair. I would also like to go shopping in
:13:03. > :13:06.New York. Wobble on the cobbles at Coronation Street. I would also
:13:06. > :13:11.like to meet Prince Harry because I like a rebel and I think he would
:13:11. > :13:21.be really nice to meet. Quite a list, you may think. But over the
:13:21. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:37.next year she set about achieving I still cannot believe that died
:13:37. > :13:43.and the New York! I do not know how to explain it. It is brilliant! I
:13:43. > :13:53.love the atmosphere. It is so calming and relaxing! It is just
:13:53. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:12.lovely. Ready? Oh my God! I love animals and just being able to feed
:14:12. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:20.them is brilliant. I cannot believe I just fed a cow. It is a cow. It
:14:20. > :14:26.is a cow, I am not calling you one. Her special visit included getting
:14:26. > :14:36.up close the some of the zoo's more unusual residents. Did you feel her
:14:36. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:49.claw? Yes. It does everything upside down except one thing. She
:14:49. > :15:04.
:15:04. > :15:09.The snake is kissing your hand. my God. At least he is polite.
:15:09. > :15:14.Going to the sea was my favourite day out. Just getting to hold the
:15:14. > :15:22.animals and the different animals as well, such as an armadillo, a
:15:22. > :15:32.big it Fox which I could never imagine, I could get to do that.
:15:32. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:48.That is lovely. Going home tomorrow, what you think
:15:48. > :15:54.of New York? I love it and I want to come back.
:15:54. > :15:58.The Metropolitan Museum has over 200 words for it. She had so many
:15:58. > :16:03.ideas and memories of things that she wanted to do. Every time she
:16:03. > :16:12.would say something, someone would say, you cannot do that. You cannot
:16:13. > :16:19.fly to New York, you cannot ever walk again.
:16:19. > :16:23.That is really lifelike. started to write a wish-list to
:16:23. > :16:29.show people that wishes can come true. Everything that she wished
:16:29. > :16:34.for did come true. She wrote a book. Eventually she wrote two books. She
:16:34. > :16:39.went to New York, and at sailing, and I think she wanted to meet
:16:39. > :16:49.Prince Harry, which she did as well, which was lovely. Just her and
:16:49. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:57.Prince Harry at Clarence House. It went brilliant. He is just
:16:57. > :17:03.lovely. He was down to earth and funny. Like I imagined, so I am
:17:03. > :17:06.glad that he turned out to be like that.
:17:06. > :17:10.Her friends used to come round and talk about what they have done such
:17:10. > :17:15.as driving their cars, and what she cannot do, and she would come back
:17:15. > :17:19.and say, have you ever had tea with a prince?
:17:19. > :17:25.Prince Harry sent a special message when Nicole embarked on her next
:17:25. > :17:31.fundraising venture, the launch of Nicole's find at Downing Street.
:17:31. > :17:41.Her goal to raise �100,000 to equip a specialist teenage Cancer Trust
:17:41. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:49.Unit at the Surrey branch of the Royal Hospital.
:17:49. > :17:56.He is going to read you a very special message that I received
:17:56. > :18:00.yesterday, from a certain lovely young prince.
:18:00. > :18:05.I know that Nicole will achieve this remarkable goal. Her
:18:05. > :18:15.determination and resolve to help others is simply phenomenal. It is
:18:15. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:20.a huge privilege for me and to wish Nicole the very best of luck and I
:18:20. > :18:30.look forward to hearing about the challenge in ways that she will
:18:30. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:43.Every day in the UK, six teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with
:18:43. > :18:47.cancer. So right now, while we are all here, having fun and drinking
:18:47. > :18:51.tea, six young people's lives have been turned completely upside down.
:18:51. > :19:01.I know that feeling, and that is why I am so determined to help
:19:01. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:12.raise money and awareness for teenage Cancer Trust.
:19:12. > :19:20.Among the many fundraising activities she planned, a chocolate
:19:20. > :19:26.ball, a fun event but with a very serious message.
:19:26. > :19:35.I am going to reveal it to you. just eradicated any excuse that you
:19:35. > :19:39.thought you had for not helping. Everything that you think is kind
:19:39. > :19:49.of stopping you from doing the kind of things that she did, it is still
:19:49. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:55.no way near where she was dealing with on a daily basis.
:19:55. > :19:58.The way that she dealt with it was just incredible, and even what she
:19:58. > :20:08.achieved, even if she was not blind them in a wheelchair, it would
:20:08. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:20.still be amazing. She was devastated by what happened
:20:20. > :20:23.to her. All her dreams were dashed. She cannot be in the police force
:20:23. > :20:27.and certain ideas that she wanted to do when she was younger, the
:20:28. > :20:31.fact that she was helped a lot by some charities when she ended up in
:20:31. > :20:36.a wheelchair and blind, she thought it would be nice to pay them back
:20:36. > :20:40.and say thank you, and to a couple of small fundraising events. When
:20:40. > :20:45.she started, she decided that she enjoyed doing it, and the joy she
:20:45. > :20:53.got from giving, of the winning cheque at the end to somebody, it
:20:53. > :20:58.gave her a lot of pleasure. I love it, all of it, from coming
:20:58. > :21:05.up with ideas to organising things, to the event itself, and then
:21:05. > :21:10.counting the money, and seeing what a difference it can make. The new
:21:10. > :21:15.teenage Cancer Trust unit is part of the Oaks centre for children and
:21:15. > :21:21.young people in Surrey. One of the largest children's cancer centres
:21:21. > :21:26.in Europe. The Oaks centre was opened by the Duke and Duchess of
:21:26. > :21:36.Cambridge in September. The teenage Cancer Trust unit will admit its
:21:36. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:52.first patient cent. This pink room was inspired by Nicole.
:21:52. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:57.She would love it because there is so much pink. She set out to raise
:21:57. > :22:04.an extraordinary amount of money, which was �100,000, but amazingly
:22:04. > :22:14.ended up racing in her lifetime and her legacy, �150,000, which is the
:22:14. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:23.equivalent of paying for a patient's bedroom at our new unit.
:22:23. > :22:28.The facilities for teenagers in hospital is not great. -- are not
:22:28. > :22:38.great. We do not belong in the children's wards so we need
:22:38. > :22:38.
:22:38. > :22:42.something in between. It is the goals that she had in her
:22:42. > :22:46.life to be able to help other people, she went through a lot but
:22:46. > :22:49.she thought of other people as well, and thought that if I am in
:22:50. > :22:56.hospital with crying babies as a teenager, it is not something that
:22:56. > :23:01.she wanted to do, so she wanted to help teenagers go into a room where
:23:01. > :23:08.they could to adopt things. That is where she has done. -- Baker do
:23:08. > :23:12.adult things. Whenever they met Nicole, most
:23:12. > :23:16.people went away thinking, if she can do it, so can I. That is what
:23:17. > :23:25.she wanted, she wanted people to believe in themselves, and if they
:23:25. > :23:31.want to do something, to set their minds to it and do it.
:23:31. > :23:35.I do not write anything directly about her, but there is a song
:23:35. > :23:45.called, I am not giving up yet, which is definitely it in the right
:23:45. > :24:01.
:24:02. > :24:09.space. But I should do. If you look at this would, we had
:24:09. > :24:19.10 beds in this ward, and two are in a cold's sweet. It is a reminder
:24:19. > :24:55.
:24:55. > :25:00.Nicole's legacy is bricks-and- mortar at the hospital, she was so
:25:00. > :25:10.much part of that, from the very early days, sadly she is not going
:25:10. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:15.to see it open, but many people will benefit as a result.
:25:15. > :25:21.Still to the day, she is the most inspiring human being that I have