0:00:02 > 0:00:07In July, the 20th Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12For the last 214 days, the baton has been on an amazing journey.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16It has travelled almost 118,000 miles,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19through 64 Commonwealth nations and territories.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20I'm so very happy.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24For the next 74 days,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27it will journey throughout the whole of the British Isles.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32As the clock ticks down to Glasgow,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35we're following the batonbearers who will carry the Queen's Baton
0:00:35 > 0:00:39in the final stages of its momentous journey.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41It's got to be one of the best moments in my life.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Oh, it's amazing. I've got goose pimples all over me, as you can see.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48To be part of this is just...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51you know, the greatest honour I can think of really.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07As the baton heads off on the last leg of its journey,
0:01:07 > 0:01:11we'll meet some of the batonbearers on the way.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Some have overcome great personal hardship to make
0:01:14 > 0:01:17life better for themselves and others.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I don't remember being frightened.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Others are heroes in their communities,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25making a difference to the lives of those around them.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26I said, "What I'd like to do
0:01:26 > 0:01:29"is to try and inspire you to change your life."
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Attack, defend. Attack, defend.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And some are simply being honoured for their grit and determination.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The baton's journey around the British Isles
0:01:51 > 0:01:54starts here on the sunny island of Jersey.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And who better to bring the baton ashore -
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Tom Daley - a true champion and ambassador of British sport.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Tom's success in the pool has inspired thousands of young people.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Yeah, I'm really excited about the Commonwealth Games.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I mean, it's getting closer now
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and this really does make it feel real, like it's about to happen.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Really exciting.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19From Jersey, the baton does a tour of the other Channel Islands
0:02:19 > 0:02:22including Sark, population 600,
0:02:22 > 0:02:23number of cars - zero.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Many of the thousands who will carry the baton will be young people.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Here on Sark, it's the turn of the island's schoolchildren
0:02:36 > 0:02:38to savour a moment they'll never forget.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44And on Sark's larger neighbour, Guernsey,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47the baton is making its way around all the schools on the island.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54For seven-year-old Katie it's a very special moment.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I was picked because...
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I have cerebral palsy but it doesn't
0:02:59 > 0:03:02stop me from doing anything
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and I just get on with my work.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10As the baton leaves the island of Guernsey,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14it pays a visit to the Isle of Man before arriving in Belfast.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Lucia Quinney Mee is 15-years-old
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and has battled serious health problems
0:03:24 > 0:03:25all her life.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Despite this, she campaigns tirelessly
0:03:29 > 0:03:31for an organ donation charity.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35For all her good work,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37she was to carry the baton from her home in Ballycastle
0:03:37 > 0:03:39to nearby Rathlin Island.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Unfortunately, her own health has robbed her of that chance.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Lucia is back in Belfast Children's Hospital,
0:03:55 > 0:03:56a place she knows well -
0:03:56 > 0:04:00she's been coming here since she was eight years old.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01I think I had noticed
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Lucia's eyes a little bit yellow
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and I thought, "That's a bit strange."
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Lucia had contracted a rare and life-threatening disease that
0:04:11 > 0:04:15meant her blood cells were attacking and destroying her liver.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Doctors gathered the family together to deliver the news
0:04:20 > 0:04:22that would turn their world upside down.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Lucia would die
0:04:24 > 0:04:28unless she had an immediate liver transplant.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32In the simplest terms he explained this to Lucia,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34who was eight at that stage.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38She understood. And he said, "And do you have any questions?"
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And, um, after a while, she said, "Will it hurt?"
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I don't remember being frightened.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53The whole thing was so fast, you don't really have time.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57You kind of take in what they say but you don't realise, like,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59actually how big it is.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05The wait for a liver could take months but Lucia didn't have months.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Miraculously a liver became available
0:05:08 > 0:05:11and surgery was scheduled to go ahead the very next morning.
0:05:11 > 0:05:18That night was a night of so many mixed emotions and thinking,
0:05:18 > 0:05:22"This could work but this could be the last night we spend with Lucia."
0:05:24 > 0:05:28I remember going down to the theatre. They were wheeling me
0:05:28 > 0:05:31on my bed and everyone was around me - my mum and dad and Alice.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I think they were all quite worried that that point,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36but I remember going down saying to them,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38you know,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40"Don't worry."
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Although at first, it looked as though
0:05:45 > 0:05:46the transplant had been a success,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50in the months that followed, the new liver began to fail.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Lucia would now have to go through a second transplant operation.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00They tried a few things but nothing seemed to be kicking in.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04So they then said, "Look, we're afraid that this is going to mean
0:06:04 > 0:06:06"a second transplant."
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Her parents were once again faced with
0:06:08 > 0:06:11breaking the devastating news to Lucia.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I think it was a shock.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We'd never really thought that it wouldn't work.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20And she said, "Look, I can't do this any more. I'm only eight.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24"And I...
0:06:24 > 0:06:28"I either want to get better or I want to die...
0:06:28 > 0:06:31"but...I can't do this any more."
0:06:34 > 0:06:39I think that always I had a sense that it's just what has to happen.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44There's not much of a choice there. You can kind of either go for it,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48or you don't. So you just kind of have to get on with it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Six years on, the second operation has been a success
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and Lucia is now out of danger.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Full recovery however is slow
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and she's never too far from the children's ward.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Her most recent visit has dashed her hopes of carrying the baton.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I definitely feel disappointed
0:07:15 > 0:07:19because... I think it would've been a fun day as well.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Up until this morning, Lucia didn't think she would carry the baton.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32But the games organisers have sprung a surprise for her.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I don't think Lucia knows what's going to happen
0:07:35 > 0:07:37but it'll be very exciting.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The crowds have gathered to see Northern Ireland's sporting legend
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Mary Peters carry the baton
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but she's not the only batonbearer here today.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Lucia is going to get her chance to carry it after all.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Through all the adventures that we've been on
0:07:56 > 0:07:58in the last few years,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I would say it's Lucia's strength
0:08:00 > 0:08:02and her own quiet grace
0:08:02 > 0:08:04that is held us through all of this.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08What makes her special as well has to be that
0:08:08 > 0:08:12we recognise that we could have lost her at this page eight.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13But she's still here.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15CHEERING
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Life is short, you never know when the next thing might come up,
0:08:18 > 0:08:22but I think that's the point. You just have to take every day
0:08:22 > 0:08:27and...live it and then, see which you do tomorrow.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30APPLAUSE
0:08:35 > 0:08:39From Belfast, the baton heads back over the Irish Sea to Wales.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It might be raining here but there is no damping the spirits
0:08:51 > 0:08:55of the thousands who have turned out to cheer on the batonbearers.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58The baton will spend the next seven days
0:08:58 > 0:09:01travelling across the valleys, through the cities
0:09:01 > 0:09:03and also to the top of Mount Snowdon.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Langland's Bay in South Wales is home to batonbearer
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and top athlete Non Evans.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Non has broken Commonwealth records
0:09:12 > 0:09:15by competing in three separate sports at the games.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18She has also played international rugby for her country.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Non truly deserves to be a batonbearer.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24So what does it take to become a super athlete
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and where does her will to win come from?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31I was always into sport, always a tomboy and I haven't stopped since.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Non first became hooked on sport
0:09:35 > 0:09:38when a judo club opened in the small village where she grew up.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39I started judo.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41It was a small club that opened in the village.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44My mother said, "Take your little brother down."
0:09:44 > 0:09:46He was several years younger than myself.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49From the minute I started smashing people into the floor,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I loved it, and I've been fighting people ever since.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54I think Non has always
0:09:54 > 0:09:56wanted to prove
0:09:56 > 0:09:58that she is the best at whatever she takes part in.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03That's been the driving force behind her doing so well in all her sports.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I've always been very, very competitive.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09People ask, "Where does it come from?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12"Trying to prove yourself all the time."
0:10:12 > 0:10:13I don't know if I wanted to win
0:10:13 > 0:10:16but I always had to have an aim or a goal.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And every single day, I'd get up in the morning, do my training,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I train every night, every weekend.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I always want to be the best at everything.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- COMMENTATOR: - 'So, Non Evans from Wales...'
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Being the best took Non to three Commonwealth Games.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33In the 2002 Games in Manchester,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36she didn't just take part in the judo.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39She also represented Wales in the weightlifting.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I was in gym one day and someone came up to me and said,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46"You're lifting a heck of a lot of weight for your body weight.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47"Why don't you compete?"
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I said, "OK." So I competed in a local championship,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51then the Welsh championships,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and then I qualified in the weightlifting
0:10:53 > 0:10:55for the Manchester Commonwealth Games.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59I became the first ever person to compete in two separate sports
0:10:59 > 0:11:02at one Commonwealth Games.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07In an outstanding career, Non has picked up silver medals for Judo
0:11:07 > 0:11:10and won 87 caps in international rugby.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15In 2011, she was made an MBE.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19But in that same year, a serious sports injury brought
0:11:19 > 0:11:21her career to an abrupt end.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24It's strange, when you retire from sports,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27all the accolades start coming. I went into the Sports Hall of Fame.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I was the first female rugby player to get an MBE.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It wasn't for rugby, it was for services to sport.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I've had every honour you can get
0:11:35 > 0:11:39but it came at a point which marked the end of my career.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So instead of being happy about it, you're thinking,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44"Yes, it's brilliant but it's because I've finished."
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Maybe as I get older and I look back I'll appreciate it more.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52APPLAUSE
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Go on, Dad.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Non has been a winner for over two decades.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Her focus, determination
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and, ultimately, her achievements make her an obvious batonbearer.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17And her big day is in Llanelli - a place close to her heart.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Seeing such a huge crowd here in Llanelli,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21my hometown where I was brought up, is brilliant.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Just honoured to be part of such a great occasion.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29For Non it's like that winning feeling all over again.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Oh, it's amazing. I've got goose pimples all over me, as you can see.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36It's such an honour to be the first person to carry it as well.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Great to see such a huge crowd turn out in Llanelli.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41A huge, huge occasion.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45I'm so honoured and privileged to be carrying the baton.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51All around the British Isles,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53the baton is receiving a warm reception.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58On the first stop of its 14-day tour of England,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01the baton has come to Manchester.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Manchester's Velodrome is the home of British cycling.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Ralph Aldred has been chosen
0:13:09 > 0:13:12to carry the baton in recognition of his tireless work
0:13:12 > 0:13:15with the Lancashire County Blind Cricket Team.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17I was absolutely knocked out
0:13:17 > 0:13:21when I found out I'd been asked to be a batonbearer.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25I just think it's a tremendous honour and a privilege.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32For as long as he can remember,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Ralph Aldred has been in love with cricket.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40But in 2012, Ralph's own life took an unexpected and devastating turn.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43An ordinary night out at the cinema
0:13:43 > 0:13:46suddenly turned into a frightening experience.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Ralph felt dizzy and found he couldn't see
0:13:49 > 0:13:51as he left the cinema.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It became apparent something was seriously wrong.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Suddenly, when we got into the open air,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00he realised that he couldn't see.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It wasn't just that it was dark -
0:14:02 > 0:14:03he couldn't see.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05And obviously we were both really frightened.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Ralph had suffered a mini stroke which damaged his eyes.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Overnight he lost 80% of his vision.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17I can best describe it as looking through a sheet of polythene.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I can see shapes, I can see colours
0:14:20 > 0:14:23but I can't see any fine detail.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The thought of not being able to play cricket again
0:14:27 > 0:14:30was a huge disappointment.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38The realisation this is what I've got, this is my eyesight now
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and it's never going to get any better,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42and I've got to try and get used to it, that was...
0:14:44 > 0:14:48..probably one of the lowest points of my life, to be honest..
0:14:49 > 0:14:53But for Ralph, hope was just around the corner.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It was his beloved cricket that would help him
0:14:55 > 0:15:00come to terms with his tragedy and help him rebuild his life again.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02A colleague of mine told me about
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Lancashire's visually-impaired cricket team.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I didn't even know there was one.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I went along to one of their training sessions
0:15:12 > 0:15:16and it was brilliant, it was absolutely brilliant, I loved it.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Are you ready?- Yeah. - Bowl, bowl, bowl!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- OK.- Play!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Ralph plays with the Lancashire Lions cricket team.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29In 2012, the team came top in a national blind cricket league.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Ralph and some of the other players have partial sight.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Play!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Others however have no sight at all.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Ready, Abu?- Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46I have to make sure he's ready first and then, as I let go of the ball,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I have to shout "play" so that he knows the ball is on its way.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Play! Then it's just listening for the noise that the ball's making.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Bowl, bowl, bowl.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Playing this visually impaired cricket, it's made
0:15:57 > 0:16:02a huge difference to my wellbeing both mentally and physically.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04'That was absolutely the turning point
0:16:04 > 0:16:06'because that was when he started to get'
0:16:06 > 0:16:08a joy back in his life
0:16:08 > 0:16:13and, really, hope for the future, and when his mood started to lift.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Play!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I no longer go to bed thinking,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22"Do you know, when I wake up in the morning,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24"my eyesight's going to be back to how it used to be."
0:16:24 > 0:16:28I've given up on that one now.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36As well as rediscovering his own love of the game,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Ralph has taken things a step further.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41He now works with a local cricket charity
0:16:41 > 0:16:44to help others live life to the full.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47My outlook on life is different now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I think I've been very lucky.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55I've always had a fairly optimistic outlook on life.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I'm looking forward to certainly many more years of playing cricket
0:17:00 > 0:17:07and helping bring youngsters through in the game.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Yeah, I do feel that I've got my husband back.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Back at the Velodrome, Ralph is getting ready to carry the baton.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Brilliant. Well done.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26He's turned his life around and today is all about celebration.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29His journey here wouldn't have been possible
0:17:29 > 0:17:33if it wasn't for the power of sport to change his life.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35That's something that is going to live with me
0:17:35 > 0:17:37for ever.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40What an honour. Absolutely.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's got to be one of the best moments in my life.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Phew! What a relief though. I'm glad I didn't drop it.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52From the North of England, the baton travels
0:17:52 > 0:17:54down the motorway to Birmingham.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58As in Manchester, the crowds are out in droves.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00CHEERING
0:18:06 > 0:18:09For 30 years, batonbearer Pritesh Pattni
0:18:09 > 0:18:12has been at the heart of his community.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Aston is really quite a deprived area
0:18:16 > 0:18:18of Birmingham, and also the country.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22It's in the top 5% most deprived neighbourhoods in the country.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Is this a good area or a bad area to live in?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Well, it used to be a good area
0:18:27 > 0:18:30but I can tell you now that, er,
0:18:30 > 0:18:31the younger people now
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- have made the area completely different.- Have they?- Yes.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36No matter what qualification they have...
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- They won't get a job?- ..they can't get no jobs.- That's right.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- NEWSREADER:- 'There have been serious disturbances
0:18:43 > 0:18:44'and looting in several...'
0:18:44 > 0:18:49In 2011, as riots took place in major cities across England,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Pritesh witnessed his community tear itself apart.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56One night during the riots, Pritesh and his assistant
0:18:56 > 0:18:59were working in the petrol station he owns.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02About three o'clock in the morning, we suddenly saw
0:19:02 > 0:19:05about 35 masked people coming towards the shop.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Then they started breaking all the windows ,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11they were using sledgehammers to break the doors.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13So I grabbed my member of staff and we hid in the back.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and then all hell broke loose after that.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18They were ransacking the place,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20taking all the cigarettes, and alcohol and everything,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22while we were trapped in the back.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26After three days of rioting and looting,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29everything Pritesh had worked for was destroyed.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32For many people, their first reaction would be anger,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35but for Pritesh it was different.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38There was that unanswered question about why did this all happen?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42It was something that I was keen to explore,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45maybe more out of curiosity than anger.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I didn't really have any anger towards the people.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52As part of a justice scheme to bring home the impact of
0:19:52 > 0:19:55crimes in the community, Pritesh was offered the chance
0:19:55 > 0:19:59to meet one of his attackers. He jumped at the opportunity.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I recounted the story of what happened to me
0:20:02 > 0:20:04and the effect it had on me and my family as well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10So we talked along those lines and I learned a bit more about him
0:20:10 > 0:20:13and I said to him, "My friend, you can have a hard time in your life
0:20:13 > 0:20:14"and you can come back.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18"So what I'd like to do is to try and inspire you to change your life."
0:20:18 > 0:20:20In the months that followed,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Pritesh met with the young man in an attempt to turn his life around.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28For 30 years now,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Pritesh has been inspiring the young people in his area.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35He believes in the power of sport to change lives.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Here we are in Mansfield Green Park
0:20:37 > 0:20:41in the middle of Aston and this is our youth club - The POD.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Aston Youth Club or "The POD", as it's known,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47is a converted 40ft shipping container,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49smack in the middle of Aston.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It's maybe about as basic as you can find
0:20:52 > 0:20:56but, for the local kids who come here, it's making a difference.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57On an average day
0:20:57 > 0:21:00we have 35 or 40 kids coming every single day.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04We play cricket and we play football.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09I play badminton and cricket.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11I play cricket. I play badminton.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13It's lot of fun,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15everybody enjoys it here.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16We all enjoy it here.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20It's a way of getting kids into sport.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It brings them together, it teaches them
0:21:23 > 0:21:27respect for other cultures. We have so many cultures in the area.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Tolerance as well.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30So we learn to get on with each other.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Sport is that common language for them.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37If this facility wasn't here,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40they'd be out on the streets being a nuisance to neighbours.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44This project helps to prevent young people
0:21:44 > 0:21:46falling into the wrong path.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Pritesh is an amazing person.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53I haven't come across a more committed volunteer
0:21:53 > 0:21:58for any charity or any organisation ever.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59So, Pritesh... If there was a knighthood,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Pritesh should get that one, yeah?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05For now the knighthood can wait.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Pritesh is happy just to pick up the Queen's Baton
0:22:07 > 0:22:10on behalf of the kids whose lives he's helping.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Sport is a vehicle that can really change peoples' lives.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21For young people, there's a lot of life skills they get from sport,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24like communication, team work,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and it gives them the confidence to go out there
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and make something of their lives.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Well that's me done for the day.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42It's been an amazing event.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It's an amazing moment in my life, I've got to say.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Sport means a lot to me and to be part of this
0:22:48 > 0:22:52is just the greatest honour I can think of really.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Halfway through its time in England,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56the baton makes it way south to London.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's the turn of the capital to celebrate its arrival.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03And the city has made a right royal fuss.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:11A stone's thrown from the centre of the city
0:23:11 > 0:23:14is the Borough of Lambeth, home to Rebecca Donnelly.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19A proud Londoner, she has fought tirelessly to offer hope
0:23:19 > 0:23:22and ambition to inner-city kids through boxing.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Jump. Just jump forward.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Jump forward.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I set it up cos my passion was martial arts,
0:23:29 > 0:23:30then went into the boxing.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And lots of people helped me out and changed my life
0:23:33 > 0:23:36through mentoring, through encouraging me to do something
0:23:36 > 0:23:38through telling me that nothing was impossible.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and I think every young person needs that support.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43So I think it was something that was needed in the area
0:23:43 > 0:23:45and it's just grown from there.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Go back in. Come on. Attack. Defend. Attack. Defend.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52In all, Rebecca now runs six clubs, all helping to keep
0:23:52 > 0:23:55young lives on the straight and narrow.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01It changes lives because sport is a power for change.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03It's an intervention programme.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06So for someone to be taking part in a sports activity, it means
0:24:06 > 0:24:09they're not doing something else on the streets,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11or causing harm, or causing trouble.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14If this club wasn't here, to be honest,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I'd probably be doing things I shouldn't be doing.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20If I wasn't here, then, I don't know, you know,
0:24:20 > 0:24:21I think I'd be much more lazy,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23probably out on the streets with the wrong people
0:24:23 > 0:24:27doing the wrong things, you know? Instead of spending my time
0:24:27 > 0:24:31doing bad things, I was here training.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Rebecca is also passionate about inspiring
0:24:33 > 0:24:36young women, helping to tackle some of the issues
0:24:36 > 0:24:38they face every day.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40If girls want to come in, sometimes they're a bit shy,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43so it builds their confidence, and gives a bit of self-esteem,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and it also helps them to keep fit and active.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51As a young teenager I was bullied, so I thought that...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I did boxing before but I thought that by getting more into it
0:24:54 > 0:24:58and training more, it might help me to focus my mind on something else.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00And I just think that it's a great sport
0:25:00 > 0:25:02and I love all my training and I love every minute of it.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07From a young age, Rebecca trained in martial arts.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11My dad always wanted me to do something in martial arts.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Me and my sister wanted to go to under-18 raves.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18He said, "No way, unless you start protecting yourself.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21"I really want you to learn something in self-defence."
0:25:21 > 0:25:24We just took to Thai boxing and loved it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26So, yeah, we carried on from there.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Dig in. Dig in. Dig in.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Ten seconds. Come on, push it. Ten...nine...
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Rebecca inherited her spirit and determination from her dad, Gary.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Outlook on life. Yeah, I think you've got to,
0:25:40 > 0:25:41whatever it throws at you,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45you've got just got to take it and carry on.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49You can't dwell on the past, you've just got to think of the future.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51You only get one life, live it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56My dad was a bus driver.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Someone had been dinging the bell,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00my dad got up to see what the issue was.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It ended in him getting assaulted, stabbed a couple of times,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07bottled, left him paralysed down one side of the face.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Let's go. Matthew, come on.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11One...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I had a strong family background
0:26:13 > 0:26:16that always supported what me and my sister did.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18But some of the young people we work with don't have that.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21To have that structure in their lives when they come here,
0:26:21 > 0:26:22knowing it's the same routine,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24knowing they can get something out of it,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I think is a big tick in the box for them.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30She's always wanted to help people,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and she's one of my best coaches as well. She's a really good coach.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34she pushes me to my limit really.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36She makes me the best boxer I can be.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38For her part in helping others
0:26:38 > 0:26:41to achieve great things, Rebecca is carrying the baton
0:26:41 > 0:26:43on the royal barge Gloriana.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51A great experience. Didn't mind the weather. Didn't mind the rain.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Just to be able to stand there and hold the Queen's Baton
0:26:54 > 0:26:58was really, really good. A once-in-a-lifetime.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08For 34 days, the baton has travelled through the British Isles.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12From the Channel Islands to the Isle of Man,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18And now...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21..the baton's journey turns firmly to the north.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25It crosses the border into Scotland
0:27:25 > 0:27:29at historical Coldstream, on the banks of the Tweed.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36The high road to Glasgow is just a few short steps
0:27:36 > 0:27:40across the bridge that separates Scotland from England.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47And what better way to seal the handover of the baton...
0:27:48 > 0:27:51than with "ae fond kiss"...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53as England's Daley Thompson passes the baton
0:27:53 > 0:27:56to Scottish athlete Eilidh Child.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59You are the first holder of the baton in Scotland.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00How does this feel for you?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Yeah, it's a complete honour. I'm just delighted to do this.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Yeah, it's nice to have it back in Scotland
0:28:08 > 0:28:11The baton's journey now continues through Scotland,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16to its final destination and the opening ceremony of the games.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18All round the Commonwealth,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21there have been thousands of batonbearers,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24each with their own story,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27but all connected by the Queen's Baton Relay.