Making a difference – One Individual at a time
Leukaemia halts degree course
…aged 20, you are about to return to Edinburgh University for the third year of your law degree when you are diagnosed with leukaemia. You obviously have to stop your course for treatment and you are no longer entitled to draw your student loan, so you are penniless. It’s a 60 mile round trip to hospital and your mum can’t afford to visit.
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…being 23 yrs old, being diagnosed with cancer and simply being unable to afford to make the 35 mile round trip, multiple times a week, to hospital for your treatment. Che...
Read more ...Cricket Star
…a young man now aged 23. When he was a youngster he played cricket for England Under 16’s! But now he is embroiled in a different challenge – he has a malignant mel...
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Three fencers
…fencing is your sport. Well a bit like policemen and buses, you can’t find one, and then three come along at the same time! Chloe Dickson, Daniel Kiss and Elisabeth P...
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Hungry to get boxing
you are 17 year old Jade Ashmore. Supported by the RGF, Jade continues to make quite a name for herself in the world of Women’s Boxing. It was great to receive the new...
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