We hope you enjoyed reading the stories of 16 inspiring young achievers last month. We’re still in the process of documenting more fascinating projects in the coming weeks – 16 more to be precise! We would never have managed it without the help of our fabulous volunteers who have taken an interest in the charity and are using their writing skills to make a difference.
Here’s a bit more about the people behind the scenes…
Lorna Maclean
Lorna is from London and lives with her parents and two older sisters. She has just started a new job as a junior training facilitator with a non profit organisation called Embrace. The organisation helps underprivileged youth gain confidence and gain skills that will help them with their employment prospects. The job appealed to Lorna, as it was such a worthwhile cause and for that same reason she decided to volunteer in order to showcase the amazing things young people have achieved. Reading about the Young Achievers left her awestruck by the selflessness of all the young people.
In her spare time, Lorna likes nothing more than to relax (preferably over food) with her friends and her family.
Thomas Jones
Thomas from Ealing is currently working as a teaching Assistant for Youth Charity Rathbone, located in Hackney. Still unsure what he wants to do with his life, he is spending his free time endlessly searching for some inspiration. He is confident however, that he wants to stay closely associated with the public and charity sectors. Of course this is unless, his unattainable dream of being in a huge rock band comes into fruition. Thomas also enjoys reading and wants to speak four different languages by the time he is thirty, at the moment he can only speak one and a half.
Sapphire Elisha
Sapphire from Bloomsbury is a student of Ethnomusicology and will soon be commencing her Master’s degree in this subject at Cambridge University. Sapphire is also a young writer of fiction and poetry and has recently completed her first novel. She has been greatly inspired by the pursuits and successes of the Young Achievers Award nominees and is very grateful to have been involved in the organisation that promotes them, especially as a writer, since this is one of her principal passions. She looks forward to becoming involved in other projects.
Keith Moran
Keith lives in London and until late 2009, spent 3 enjoyable years working for the internet giant Google, before embarking on a year long career break to work on voluntary projects in the UK and internationally. This new chapter has already seen him spend 6 weeks working in Zambia with the “Bookbus” schools project and he also visited Botswana and Zimbabwe in his free time. Since returning to the UK, Keith has compiled case studies for the Young Achievers, works with Friends of the Earth and is dedicating some time to political research with the Democracy Club. He has also dabbled with comedy writing and in January this year, had some of his material broadcast on BBC Radio 7′s “Newsjack” show.
Helen Gregory
Helen has worked in magazine publishing for eight years, working on magazines such as Reveal, Real People, Fabulous and Best. She is currently unemployed and taking on voluntary work whilst she looks for jobs. She is passionate about charity work and has been inspired by the people she works with. She loves reading children’s stories, eating Camembert and buying vintage furtniture she can’t afford.
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