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Volunteer Student Meets Gordon Brown

16/1/2008

 
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Today I attended an event at 10 Downing Street with Nadesha Reid, a seventeen-year-old Health and Social Care student at Lewisham College.  Nadesha had to opportunity to meet the Prime Minister at the reception to celebrate young people who play an active role in their community.

I put Nadesha's name forward to attend the event after being told of her volunteering work as a member of the College's Millennium Volunteer scheme.  Nadesha and her group have volunteered to campaign for drugs awareness amongst young people and she intends to do a similar campaign around sexual health.  She is also currently working towards producing an innovative play about gangs based on a modern interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.

I'm delighted that the Prime Minister has chosen to recognise the work of our young people with this reception at 10 Downing Street. Nadesha sets a great example for us all with her volunteer work and I hope that she inspires even more young people to get involved in school and community activities.

Nadesha said: 

"I am really glad I had the opportunity to visit Downing Street and meet the Prime Minister. It was a fantastic experience and Gordon Brown was really friendly. We chatted about my volunteer work and he said that he was really proud of what I had achieved and that I should keep it up."


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