Spirit of Corby Awards 2024

Spirit of Corby Awards 2024  The winners of the Spirit of Corby Awards 2024

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00:00How you feeling? Great, yeah. Over the moon winning, unbelievable. Wasn't expecting it.

00:05And what's your next exploit? We're just going to finish a challenge, so we've raised about £1,500,

00:11we want to get to £2,000. We've ran £2,000 of it so far and then we're going to continue doing it for the rest of the year.

00:17There's going to be something stupid coming next year. I'm sure. There will.

00:21You heard it here first, probably seven marathons in seven days, there you go.

00:25So, how are you feeling? Shaky, nervous, excited, scared, happy. It's a mixed bag of emotions actually,

00:34really, really mixed bag. Did you expect to win? No, not at all. I actually voted for one of the other

00:40one of the other nominees to lead the country, so I thought her project was just phenomenal, so of course

00:46I thought, you know, just serving some meals, you know, that's how I see it, but yeah, I did not

00:52think I'd win at all. Super happy and excited. Amazing! How are you going to celebrate?

01:00Yeah, we're going to see a show, we're going to dance, we're going to party.

01:04I've been absolutely overwhelmed and shocked. I'm so appreciative everybody for their support

01:10for this, it is amazing. It's an amazing school to work in and I am really privileged and honoured.

01:16Have you ever won an award before? No. How are you feeling tonight?

01:23And where are you going to put your award?

01:27On my TV. And how are you feeling, mum, dad and sister? Very proud. Very proud, definitely.

01:35We'd just like to thank everybody for voting, who supported Harry, followed his journey,

01:39donated and it means the world to us. How do you feel? Well, actually, I feel like... You didn't expect it, did you?

01:47No, I didn't. I didn't expect to win because the category was incredible, but this isn't

01:53just about me, this is about all them parents that live on this earth, about their children,

01:57so it's for them and just so they know that actually people do think about them.

02:02So yeah, thank you. I think like everyone, I was quite shocked to win that, to be honest, it's

02:06quite a real honour. Like I said, I was up against two fantastic people of Chris, who I work with

02:12every day, and Cameron, who I see at the town every night, and yeah, so to be up against two people

02:17of that and come out on top, it's a real honour. Overwhelmed, to be fair, a little bit overwhelmed.

02:23Susie initially started the youth club and me and Lindsay joined in. We've got this beautiful

02:28team of volunteers, we've all worked together as a team and as you can tell, we've taken

02:33neurodiverse children and we're all neurodiverse ourselves, so it's been a bit, yeah, it's been

02:40really good to win actually. It's nice to be recognised, but we do what we do for the love

02:45of the children of Corby.

02:46Ecstatic, ecstatic, absolutely did not expect.

02:51It's brilliant, isn't it?

02:52Absolutely brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

02:54We worked so hard.

02:56Yeah, that says it all. Honoured, absolutely honoured. It's been a fab 20 years in Corby,

03:05longest I've ever lived anywhere. Came to Corby, they took us to our heart and it's been so nice

03:10working with the young people and giving something back.

03:13What's your take?

03:14I'd say it's a great end to a career which I now can start winding down. So yeah, that was the

03:22pinnacle of it really, so I've done a lot of things in my career but that was nice to have

03:28it finish like that.