Is there an award scheme for outstanding children?

[robert@fm]

If there is. and it's not too late this year, I think Cerys Anne Blake should be nominated for bieng such a wonderful ambassador for diabetes. What does anyone else think?

 

[margie]

I had to google her name to see who she was. I think that being instrumental in setting up the website the insulin gang is certainly worthy of merit.

The only award scheme I can think of is the Children of courage one.

 

[robert@fm]

From what I've heard she's done a lot more than that, although the forum is probably her most visible achievement. 🙂

 

[Copepod]

Several years ago, I went to a Diabetes UK award ceremony in London where Nikki Wallis of Snowdonia was nominated, but didn't win, for her work in setting up MAD (Mountains for Active Diabetics). I think the award had HG Wells and / or RD Lawrence in its title, but I can't remember. The ceremony was held in a royal college of medicine / surgery (can't remember which one), but it was definitely on the east side of Regents Park, and the ceremony was held in the summer, as I remember getting train home to East Anglia through a later night thunder & lightning storm. I think the winner was a woman founder of Tadpoles group for children with Diabetes in a county in South East England.

 

[MeanMom]

There is this one I have heard about via a FB group I am a member of

http://www.pop4diabetes.co.uk/child-of-courage

Don't know very much about it but it might be a start for you.🙂

Think Cerys has been quite poorly lately, in hospital for a while, but think she is doing OK at home now.

Edit This is Cerys:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=otxNl2cbjJc&v=otxNl2cbjJc&gl=GB

Thanks Robert for the pointer to The Insulin Gang the other day 🙂

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I think all children with any conditon or illness are little stars so should all have a mention in dispatches

 

[robert@fm]

Edit This is Cerys:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=otxNl2cbjJc&v=otxNl2cbjJc&gl=GB

That link doesn't work for me, it just takes me to a playlist (on which the only item is a Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project video, probably because I was Googling for DN:MP information recently).

Maybe this shortened link (trimmed to the bare essentials) will work (I won't know if it does until I've submitted this post):

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otxNl2cbjJc

Perhaps this forum should have a [youtube] container added, allowing one to post YouTube links using nothing but the v= parameter from the full link? Two other forums I'm on have them...

 

[MeanMom]

Sorry about that Robert - more importantly is the link to Pop4diabetes any good?😱

BTW - the Cerys link I posted still works for me - perhaps it depends what 'device' we are using? Agree about the YouTube thingy you suggest.