Young film-maker stars in local paper
YOPEY Film Maker Charlie Masters who made a film about YOPEY (Which can be seen on the YOPEY on TV Page) has starred in his local paper!
It is estimated one in four people suffer from some
kind of mental health problem. Depression is the most
common condition – but is little understood.
Here, YOPEY Cambridgeshire 12 nominee
MATTHEW CLIFTON shares his moving story about
overcoming adversity
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Essex police support YOPEY
Essex Police is sponsoring its second Young People of the Year or 'YOPEY' – the antidote to all the bad press about the younger generation.
Police forces have been increasingly involved in YOPEY (pronounced yop-ee) since it started in Hertfordshire five years ago and has spread to eight other counties and the whole of Scotland.
But go-ahead Essex Police became the first force to become a main sponsor alongside Essex Police Authority in 2008. The two bodies are currently sponsoring their second Essex YOPEY in 2009-10.
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Prime Minister tells young – ‘You should be very proud of yourselves!’
A group of YOPEY winners and runners-up recently went to No 10 Downing Street for a reception hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The Prime Minister decided to hold the reception after his wife Sarah Brown judged a YOPEY.
The Prime Minister told the young people who went to London: “The Young People of the Year competition is a wonderful celebration of Britain’s
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Bon Voyage to Michael
BON VOYAGE to Michael Perham, a finalist in Watford and Three Rivers competition last year when at the age of 14 he became the youngest person to sail single-handed across the Atlantic.
The inspirational 16-year-old from Potters Bar has now set off on his latest venture – a bid to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world without stopping which will mean that he will be away from his family for four months and only able to contact them by satellite link-ups.
Money raised will go towards Save the Children and the Tall Ships Youth Trust.
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Congratulations to Adam!
CONGRATULATIONS to Adam Pickering, organiser of the Hockley Hustle, who won a special prize of a holiday at AquaCity in last year’s SkillsTrain competition in Nottinghamshire.
Adam was nominated because of his work in organising the Hustle, a series of musical events in pubs, bars and cafes around Nottingham that raised around £3,000, making a total of £5,000 in two years.
We are delighted to hear that this year’s event in October organised by Adam raised £15,103 for charity - £10,000 for Oxfam, and the remainder to
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YOPEY Liam is Pride of Britain winner
CONGRATULATIONS to inspirational Liam Fairhurst, junior winner of the YOPEY competition in Cambridgeshire last year, for winning the title of Child of Courage at the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain awards.
The brave 13-year-old has now raised more than £150,000 for children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent while twice fighting the disease himself.
In addition to picking up the award he was offered a holiday in the Caribbean courtesy of Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and a swimming lesson from double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington.
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