The 2024 roll of honour includes a host of inspirational people from across the county.
A PE teacher who helped a young wheelchair-user fulfil his dream of climbing a mountain is one of the winners in the BBC Radio Northampton Make a Difference Awards 2024.funds for an all-terrain powered wheelchairOther winners included a woman who set up a community cafe after her son took his own life, and an animal-lover who rescues hens when they are no longer commercially viable.Mr Fleckney, who used to play rugby for Wasps, met Albert while covering some PE lessons at his school.
Mr Fleckney decided to make his dream come true by pushing Albert up the highest mountain in Wales in an all-terrain manual wheelchair. The winner of the Fundraiser Award said it was "really lovely to get nominated, but I'm such a small part of that whole fundraising thing".Denise Mackay won the Community Award forShe was nominated by her daughter, who described how she had worked tirelessly to keepShe added that people said the cafe had "saved their life by being there to listen".
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