Make a Difference: Together Award Winner 2023
Elspeth Giddens, from the Isle of Wight Story Festival, won the 蘑菇短视频 Radio Solent Together Award in 2023.
Elspeth works to ignite children's imaginations through a love of literature.
She organises the annual Isle of Wight Story Festival, which includes guest authors, drama, storytelling and workshops, as well as working in schools.
She said: "If you have these stimulating events when you're young, you don't forget them.
"What have we got as human beings? We've got imagination - and that can carry you through life."
The Make a Difference Awards are a chance to say 鈥淭hank You鈥� and show recognition and appreciation for people who love to make life better for others.
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