Congratulations to Samworth Church Academy student Paige who was recently recognised at the annual Mansfield Rotary Courage Awards. Paige was nominated for exemplifying moral and spiritual courage in the face of difficulty.

Paige was one of 11 award winners, who were congratulated by the mayor of Mansfield, Andy Abrahams; the president of Mansfield Rotary, Rotn Phil Lyons; and special guest, Mansfield Paralympic star Charlotte Henshaw. 

These brilliant, young people were recognised for overcoming adversity and succeeding. It might be overcoming anxieties, living with serious illnesses, coping with an accident or incident, or even simply raising a smile.

Mansfield Rotary president Phil Lyons said: “Thirty-four years ago the then president of Mansfield Rotary, Rotn Mike Neville, used this definition at the very first Courage Awards. Successive presidents have been unable to better it:

Courage is often described as the ability to conquer fear or despair.
But courage is not only showing bravery in the face of danger, more often courage is the day-to-day determination and hard work of dealing with, adjusting to, and hopefully overcoming, the obstacles and harsh realities that life may present.
It is a quality of mind, enabling one to face that hardship with resolution — a resolution with power and spirit.
The power to make choices and set goals and to act upon them firmly without renouncing those objectives. The spirit to let that courage succeed by the behaviour and attitude shown to the world about them.

Read more here: https://www.news-journal.co.uk/rotary-courage-awards-inspiring-stories-of-11-young-people-overcoming-adversity/

 

Photo credit: Roger Grayson