Congratulations to Ella Stirland, member of the Unstoppables, who completed her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award just five days before her 25th birthday.
Over 11 months, Ella completed all sections of the award, including volunteering at Taunton Deane Bowls Club, where she helped junior members get involved in the sport and club activities. For her physical activity section, Ella took up karate and achieved her green belt.
For her skills section, Ella developed her cooking and baking, preparing a range of meals and desserts. She then completed the award with a two-day expedition across Exmoor.
Achieving a Bronze DofE Award requires commitment, determination and resilience, and Ella showed all of these qualities throughout her journey.
As well as being a member of the Unstoppables, Ella also kindly supports another member of the Unstoppables during their monthly meetings.
A fantastic achievement and I’m sure you’ll agree it’s one that Ella greatly deserves.
Could you be an Unstoppables?
The Unstoppables is a youth voice group for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) aged 13-25 years, who live in or are educated in Somerset.
The Unstoppables help the voices and opinions of young people with SEND in Somerset be heard and to help make changes to and improve the services that they use.
We meet monthly on the first Saturday of every month in Yeovil to discuss the topics and issues that are affecting and are important to the group and other young people with SEND in Somerset.
If you would like to join or if you know someone who would, visit our Join Us page.
