EDGES PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Edges magazine presented it's 1999 awards to young people whom it feels have made outstanding progress during the last year turning away from crime and drugs.

Daniel Exall thanks EDGES readers for the support they continue to give him. He was among those who received an award on the 8 November 1999. He came to our organisation several months ago with a heroin problem, he was also homeless and was struggling with his exclusion in the community.

Thankfully things are a lot different now, he is at college studying Music and has moved in to Phase 2 of our project where he continues to build a new life.

CHIEF CONSTABLE AWARDS OUR WORK

The Chief Constable of Lancashire, Mrs Pauline Claire, presented an award to Father Jim McCartney, our editor and director of T.H.O.M.A.S.

This is in recognition of the work he has led over the past five years with young people helping them turn from crime and drugs. At the moment he is leading a new Mentoring Project with ex-Young offenders.