Brierley Hill teen wins award in national competition (From Dudley News)
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Brierley Hill teen wins award in national competition
8:20am Monday 10th December 2012 in Local
Emmerdale actor Matthew Bose, Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, Rosie Paley and Amber-Michelle Hill, a PHD student at the Institute of Neurology.
A BRIERLEY Hill teenager has won praise from TV and sports stars during an award ceremony for the Encephalitis Society after coming runner-up in a national competition.
Rosie Paley, aged 17, was shortlisted from 90 people after writing a poem and completing art work to show how the condition, which causes acute inflammation of the brain, has affected her life.
The Halesowen College hairdressing student came runner-up in the art category with her work called Expressions of Encephalitis.
Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, Emmerdale actor Matthew Bose and Coronation Street actor Bill Ward were all in London to attend the charity event at the H10 Hotel in Waterloo.
Proud mum Helen Paley said: “All the stars spent a lot of time with Rosie praising her poem and art work.
“We were both absolutely delighted when she was named runner-up and it is also a great way of highlighting and raising awareness of her condition.”
