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WITH Properties from the area’s IN top sales & lettings agents LIVING A Bigger, Better, Brighter Read From Page 17 Vol. 10 Issue 2 October 2014 www.livingwithin.com Cissy wins Pride of Britain award Hinchey Wood School Cissy Adamou, a Y11 student at to become a pioneering Notre Dame School in Cobham, has been paid a surprise visit by boy band ‘The Vamps’ to deliver some exciting autism centre news. The ‘lads’ met Cissy, who has survived a heart transplant, kidney Hinchley Wood School has been at Hinchley Wood School and The transplant and tumours on her named as one of four centres that Howard of Effingham School in spine and brain, and told her she is will provide specialist support for Effingham will open at a later date. a winner at this year’s Daily Mirror students with autism making it Pupils’ time will be split between Pride of Britain Awards. one the county’s first-ever centres mainstream classes and the centres, Cissy, who was treated at focused on educating secondary-age which will focus on tailored Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, has children with the condition. learning techniques and social been crowned the winner in the It’s all thanks to a tie-up between communication. category of Teenager of Courage. the county council, the National Peter Cullum CBE, of the Cullum The awards will be shown on ITV on Autistic Society and the Cullum Family Trust, said: “We are Tuesday 7 October at 8.00pm Family Trust. absolutely delighted to be a part of Notre Dame Principal, David More than 1 in 100 people in this innovative project that we believe Plummer, who has been in charge the UK have autism, a lifelong will make a huge difference to many of Cissy’s education since she condition which affects how a person schoolchildren with autism. Once was 4 years old, said she is a truly communicates with and relates this initiative is a proven success we remarkable person. “When I found myself briefly to other people. It is a spectrum genuinely hope it will become the “We have witnessed her story, confined to a wheelchair following an “She is so condition which means that while model that will be adopted on a UK from being a lively four year old to ankle operation last year, it was Cissy all people with the disability share wide basis.” a very sick patient indeed, and now after her kidney transplant and leg deserving of certain areas of difficulty, it will Mark Lever, Chief Executive of the becoming a blossoming young lady,” strengthening operation who came affect them in different ways and National Autistic Society (NAS), he said. to my rescue. My low moments were each individual will have distinct said: “The NAS is delighted to be “I have only ever seen her positive, her high moments as she taught me this wonderful support needs. working in partnership with Surrey almost heroic stoicism in the face of tips and tricks to get around school. The four NAS Cullum Centres County Council and four local two organ transplants, tumours in “She is so deserving of this recognition of will allow the students to stay in schools on this exciting project, brain and spine and as she battled wonderful recognition of Pride of mainstream Surrey schools nearer which has been made possible thanks with all sorts of treatments and Britain; a walking talking example to home – and they will also save the to the generous financial support of hospitalisation, continuing to bounce us all of course, but also to the skilled Pride of Britain; Surrey taxpayer £1.7m a year. the Cullum Family Trust. back into school for normality and work of everyone who has provided Surrey County Council currently “Many young people with autism acceptance. A teen with real attitude, the scaffolding, and to her parents, a walking talking has to send around 250 pupils can find it difficult to cope in a Cissy is always thinking of others and the many medical practitioners in with the condition to be privately mainstream school. The NAS is mature beyond her years in many several hospitals, friends, teachers example to us all.” educated. Cullum Centres will make this respects. Her campaign in which she and her loving family.” The first two NAS Cullum Centres possible by providing autism support and her friends shaved their heads to David concluded by saying that - David Plummer are due to open in 2015 at Salesian tailored to each student, along with raise over £13000 created awareness Cissy is an inspirational young School in Chertsey and Rodborough the opportunity to participate in for her charities. person with a heart of gold. Notre Dame School Principal School in Godalming. The centres mainstream school life and lessons.” INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1310-11 14 - 15 12 13 Travel Schools & Colleges Food & Drink Toby’s Fitness Forum Gardening WWW.LIVINGWITHIN.COM – Email [email protected] – Telephone 01276 858750 2 LIVING WITHIN October 2014 Four suspected Hollywood heavyweights help Boy on push bike illegal immigrants hospice after filming in Kingston hurt in car collision Surrey Police force is appealing for witnesses found in lorry at following a collision in Walton on Thames on The fi lm company behind Hollywood blockbuster Saturday 13 September. ‘The Expendables’ has given the Princess Alice Offi cers were called to Holly Avenue just before Cobham services Hospice in Esher a surprise £2,000 donation. 5.00pm after a 12-year-old boy riding a push bike Millennium Films had been fi lming ‘Criminal’ and a silver Ford Fusion collided at the junction in Kingston with Hollywood heavyweights Gary with Cardinal Drive. Oldman, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Ambulance crews attended the scene and the boy Ryan Reynolds. was taken to St Georges Hospital in Tooting for The shoot, which ran for six days, involved treatment to head and leg injuries. closing King’s Road, putting in road diversions No other injuries were reported and the boy’s and fi lming at night. next of kin has been informed. After discussions with local residents the fi lm Fundraising Operations, said: "We are delighted Anyone who witnessed the collision or the events company made the donation to Princess Alice and very grateful for this most unexpected surrounding it is urged to contact Surrey Police on saying: "This seems to be the most popular local donation which will be used to fund the care that 101 quoting reference P14266347. charity and, after much discussion, it appears the we provide to our patients. fairest and most appropriate way to direct some "The patients and staff are hoping that Kevin A long distance driver who heard noises from the positive effect from the fi lming in Kingston." Costner might pop by so that we can say thank you rear of his lorry when he was parked up at the M25 Welcoming the donation Angela Grimes, Head of properly!" Sir Thomas Sopwith Cobham service station was so concerned that he alerted the police. When offi cers arrived shortly after midnight, bronze bust unveiled they found two men and two women inside. Cobham 2nd past the £1m property post A bronze bust of aviation All four were arrested on suspicion of entering pioneer Sir Thomas the country illegally. For the first time, Cobham has joined Virginia East Molesey has homes available for in Sopwith, unveiled by his son A police spokesman said the UK Border Agency Water as a "town" with an average house price excess of £764,000, which is slightly more than Tommy Sopwith, has been will now deal with all four after they were taken over £1 million. punters are paying in Windlesham. installed at Kingston Library. into custody. That's according to Zoopla, the online However, outside of London, Britain's property search provider, which says no other most expensive street is Sunninghill Road The bronze is a gift to the town in Britain has average house prices as in Windlesham where the average home is borough from the Kingston high as these. currently worth just over £5.6 million. Aviation Heritage Trust For more local news If your budget won't stretch that far you can Britain's 20 priciest addresses are all in and joins the library’s bust look to Esher, which is number 4 on the list with London, with homes worth an average of of Sir Sydney Camm who as it happens visit average house prices of just over £934,000. £34.17 million in the UK's most expensive according to Sir Thomas Sopwith was ‘the greatest Richmond homes are around £20,000 street, Kensington Palace Gardens. Also known designer of fi ghter aircraft the world has known’. www.livingwithin.com cheaper than this. Weybridge is 10th on as 'Billionaires Row', the likes of the Sultan of The sculptor of both bronzes, Ambrose Barber, Zoopla's hot list, where you can expect to pay Brunei and Tamara Ecclestone own property is a former Hawker executive and a Trustee of The an average price of just over £784,000. there. Kingston Aviation Heritage Trust. 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