FREE ISSUE 19 . JULY 2018 SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA ROLL WITH WHAT LIFE BRINGS YOU” “n sweltering heat Hannah Cowey, honest account I15, stands outside her home selling about living cakes she has baked to raise money with cancer: and awareness about the little “Sure, cancer known cancer Sarcoma which her can be a death older sister is battling. sentence, and it What started as a small lump on is shit, but it is 20-year-old Maddie Cowey’s shoulder possible to live and was intially thought to be a cyst with it and live was shown up on a ultra scan to be the through it and PREACHERS USE DRILL rare cancer ASPS (Alveolar Soft-Part more importantly, Sarcoma) which affects the soft tissues live HAPPILY and occurs mainly in young adults, through it. TO REACH YOUNG usually females. “And I believe this to be true of other hese are the Hope Dealers who Tare using controversial drill music per cent of all UK cancer cases a year. chronic diseases, and anyone living with stall outside their home in Parchmore to preach gospel and have caused a long-term, possibly life-threatening Road. over the weekend as part of TheSoft tumourtissue Sarcoma was removed amounts on forMaddie’s just 1.3 outrage by singing in a Croydon disease. Sarcoma Awareness Week. church wearing balaclavas. 18 and then another tumour on her “Personally I don’t know what’s going They are determined that others Here two members of the group shoulder in blade 2016 a whenyear later she wasleaving just to happen with my cancer, all I know is shouldn’t go through the same ordeal her with two large scars which she has that this week is one year since I had and want other families to be more Bread and Means speak to Chronicle embraced and now wears with pride. my second operation which was my last aware of how to spot the early signs of Youth reporter Aisha Jade about how the SPACNation church and God has ASPS is a progressive cancer which is form of treatment, and that my next the disease. scan is in August. Dad Colin, a gardener, said that even impacted on their lives. into other parts of the body, and has “So until August I won’t know what’s if one parent listens then it had been Means said: “I got inspired to start difficultspread to to Maddie’s diagnose lungs. and can migrate going to happen next. But I like to think worth while. making music when my lifestyle The Warwick University student who has that whatever happens, like so many At the moment the disease is not changed. We wanted to listen to spent the last year in Italy studying as people in the cancer community I will the same music that we are used to part of a degree in Classics, has written a be able to continue to ‘live’ with cancer. but a lot of the stuff out there was blog in which she shares her experiences spreadingCoast before further returning and Maddie to England is enjoying to contradicting so being the alternative with Sarcoma, along with her passions life brings you. And sometimes you have a holiday with her boyfriend on the Amalfi was the only solution. Sometimesto accept death. you justAnd gotta live with roll withthat. what“ for life, food, travel and more. Youth Chronicle wishes Maddie well. “Church and God has impacted our In her last blog www.maddiecowey. Meanwhile sister Hannah and her Forcomplete more her info final about university Sarcoma year. The lives drastically. It’s what we live by, wixsite.com/blog she writes a powefully Thornton Heath family, mum Jane, dad www:sarcoma.org.uk faith. We live by it everyday. And now Colin, and brother William manned a that we have found something greater than us it’s like a vision. It keeps us going and keeps us in line. Because PALACE MAGIC LEADS LIONS ROAR AT WORLD CUP we have been impacted we are able to impact on others.” inger Joseph Hungbo, at just 18 Hungbo Southgate player and very team oriented. TURN TO PAGE 2 Wis following in the footsteps of footballing legends who have risen “We had a great through the Palace Academy including group of players around us. There England manager Gareth Southgate. was something Joseph, from Croydon, who signed his special. It doesn’t surprise me Premier League side this month will that we’ve got firstno doubt professional be eyeing contract a future with place the in Gareth Southgate the England team which is chasing Palace for Life Foundation provides as manager of World Cup glory under the leadership football and education programme for England, Chris of Southgate, who was the youngest all ages including over-16s at Croydon’s Coleman managing WIN captatin to lead Palace to promotion. Harris Academy in partnership with Wales and Richard Hungbo who has come through the Volenti Academy, established by one Shaw at the CPFC TICKETS TO Oasis Academy in Shirley where other of Southgate’s contemporaries Bobby Academy. “ Palace prospect Aaron Wan-Bissaka, 20, Bowry. About today’s PALACE FRIENDLY from New Addington was schooled, is Through the varied and holistic work Academy stars, he said: “We have two boys from one of the Eagles academy’s brightest the Foundation carries out they are the Volenti Academy who have gone to America e have 10 pairs of tickets, stars and had attracted interest from giving local youngsters opportunities to on full scholarship and two boys who have got Weach worth £15 to give away both Liverpool and Chelsea. onto the Players Academy at St George’s Park. I for Palace’s pre-season friendly at Wan-Bissaka broke thorough into the did. Just last season alone eight young am proud because we’re dealing with a different Selhurst Park against Toulouse on oneplayers day camefulfil athrough dream thejust Foundationlike Southgate type of kid, a street kid, and we’re giving them a August 4. been described as a ‘promising talent’ programmes - signing for CPFC’s different point of view. Academy teams. To win a pair of tickets tell the firstwho teamis likely last to season remain and part has of alreadymanager “The Foundation let us use the CPFC Chronicle distributor outside Tesco at Bobby who played at Palace for four name to help us get into the community. 11am on Saturday (14) which Palace seasons said: “Gareth was part of the Just like Wilfried Zaha, they all grew I love what I do working with young player grew up in Thornton Heath? players and giving them a chance like I upRoy in Hodgson’s Croydon, andfirst-team their discoveries plans. Only one pair per person. demonstrate how the Academy was a fantastic role model with a great had. I went from having nothing to being structure is great for spotting and youthattitude, team desire when and I joined dedication. Palace. He He was where I am now and that’s because of the Under U12s already go for free and harnessing emerging talent. very professional and driven; a great opportunities I was given.” U18s at a reduced rate of £10. 2 3 thorntonheathchronicle.co.uk TURN FROM PAGE 1 Hope Dealers, editor@ TEENAGERS EXPERIENCE REAL LIFE TRAUMAS describe themselves as ambassadors and thorntonheathchronicle.co.uk ocal school children as young as pioneers for Gospel Drill and recently SINGER,19, TOURS THE WORLD WHILE JUGGLING HER A-LEVELS featured on a BBC 1xtra. 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Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise death in August last year in Georgia Lewis. world, doing all these shows!’ but it’s revise,” she continues, “I missed a month We’d love to hear your comments and College has been selected as one of the Road. His murderers outlined the killing a lot of work. When I went on tour last of school, but caught up really well. I year, I was travelling every single day. I stories. The Chronicle is only possible connects the tongue to the trachea, lungs, in a violent YouTube video. music college in Tooting called BIMM wouldn’t recommend it as it’s risky and winning Operating Theatre Live which is got really ill what with all the different because of the great support we have. heart and liver.” His father Stanley described the music Herfor a journey year and started made aftersome she great went contacts to a stressful, but I couldn’t pass up this firstled by venues science in teacherthe UK toSamuel host the Piri.