John Graddon

All year John volunteers at his local theatre, Southwark Playhouse, helping with less glamorous tasks like sweeping outside, checking tickets and cleaning rubbish from the auditorium after shows. In a small community theatre focusing on developing youth and emerging arts, his help is invaluable. At the same time, John volunteered for a community radio station for 18 months, giving up 5 hours every Sunday helping produce a show. For three months he worked fulltime for free at Sense, helping the charity increase deafblind awareness using the internet. His most inspiring achievement is quitting his job to volunteer for 9 months in Bangladesh, helping with education and health projects benefiting some of the world's poorest people, even donating some of his wedding gifts to a local hospital.I would be so happy for John to carry the torch; he has volunteered in his community all his life