LAUREN was handed a nomination for her hard work as a senior member of the Wisbech Locality youth work team.

The teenager has spent three years supporting young people at the youth club. Studying a care course at college, Lauren has helped teach arts, crafts and cooking to youngsters. She has completed fundraising car washes, charity supermarket bag packs and group residential trips and has taken part in Race for Life twice for cancer research. Laura Burgess, from Cambridgeshire County Council, said: “Lauren is an extremely dedicated individual who shows her support and passion for youth work each and every time she attends a session.”