WATCH… Kindness Award winner Leah Lewis comes though as an outstanding young woman, a true Young Hero, who has dedicated all her time to encouraging young people to do their best.

Leah started work at Tenby Youth Club at the age of 16 and continued to work there while doing a degree in Youth Work at Trinity College Carmarthen.

She has worked with the Community Team, Outreach Team and as a children’s right officer.

From there she started at Greenhill as a member of the Youth Worker team.

She has run many projects and in the last two years has specialised in work around violence to women.

Working with young people, together they have created for the first sexual harassment tool kit that will be delivered across Pembrokeshire. This work has led to a trip to New Zealand with a group of young people for an experience of a life time exploring their work around gender based violence.

The young people at Greenhill with whom Leah works with have just completed their second year of annual fundraising for men’s mental health and domestic abuse charities, encouraging young people to take part in Long Course Wales and with various other events, they have raised to date over £3,000.

Leah deserves this award for being so inspirational and so dedicated to helping others as well being a busy mother. She goes above and beyond for all those she meets.

Thanking everyone who nominated her, Leah received her award and said: “I find it a privilege to do the job I do and work with the most incredible people across the county.” She added “a huge thank you” to her husband and three children “who put up with the brunt of the busy work,” and also her mum, “who makes everything so much easier because she’s on hand to look after my three children while I look after all the other kids in the community.”