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Give Me a Voice: 18/01/2010

18/01/2010

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Christina Raeburn campaigns to help Scotland's budding young Athletes.

Christina Raeburn campaigns to help Scotland's budding young Athletes. She wants to see all travel costs funded so that all youngsters can reach their true sporting potential.

Christina lives in Thurso in the far north but despite the lack of local sporting facilities her own son Andrew managed to become Scotland's number one in various events including the Triple Jump and the 400 meters. Christina struggled to fund his trips to compete and came close to giving up but she was determined her son would not miss out just because they lived in the highlands, now she  is campaigning and challenging the Scottish Government to fund all travel costs so that all youngsters can reach their true sporting potential

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