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about what I do – and I have a team that works very, very hard – I can leverage my time to work every month for the pro-bono causes that I’m passionate about,” he said.
“Whether it’s as rector at the University of Dundee, patron of the Saltire Foundation, chairing Orkidstudio, or the other charity involvement that I have, that’s absolutely at the heart of what I do and what my team does.
“If I don’t succeed as an athlete and have the profile to then be creative with my time and resources, I can’t do all that. “Hopefully at the heart of smashing records, people do take confidence and inspiration from that, but for me that’s not enough, it has to be a bit more direct.”
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Music therapy helps those who find it difficult to express themselves in words, such as those with autism or dementia, to communicate.
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