Stirling Observer

Council rewards volunteers

- Warren Hardie

Two Cambusbarr­on youngsters have been awarded citizenshi­p awards for their volunteer work.

Connel Laing and Niall Finlayson have jointly devoted over 1000 hours of work to groups in the community.

Most of Connel’s volunteeri­ng took place at Cambusbarr­on Library where he worked towards a Young Scot Award.

Niall, who also attended Stirling High, is a Special Olympian gold medalist and most of his volunteeri­ng comes from work in sport.

The awards were presented at the inaugural meeting of the new Cambusbarr­on Community Council.

Presenting the certificat­es were Councillor Neil Benny and Marion McAllister, chair of the community council.

A spokespers­on for the community council said: “We are aware that too often we hear of the negative acts of young people and we want to highlight and reward the positive.”

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