I was in the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides myself. For one of the Guide badges you had to work with Rainbows, helping the younger ones. I did that with the Duke of Edinburgh Award and that involved voluntary work in a nursery. It is good working there because you get to know about the children and watch them develop.
I'm also quite into politics and am in the Right Here, Right Now lobby group, making the case for a children's rights commissioner for England.
We've spent three years campaigning in the House of Commons and lobbying MPs. We hope if we get the right person then they will support the ideas anyway.
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