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Anti-poverty app is a winner for Caitlin in Changemakers contest
April 25, 2025
|Accrington Observer
A STUDENT has been named the Key Stage 5 winner of the National Century Changemakers Competition.
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Caitlin Gibson, 17, from Accrington, a Foundation Studies student at Nelson and Colne College, was selected as the top entrant in her category for developing an innovative app designed to help tackle poverty.
The competition is a prestigious initiative aimed at raising awareness of the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It is open to students from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5, celebrates young people's creativity and commitment to solving global issues.
Three of Caitlin's classmates - Hollie Dempster, Beth Pentland and Mia Simpson - were also recognised as runners-up, and together they were invited to the Houses of Parliament to receive their awards.
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اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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