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BBC News
28-03-2025
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Sally Gunnell announced as judge for BBC Make a Difference Awards
Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell is set to be a judge for the BBC Make a Difference Awards (MADA). The ex-track and field athlete, who lives near Brighton, will help choose the winner of the new active category, awarded to individuals or groups who have used sport or physical activity to improve the lives of others in the the winner "is going to be very tricky," she told BBC Radio Sussex. "But I want to see somebody that's doing that little bit extra for somebody else." Ms Gunnell, who set a world record in the woman's 400m hurdles in 1993, said there were "so many different options" judges wanted to hear about. She suggested nominees could be helping communities through sport, keeping people active, or anyone who has done "something incredible" like raising money for charity through physical is "everything for our health", Ms Gunnell added, highlighting its positive social and mental effects. "It's so important." MADA is a BBC initiative to honour community champions across eight different categories. To nominate someone go to the Make A Difference site, with nominations closing at 17:00 BST on 31 March.
BBC News
31-01-2025
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Athlete Sally Gunnell guest edits BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey show
Olympian Sally Gunnell will be the next big name to guest edit an edition of the Radio Sussex and Surrey Mid Morning Gunnell, who lives near Brighton, East Sussex, won gold in the 400m hurdles at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, along with golds in the World and European championships and the Commonwealth former world record time at the event, set in 1993, is still the British her edition of the programme on Friday she has chosen to focus on the work done by hospices, the difficulties of finding athletics coaches, and women facing the menopause. Every Friday in January a guest editor took over the Sarah Gorrell show's running order from 10:00 notable figures from across the region stepping into the editor's shoes include scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, children's author Jacqueline Wilson, and writer Dorothy Koomson. Guests will include Becki Jupp, the chief commercial officer of St Barnabas House hospice, and parents of a child benefitting from the care of Chestnut Tree two other issues Ms Gunnell has chosen to focus on are the difficulty in finding the right athletics coach, with a fellow Olympian, the 1500m runner Jemma Reekie, joining her in the studio, and the support available for women over 45 who are going through the menopause.
