My Achievements

In addition to being a truly perfect & wonderful son, grandson, nephew, Godson, cousin & friend; excelling at mainstream school; campaigning for better lives for disabled children & young people; composing music; writing poetry; excelling at quizzes; raising many thousands of pounds for charity; bringing happiness and joy to the lives of many, Adam has achieved:-

Blue Peter Badge 2009

Brit Writers Award 2010

Gold Blue Peter Badge 2010

Scottish Book Trust/ Jacqueline Wilson Short Story Comp (runner up)

Poems exhibited at Scottish Parliament 2011

Young Scotland Rising Star Award 2011

Talk at Scottish Parliament 2012

Young Scot Arts Award 2012

Named in "The Scotsman's" "40 people who put Edinburgh on the map" 2012

Amnesty International Protest Song Comp (runner up) 2013

Named in Independent On Sunday's "Happy List" 2013

Appeared at Edinburgh Fringe Fedtival 2013

Commended Blog North Awards Best Young Blogger 2013

Eduzine Global ACE Young Achiever 2014

Young Epilepsy Inspirational Hero 2014

Also

Poetry Editor and Global Ambassador for Eduzine Global

Young Ambassador for Readwell

Lyric writer of "Christmas Gibbons" peaked at no. 2 in iTunes children music chart Dec 2013

Honorary Clown Doctor - Dr Saturn

Appeared on TV globally; in most UK newspapers and on BBC Radio Scotland, Leeds & Solent

Commissions:-

Poem to celebrate Yorkhill Children's Foundation 10th Birthday

Poem to celebrate Leeds Children's Hospital Appeal's 3rd Birthday

Lullaby to celebrate birth of Prince George

Poem on Leadership for NHS Confederation CEO

Inspirational Verse for Leeds Rhinos

Happiness - A Poem for Kirsty

Disability Matters Rap for Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health

Following his death Adam was named as a Patient Leader who made a significant contribution to the NHS in the Health Service Journal's inaugural Patient Leaders List