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Radio Solent,3 mins

Christchurch stroke survivor at just 17 years old

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In 2019, at the age of 12, Will suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by a brain tumour. Despite his illness, he was able to resume his love of sailing and qualify as a day skipper and dinghy instructor. Will now takes groups of children on sailing courses as well as volunteering and donating pocket money to buy food for families. He said: "It's about your ability not your disability, so even if you do have a disability there's probably a way that you can do it and there's a way that you can be amazing at it as well."

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