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Winner Gwen Leister, with runners-up Aaron Coultard, Stephen Cowling and Lydia Clarke. (10-07-81 GT)
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Kingsway primary School pupil Gwen Leister is set to receive a new bike and cycle helmet after winning a design competition as part of national Brain Injury Week held earlier this year.
Gwen (11) won first prize in the local regional heat of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust's "Look after Your Head" campaign and will now go to compete in the national competition later this year.
Local students were challenged by staff from Goole Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre, located at Goole and District Hospital, to design a cycle helmet.
The Goole Centre, a joint venture between Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Brain Injury Trust (BIRT), took part in the event to promote the use of cycle helmets and encourage children to look after their head.
Centre Manager Hilary McDaid said: "We launched the design competition as part of the national Brain Injury Awareness Week back in March. The aim of the week was to raise awareness of the preventative measures, which may reduce incidences of head injuries in adults and children.
"A traumatic head injury can affect people's cognition, memory and behaviours. If people are more aware of the causes and effects of brain injury, we hope to promote a safer lifestyle and reduce the number of people it affects."
Later this month Hilary will be joined by Goole MP Ian Cawsey and a representative from Donoghue Cycles, who have donated a cycle helmet and given a generous discount on a bike, to present Gwen with her prizes.
Runners up in the competition Aaron Coultard, Lydia Clarke and Stephen Cowling will also receive prizes donated by Creativity International.
Published on 10th July 2008 in News.
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