A volunteer helping feed people in need in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth is the latest person to receive an award recognising her efforts during a difficult year.

Marian Rothwell volunteers with the area's food bank, Transformation CPR, and has now been awarded the High Sheriff of Cornwall Unsung Hero Award, having been nominated by its founder Don Gardner.

Launched 12 years ago by Don and his late wife Jen, Transformation CPR today provides more than 17,000 meals a month to between 400 and 500 struggling families in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area.

There is also now a delivery service supplying around 5,000 homes a month.

“None of this would be possible without Don’s inspiration and drive,” said High Sheriff Kate Holborow. "Yet it is the army of volunteers which keeps the wheels turning and the meals flowing.

"Marian has been volunteering at the food bank for four years now. Moreover, on her 80th birthday she rode the precipitous Eden Project Zip Wire to raise £1,350 for Transformation CPR. Thank you Marian.”

Other nominations for the High Sheriff of Cornwall’s Unsung Hero Award can be sent, along with a brief citation and a contact point for further discussion, to the High Sheriff’s office via HSofCornwall@gmail.com on an ongoing basis until February 28, 2021.

All will be acknowledged and responded to within a month.