Among hundreds of South Ayrshire projects considered for investment were a handful of schemes that had formed the core of the Conservative’s manifesto in 2022.
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Keira didn’t think she’d ever come to Parklife again. Now 22, she came for the first time in 2017, and then again in 2018 and the last time in 2019. She’s always loved electronic music.
She was diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago, and has been recovering ever since from the treatment that has left her severely disabled. She’s gone full-on flouro with her outfit today, with bright orange cargo pants and a bright orange bikini.
“When I was asked if I wanted to go to Parklife, I said ‘well, yes… but how can I?” she says. But she’s here, and she loves it. “I never thought I’d ever come again. So it’s all kind of new, in a way,” she says. A lot of it is just how she remembers it was, though now she needs a little more help.
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She’s made it because of her trainer, 38-year-old Javeno McClean. For the past six years, he’s run the J7 Community Health Centre in Blackley. A former fast bowler for Lancashire, Worcestershire and Northamptonshire, he began training people before his cricket career ended with a ripped achilles and snapped a knee tendon.
His training now focuses on the disabled, the elderly and people who have suffered severe illness, something he’s been doing, for free, since he was a teenager.
“I didn’t like the injustice I was seeing with the disabled and elderly community, the patronising way that people with disabilities are spoken to,” he says, a streak of shimmering blue glitter in his beard. “The lack of empathy and understanding and normality.
“I’ve trained people with cerebral palsy, down syndrome, terminal cancer, stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s, any kind of disability. Most gyms are concentrated on aesthetics, getting
Among hundreds of South Ayrshire projects considered for investment were a handful of schemes that had formed the core of the Conservative’s manifesto in 2022.
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