“He seems to be the kind of man that has a ‘no job’s too big or small’ kind of attitude and we really appreciate his work.” Mrs Liddamore, who works on the hospital’s emergency assessment unit, was similarly praiseworthy of Mr Smith’s efforts. “Nigel’s always cheerful and friendly and has risked his own safety in this pandemic to help patients get safely home,” she said. “Most days when I’m at work I see him collecting a patient. I don’t think he has days off. “All of us on the emergency assessment unit think he’s great and find him kind and helpful towards staff and patients alike.
NIKKI Bowdidge really is one in a million - a statement backed up by her extraordinary fundraising efforts. The 54-year-old founded the Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation in February 2014, in memory of much-loved son Tom. Brave Tom raised £175,000 while fighting an aggressive stomach cancer before sadly dying in October 2013, at the age of just 19. Mrs Bowdidge has continued his amazing legacy, tirelessly fundraising and helping hundreds of children and young adults with cancer across the UK. Husband Richard dropped us a line and said his kind-hearted, selfless wife truly deserves to be one of the Gazette’s Community Champions. He said: “Setting up a charity can be daunting but doing that and running it almost single-handedly?