MP praises work of Wishaw kids charity during volunteer work

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Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP Pamela Nash has praised the work of Les Hoey and his Dreammaker Foundation after spending an afternoon volunteering for the charity.Pamela joined Les after an appeal for helpers at a bucket collection at Tesco in Wishaw last week.Les set up the foundation over 30 years ago after his daughter Shelley was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, at the age of just 12.As a father, Les had managed to arrange for Shelley to meet her idols, Boyzone, and inspired by the joy the visit had brought her, started fundraising to do the same for other children with life-limiting conditions.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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