SPORTS volunteers Craig Robinson and Ian Ronald have been rewarded for helping local primary schools stage sports events.
The pair, both pupils at Chester-le-Street's Hermitage School, received their awards from Leeds United footballer Steve McPhail.
They were acknowledged for completing the Youth Sport Trust Millennium Volunteers initiative - a Government-led programme designed to encourage youngsters to become active volunteers.
Brian Holmes, from the Millennium Volunteers Trust, was also honoured.
Under the scheme, full-time students aged between 16 and 19 carry out up to 200 hours of sports-related voluntary work, including planning and staging festivals of sport or dance for their local primary schools.
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