Shamelle Rice is one of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners of 2016. She founded Jabez House in Barbados which provides vocational training and entrepreneurial opportunities to female sex workers. Shamelle shares her story about founding Jabez House in Barbados - which provides vocational training and entrepreneurial opportunities to female sex workers - and discusses why equality in society is so important.
The understanding that we belong together, and are able, through teamwork, to achieve far more than we could do alone, has always been at the heart of our approach.
The baton relay represents a calling together of people from every part of the Commonwealth.
In the Commonwealth, governments, businesses, communities and individuals should each strive to match words and good intentions with deeds. Every contribution has its part to...
I have been warned I may have Happy Birthday sung to me more than once or twice.
Despite its size and scale, the Commonwealth to me is still at heart a collection of villages.
The Commonwealth is one of the great partnerships of the world where rich and poor, large and small, work together for the common good.
I am sure Madiba would be pleased to see such great work being carried in his name, giving inspiration to so many.
In my view: rangers are heroes.
Thank you, Mr Prime Minister of Canada, for making me feel so old!
Ladies and gentlemen, I feel enormously proud of what the Commonwealth has achieved, and all of it within my lifetime
Behind those smiles it was clear they desperately needed care, attention and above all, love.
The impact of homelesseness is not temporary.
I am sure you will agree that all children deserve time, attention and love from the adults in their lives.
What my mother recognised back then – and what I understand now – is that grief is the most painful experience that any child or parent can endure.
We literally have the bravest children in the UK in this room.
One simple lesson from history is that when people come together to talk, to exchange ideas and to develop common goals, wonderful things can happen.
I hope that wherever the future takes you, that you will continue to be role models and to inspire others through sport.
This is a generation that urgently needs our help, for their future and the future prosperity of Africa.
All of us together can make a real difference for children and young people.
It is fantastic to see so many people getting behind WellChild.
This really is a most beautiful country.
The spaces were living memorials, spaces for reflection and enjoyment, stillness and activity.
Like many of you in this room, these inspirational people will show us that everyone can make a difference.
This programme is called The Queen's Young Leaders for a reason: you are leaders now, not in the future, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
What a difference we can make if we all work together.
To be here together as a family has been very special and we will always remember it with fond and happy memories.
Some people don’t think it's cool to help others; personally I think it’s the coolest thing in the world!
