Paralympic sculpture presented to competition winner
Culture Secretary presents bronze of Paralympic sprinter Libby Clegg in Trafalgar Square.
Ticky Tuppen, from Devon,聽won the statue in a lottery held by , raising funds to support disadvantaged and disabled young people through the work of and the .
Jeremy Hunt presented , which聽shows the blue tether that visually impaired Libby uses to connect to her running guide. 皇冠体育app words 鈥榚mpowered鈥� and 鈥榮ensational鈥� are written on the sculpture in Braille reflecting their personal experience of running.
Art at the Edge is based in Bath where ParalympicGB athletes will be training ahead of 2012. 皇冠体育appy, with Bath Council, have commissioned a collection of 30 bronze sculptures of different Olympic and Paralympic sports to be shown in Bath, Oxford and London. Don Foster, MP for Bath, was in Trafalgar Square this morning to see Ticky聽receive her prize.
Photo: L-R Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Competition winner Ticky Tuppen, Don Foster MP, Sculptor Charlotte Barker