It was a night of pride and celebration Abby Kane as she attended an awards ceremony at the House of Commons in London recently.

Largs Academy teacher Susan O'Hara had nominated Abby of S2 for the ‘Kids Count Inspiring the Nation’ award.

Abby won the Most Inspiring Young Person of the Year award. Susan said “My reason for nominating Abby was due to all the hard work she puts in trying to balance her training schedule, school work and competitions and of course after her great success at winning a silver medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the Paralympics in Rio.”


North Ayrshire & Arran MP Patricia Gibson presented Abby with her award.
Kids Count is an organisation that has been set up to firstly, provide young people and small community and organisations with a 'voice' and secondly, to educate, develop and empower disadvantaged young people. Well done Abby!