A WOMAN who overcame many problems in her personal life to become volunteer at a children's centre has been nominated for her 'passionate' and 'inspirational' work.

Pippa Emmerson volunteers at The Embankment Children's Centre on Station Road, Thurnscoe.

She has been nominated by her line manager James O'Mara, who said she's been through some highs and lows but had steadily built up her self confidence and self belief and was now in a much better place.

** The full story is in the Barnsley Chronicle newspaper, dated