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Judges
Tim Kirwin
Tim joined the Woodland Trust in 2003 as a Woodland Officer and has been a Site Manager for the charity for 7 years, responsible for Woodland Trust sites across Cheshire and Merseyside. He has worked in the environmental sector for nearly 20 years having worked for two inner city Groundworks, as an Education Manager for Groundwork and for the Warrington Ranger Service.
Ed Matthews
Ed Matthews leads the Patient Safety and Healthcare design work at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art in London following thirty years of experience in design and technology consulting, including a period of running a successful design firm. 
David Proud
English actor David Proud was born with spina bifida, which was not conclusively diagnosed until he was five years old. He attended a mainstream primary school and was able to walk and participate in most activities, although he needed plastic leg splints. As he grew, his condition deteriorated until during secondary school he needed to use a wheelchair. However, he refused to transfer to a special school and despite needing to take time off for two major operations to his spine, David passed 9 GCSEs and 2 ‘A’ levels.
Rob Thompson
Rob Thompson is the author of ‘Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals’. An award-winning designer, he has been involved in the development of materials and products for a range of international clients. Former Researcher and Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins, London, he is currently a Creative Materials Specialist at Nokia Design
Harri Jenkins
Hi! My name is Harri and I am 14 years old. I have cerebral palsy and am a wheelchair user. I live in Wales and really love sport. I support Swansea City football team and The Ospreys rugby team. I am a season ticket holder and go to as many matches as possible. It is difficult to travel to away matches as many older grounds have such poor facilities for visiting disabled supporters and we are not allowed to sit together as a family.
Jack Pegram
I’m Jack, 19 and about to start studying Sport and Exercise Science in my first year at Brunel University. It’s an exciting time for me. Sport is really positive and powerful, it’s social as well as fun and you make lots of new friends. You can play competitively or just for fun. I hope to have a future career in the sporting world.
I play Wheelchair Table Tennis and am on the World Class Performance Squad for Great Britain. Table Tennis is a brilliant game, it’s said to be like chess played at 100 miles an hour!
Zoe Collins
Zoe Collins from Orpington, Kent was the outright competition winner in 2006 with her ‘Arch Pal’ wheelchair for budding archaeologists and has been a judge ever since then.
Now aged 15, Zoe is a keen supporter of the competition. She is still an enthusiastic archaeologist, and also enjoys listening to music, being with her friends, shopping, fashion and anything else creative. She is currently studying for her GCSE's and in the process of completing her bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Geoff Adams-Spink
Until April this year, Geoff reported on disability stories for the BBC News website, radio and TV, and also worked as a trainer overseas. He is also gaining a considerable reputation as a public speaker.
He recently left the BBC to set up Geoff Adams-Spink Ltd, a company that markets his services as a writer, broadcaster, consultant and trainer – especially in the field of assistive technology.
He was born with physical and visual impairments as a result of Thalidomide.
His career as a journalist began 22 years ago. He has since produced Radio 4’s Today programme and spent 18 months as a project director for a media-training programme in Rwanda. In his time working as an international journalist Geoff has never stopped being surprised at the inventive ideas all children are capable of producing.
Stuart Dunne
In 1985 at the age of 17, Stuart unfortunately encountered a ditch following a triple rollover in a Mk II Escort and severed his spinal cord at the C6 vertebrae, leaving him paralysed from the chest down and loss of function in finger flexion. Disastrous - only weeks before he had been talking to RAF recruitment about university sponsorship with the intention to fly GR1 Tornado aircraft. The childhood dream had come to an end.
Following the traumatic spinal cord injury, Stuart began the long and painful road to recovery and a radically altered lifestyle. He continued his education and part qualified as a management accountant, with a place at one of the UK’s premier chemical companies - life was going to be steady.
Jacqui Jones
Jacqui is Executive Director of Mobility Choice, the charity responsible for organising the Mobility Roadshow and the Ready Willing and Mobile Competition. She has worked for the charity since it was established in 1998 and has been involved with 17 Mobility Roadshow events.
Jacqui has been delighted by the growth of this annual competition year on year, and the amazing ideas that have been put forward from schools all over the UK. The expansion of the entry criteria to now include clubs, organisations and youth groups will raise the standard even higher and she looks forward to judging this year’s entries.
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