Young Hero Award Winner: Teddy

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Eight-year-old 8-year-old Teddy Michaelides from Southampton won the Young Hero Award in BBC Radio Solent's Make a Difference Awards for 2026. Teddy has prevented over 11,000 plastic sweet tubs from ending up in land-fill, ensuring they’re responsibly recycled and raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.