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Isabel Thom, who has volunteered with the British Red Cross for 75 years.

Volunteer celebrates 75 years of service with the British Red Cross

Inspirational volunteer, Isabel Thom, celebrates 75 years of work with the British Red Cross - in the same year as the NHS marks 75 years in operation.

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Shop volunteer, Funke, standing outside the British Red Cross charity shop in Hull.

"When we got here, he spoke his first word"

People are forced to leave their countries for different reasons. For Funke, leaving Nigeria was the only way she could help her disabled son. So she left all she knew and started from scratch as a single mum in Hull.

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