The last few years have been tough for Kodie but she has inspired everyone around her with her resilience.
“I asked the Lord Provost, Jacqueline McLaren, in to our school,” she says, matter-of-factly. “I mean, I’d never met the Lord Provost before, but I knew she was important, and I thought she should be involved.”Kodie in Lochend Community High, where she is in fifth year.
Vicki Lockhart, deputy head at Lochend, says: “We are tremendously proud of everything Kodie has achieved throughout her time at Lochend. She is a natural leader who motivates younger pupils to be their best selves. “He was fit and healthy, so he really fought it and he’s okay now,” she says. “But three months later, my gran was diagnosed with cancer and it destroyed me.”“She fought it too, she wasn’t supposed to make it to Christmas, but she fought it for three years,” says the teenager, proudly, with tears in her eyes. “I was so close to my gran, and when she died, it felt like everything was over.
Kodie now volunteers at a range of local projects, including helping out on litter-picks with Wellhouse Housing Association, and volunteering at Connect Community Trust. “I love helping younger people get involved,” she says. “I run a Friday night basketball club, supported by Basketball“I really love my football. I love it when girls come along. A lot of girls don’t feel comfortable playing in mixed sessions and I get that.”
She adds: “Sport is my passion, my escape from reality. When I was grieving and angry, I took up karate, and that helped me.
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