YOU have to hand it to people like Helen Harries and the four other nominees from Gwent for the Wales Care Awards.

These selfless people should be an inspiration to us all such is their dedication to caring for others.

Mrs Harries, who survived a terrible trauma 15 years ago, firmly believes she was given a second chance of life.

And she throws her all into providing life-enhancing activities for residents of the Cherry Tree Care Home in Caldicot with an enthusiastic zeal which would put most of us to shame.

Anthony Arcari, Katrina Snell Joyce Richards and Helen Williams are all deserving of our praise.

They all provide care in totally different environments and in different ways but they can be safe in the knowledge that the work they do makes a difference to people's lives.

And that really is worth celebrating.