Graham Lee: 'The only positive thing to come from this injury is I've met some of the most amazing people on this planet'
Lee Mottershead talks to a host of inspirational people at Jack Berry House's tenth birthday party
It's a place of hope.
Those who spend time in Jack Berry House will talk about the kindness, love and warmth that abound within its now decade-old walls. For regular visitors, it offers comfort and community, recovery and rehabilitation. It is a place where the kettle is never less than hot to the touch, a house by name but a home by nature. It is a place that brings so much to so many. To almost all it brings hope.
True to the laws of supply and demand, hope is at its most valuable when seemingly hardest to find. For Graham Lee, it continues to be a priceless commodity and has been ever since his life, and the lives of those around him, were changed in a Newcastle fall 19 months ago.
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