BATTLING Jenny Hill is determined to live life to the full. And the ambitious teenager certainly won't let the fact that she has only got one leg get in the way of having fun.

Jenny, 15, of Bacup, had to have her right leg amputated when she was a baby and she now has to cope with a leather harness round her waist to hold a false leg in place.

But she has been honoured for her determined attitude, wit and humour by being named as one of only 150 Millennium Child of Achievement winners in the country.

Last week, Jenny, a pupil at Alder Grange High School, Rawtenstall and her parents, Andrew and Janet, travelled to London, where Jenny received her award from (pictured with her) actress June Whitfield, former Prime Minister John Major and Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas.

Jenny's older sister, Janine, who nominated her for the awards, said: "I am proud to call her my sister."

Her mum said: "We are so proud of her. This award really came out of the blue. Janine mentioned something about the awards, but I didn'think anything of it. Jenny had an absolutely wonderful time at the awards ceremony."

Jenny's parents have fostered 66 babies over the past 21 years and adopted Jenny after caring for her when she was a baby.

Janet said: "As well as fostering babies, we have also got two grown-up daughters who have children of their own. So Jenny loves children and wants to become a primary schoolteacher when she is older."

In the meantime, Jenny's spare time is taken up with weight-lifting, trampolining, rock-climing, bowling, and her favourite sport, swimming.

Janet added: "At the moment, she is out of action as she is having treatment on her left leg, but her dream is to get back swimming and compete in the Para-Olympics."

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