• County Durham Adult Learner Award for Outstanding Achievement in Administration - Adult Learners' Week 2004

Discovering she was pregnant on the day of her GCSEs, Elizabeth left school without any qualifications and few prospects of securing employment. Elizabeth was encouraged to attend Derwentside College in an attempt to realise her ambitions of working in Administration. Elizabeth completed a range of courses with a string of distinctions, whilst juggling four part-time jobs alongside her course and family commitments. Currently working as an administrator, Elizabeth has gained the career she has strove for during recent years.

Left: Elizabeth Cassidy (right) with distinguished author - Anne Fine