A CHARITABLE volunteer who has been helping people in need for 30 years has won a Your Champions Award.

Richard Price, of Acres Lane in Upton, is a Samaritan volunteer and Your Champions Champion of the Year.

Richard said: “I do a four-hour shift every week, looking after two emergency phones, responding to emails and, as part of a pilot scheme, text messages. We also see visitors who come into our Chester and District Samaritans office face-to-face.

His wife Ann Price, who nominated Richard, said: “He is the most caring, patient man you can always rely on.

“He is always fighting for the underdog, for affected kids, battling on for those after others have given up on them.

“He has nursed me through breast cancer, and has fostered children down the years.”