Global humanitarian award for Lichfield kindness campaigner Sebbie

A man who carries out daily acts of kindness and raises funds for community causes has been given a World Humanitarian Award.

Sebbie Hall, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, was born with a rare chromosome anomaly that affects his mobility, communication, and learning.

Despite these challenges, he has spent the past five years carrying out daily acts of kindness and raising funds for community causes.

The 22-year-old was given his award after being selected to represent the UK at the One World One Culture Festival in southern India. He said he believes kindness is his superpower.

His mother, Ashley Hall, said organisers were looking for someone who transforms lives through compassion, and that’s what they saw in Sebbie.

“Every day he is living with a rare condition and can’t read or write but look how far his message of kindness has travelled. He believes that everyone has the ability to make a difference, they just have to take the first step.”

Through the Sebbie Hall Kindness Foundation, he has raised more than £100,000 for grassroots and national organisations.

His acts of kindness include donating more than 5,000 meals to food banks, delivering laptops to children without online access, and providing communication devices to disabled young people.

He has now set his sights on raising £1m to fund an assisted living village for young people with disabilities. After receiving his award, he told his mother: “I told you my ripple of kindness can travel across the world.”