Gordon Brown speech for Community Links Charity

Gordon Brown speech for Community Links Charity; ENGLAND: London: Newham: INT Prime minister Gordon Brown up to podium / Gordon Brown (Prime minister) speech SOT - It is wholly appropriate when as a country we are living through a week when communities have come together as one to face huge challenges, that we celebrate the contribution of local everyday heroes who make the difference and make Britain what it is today -I have just come from a meeting of the emergency committee COBRA and the Cabinet where we have heard at first hand not only of the heroic efforts of the emergency services, our armed forces and communities themselves who are battling the flood waters, but also of their success in restoring power to some of the homes without it and preventing others from losing their electricity supply /We will continue to do all we can to help those affected - A few weeks ago brave men and women, from explosive experts and airport workers to ordinary volunteers and members of the public, helped thwart three conspiracies to murder and maim British citizens - Now this week we have seen in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury and in the surrounding communities men and women help each other support each other and often simply be there for each other / And in response to the unprecedented floods and their aftermath we have seen again and again what we witnessed a week or two ago throughout Yorkshire and Humberside: neighbour helping neighbour; young helping old; those with transport helping those who are stranded; and doing so selflessly - And so it is an immense privilege to be here today to have the chance to recognise publicly the contribution of Britain's Everyday Heroes and do so with such a powerful and successful community group, Community Links led so ably by David Robinson whose founding belief is one we understand very well after the events of the last few weeks and one that I embrace / That we all need help at some times in our lives and we all have s...