One in a MILLION!

This week, we're celebrating mum-of-five Charlie Baxter, 40, from Deptford, London. She says...

-  HANNAH CROCKER

Sitting on the sofa one night, I felt a vibration in my pocket. Pulling out my phone, I saw it was from one of the ladies who lived in the block of flats opposite the scout hall, where I was leader.

I’d always been very community minded, and I made it my business to get to know everybody.

‘Hey, what’s up?’ I said as I answered the call.

‘There’s a fire,’ she said in a panic. ‘We have to leave.’

‘What?’ I replied, sitting bolt upright as my husband Paul, 47, looked concerned.

‘Can you come and open up the scout hall?’ she asked. ‘There’s nowhere for us to go.’