Danny McCubbin
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Founder of the UK San Patrignano Association and Community Ambassador - Jamie Oliver's Better Food Foundation. For over 30 years, San Patrignano has welcomed young men and women facing challenges in life as a result of being addicted to drugs. Based on the Adriatic Coast of Italy the programme at San Patrignano is completely free. Danny works with anyone who is addicted to drugs and has expressed a desire to enter the community. Danny is also an Ambassador for the #BestJobs campaign in Australia.

Follow Danny on Twitter @dannymccubbin

and for more information on San Patrignano: http://www.sanpatrignano.org/en

Blog Entries by Danny McCubbin

Western Australia's "Taste Master", one of the Best Jobs in the World

(0) Comments | Posted 5 April 2013 | (23:42)

Fancy being crowned the "Taste Master" of Western Australia and spending six months travelling around the State sampling some of the best food and wine on offer? Tourism Australia, together with Tourism Western Australia, are running a competition to find the best candidate to take on this role. The person...

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Thank You Ban Ki-Moon

(0) Comments | Posted 5 April 2013 | (00:00)

I have just finished reading Ban Ki-moon's address to the residents of San Patrignano. On Wednesday the Secretary - General of the United Nations visited the drug rehabilitation community in Italy and in his address he mentions two residents that I am proud to call my friends -...

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Simple Minds

(0) Comments | Posted 20 March 2013 | (23:00)

This morning I received a call from my friend in Australia letting me know that one of our friends had taken his life over the weekend. I have suffered grief and loss before and today I did not know what to do - go to work and carry on? Stay...

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Running With the Olympic Torch for the Kids

(1) Comments | Posted 31 July 2012 | (00:00)

If you look closely at a picture that was taken of me running with the Olympic torch last week you will see an outline of my phone that I had unsuccessfully tried to conceal in my tracksuit just before the picture was taken.

This image was broadcast all over the...

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