When Beth Powell nervously entered a summer camp for seriously ill children to volunteer for the first time in 2012, she couldn’t have imagined the impact it would have on her life.

Hackney Gazette: Beth (back row, fourth from left) with the Over the Wall crewBeth (back row, fourth from left) with the Over the Wall crew (Image: Archant)

Then 21, the Stoke Newington native had signed up to help out at Over the Wall to pass the time on a break from her zoology degree.

Now, she is set to volunteer on her eighth camp and has swapped her dreams of working in a zoo to study a second degree so she can become a doctor for the charity.

“I remember walking up the driveway my first time and thinking ‘what am I doing?’,” explains Beth. “Now I look at it as the best thing I’ve ever done. I’m looking forward to the day I can become part of the medical team.”

To volunteer at Over the Wall summer camps, visit otw.org.uk.