A young Scottish ambassador for the Prince's Trust has said support she received from the charity helped her realise "she can do anything".
Emma-May Millar struggled with her mental health after years of being bullied at school left her with low self esteem and severe anxiety.
The 23-year-old, from Falkirk, is a carer for her parents and spotted an advert on Facebook for The Prince's Trust and started to take part in courses.
After receiving support from the charity, Emma-May noticed a massive improvement in her confidence and she successfully applied to Stirling University to study Criminology.
The King presented Emma-May with the Young Changemaker Award in 2022, which she described as "life changing" and "completely surreal". She has since met King Charles for a second time and made the decision to travel to London for his Coronation.
Speaking in an interview with the BBC's Anita Rani on The Mall, Emma-May said: "In January of 2020, I started receiving support from my youth development lead Ewan. It was identified that I was in a really bad place. I did one of their programmes called Explore which is all about finding confidence, learning to be yourself and building self resilience.
"Growing up being a young carer and also struggling with social anxiety disorder, I was at a point where I wasn't leaving my room. I wasn't able to have friends, I didn't have any hobbies. I had no life and I was stuck in my room 24/7.
"It [Prince's Trust] gave me the realisation that I can do anything, I just need to push myself out of my comfort zone a little and push myself to just be me."
She added: "Now I do lots of different events, I am a young ambassador for Prince's Trust so I get to attend so many events and meet lots of different people, I'm getting to enjoy my life."
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