I DON'T know about you, but I am thoroughly fed up of reading about all the horrible and stupid things adults are up to at the moment.

I’m done with vile abuse to MPs on Twitter, the sad state Bolton Wanderers has been allowed to get into and the interminable fiasco that is Brexit. So instead, let’s talk about kind, brave children - Bolton youngsters who make a positive difference to their community and are a credit to their families and their schools.

First, say hello to Anya Ottley from Little Lever. She is a pupil at Mytham Primary School, and was featured in these pages this week. Anya was just six-years-old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer in November 2017.

It is a situation that would be daunting and bleak for the toughest of people.

Anya faced 28 rounds of chemotherapy and a major operation to remove her left kidney. But instead of letting the devastating news overwhelm her, even at such a young age, she chose to be positive – and not just about her own situation. She decided to help others. As she underwent treatment, Anya was catapulted into the limelight when her singing performance at a family wedding went viral on YouTube and amassed more than a million views.

Last July Anya underwent a successful operation which brought her treatment to an end. Since then she and her thankful family have raised almost £20,000 for the Little Princess Trust and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. The Trust provided Anya with a wig to wear during treatment. She and mum, Kathryn, donated their hair to the charity to help create more wigs. Mum and daughter raised an astonishing £12,000 in a three-week fund-raiser.

It’s a story that makes you glad there are people like Anya and her supportive family in the world. On Wednesday night, the little girl from Little Lever received well deserved recognition for her bravery and selflessness when she was honoured at the first ever Pride of Manchester Awards.

It is proof that children can make a difference, whether that is by demonstrating the tremendous courage shown by Anya, or just learning to be good people.

This week I watched with a big smile on my face as pupils from Beaumont Primary School in Ladybridge visited members of a local Meet and Greet group set up community champion Taherah Gora to enable residents to get out of their homes to socialise once a week.

Each month the children visit the group at Ladybridge Community Centre and chat with the group, many of whom are elderly, about what they have been learning at school.

This week they talked about how they planned to aim to be better people. They had taken time to write their thoughts down and confidently articulated them to their delighted audience.

The children were excited to be there and I left feeling that inspiring children like Anya and the caring pupils at Beaumont Primary are just the tonic we need in these dispiriting times.