London: Mitch Winehouse, father of late singer Amy Winehouse, says Sarah Harding would be an “ideal” ambassador for his late daughter’s charity The Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Winehouse thinks the Girls Aloud singer, who checked into a rehab clinic in the US earlier this month with alcohol and depression problems, will be the correct person to speak to youngsters about the dangers of alcoholism and drug addiction, Contactmusic reported. He has set up the charity in memory of his daughter, who was found dead at her London home in July.
“If we could pick Sarah up when she recovers and put her in front of a school assembly to tell those kids the reality of drinking and alcoholism, it would be making a big start.
“Sarah will be ideal, but all in good time when she has faced her own problems. There might be some kids who actually take notice of what she has to say,” she said.
“We have been working with a group called Concordiat and we are going to take people in recovery into schools to speak about alcohol and drug issues. Who better to talk to kids than the people who have been there and done it?,” he said.
The foundation, which launched on September 14, has already made three 10,000 pounds donations to charities close to the late singer, children’s hospices Littlehaven’s and Chestnut Tree House, as well as Hopes And Dreams, which gives holidays to ill kids. (PTI)