BIG BROTHER troublemaker Charley had nothing but words of support for our Carole in her eviction night interview with Davina McCall.

When asked who should win, the frank talking 22-year-old from South East London said: "Carole needs to win. She's so poor, I love her. She's got a heart of gold. She made me feel so welcome."

Charley would have continued to complement our local Whipps Cross Hospital campaigner if she had had more time.

Carole Vincent, 53, a mother-of-two, who has welcomed around 100 foster children into her home, is an unemployed sexual health and youth worker who now helps others for free.

"It is true my mum hasn't got any money," said Carole's daughter Ebony, 26.

"When she left to go into the house she was on benefits and doing lots of voluntary work for Great Ormond Street Hospital and for the Step Out group in Tower Hamlets, for young people who are coming out in their sexuality. She does it all without getting paid.

"She is incredibly giving, even to the detriment of herself. She does face-painting for parties and gives all the money she makes to CWAC, the Children with Aids Charity."

Since she lost her job with Waltham Forest Council's teenage pregnancy service Carole has had a hard time securing paid work, which she believes is because of her age and because she was arrested when protesting against the war at Home Secretary John Reid's visit to Leyton last year.

Although Carole, of Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, had to give up her jobseeker's allowance when she entered the house, her family are happy to support her.

Ebony said: "We are trying to make sure her bills are paid so she doesn't lose her house and doesn't get into debt. I think my mum's in there worrying about it, but she needn't worry."