Pride of Britain Awards

2002 Winner Sandra Walton In 1997, Pineapple Junior Infants School was a byword for failure. Its pupils were under-achieving, attendance was low and morale among staff was plummeting. The year before, Standard Attainment Test (SAT) results showed it was the third worst-performing school in the country. Today, all that has changed thanks to the inspirational […]

2002 Winner Emma Honey Jill McGowan knows better than most the misery caused by asthma. Not only is she a sufferer herself, but as a nurse she has spent 27 years treating people with breathing difficulties. By 1996 she had become used to seeing sufferers relying on inhalers and witnessed their ever-growing reliance on medication. […]

2002 Winner Barbara White When three-year-old Joanna Hastings lay ill in hospital, Barbara White made a promise to her that would eventually help change thousands of young lives. Barbara told the toddler she would help fulfil her wish of a trip to Disneyworld to meet Mickey Mouse. Tragically, Joanna died before her wish could be […]

2002 Winner Jill McGowan Jill McGowan knows better than most the misery caused by asthma. Not only is she a sufferer herself, but as a nurse she has spent 27 years treating people with breathing difficulties. By 1996 she had become used to seeing sufferers relying on inhalers and witnessed their ever-growing reliance on medication. […]

2003 Winner Sir Nicholas Winton If it hadn’t been for Sir Nicholas Winton, 669 children would almost certainly have perished in Nazi death camps. But his story does not end there – for even today, the 93-year-old still works tirelessly for good causes. He says: “To perform an act of goodness you have to be […]

2003 Winner Russel Ward Russell gave up his holiday to treat bomb victims and train the Bali fire service in rescue techniques.  The Bali bombing last October claimed almost 200 lives in the worst outrage since September 11, 2001. A blast ripped through the Kuta beach resort, turning the tropical paradise into a living hell. […]