2004 Winner Cornel Hrisca-Munn Cornel was born with no lower arms and one of his legs severely deformed but has not let his disability stop him from living life to the full. Soon after his birth in Romania, doctors took him from his parents and put him in an orphanage, saying he would probably die […]
Year: 2021
Child of Courage
2004 Winner Danny Taylor When he was just four years old, little Danny Taylor trekked nearly a mile in the middle of a cold night to save his diabetic mother’s life. Clad only in pyjamas, and equipped with a dummy and his mum’s handbag with his train set tucked safely inside, the brave toddler set […]
Child of Courage
2004 Winner Scott Muir Inspirational teenager Scott is the only member of his family who can hear – and that means this schoolboy helps his profoundly deaf mum, dad and two brothers cope with their silent world. Scott answers the phone, orders meals in restaurants and helps with trips to the post office, doctor and […]
Outstanding Bravery
2004 Winner Lynsey Walters A trip on the last bus home after a night on the town turned into a journey from hell for Lynsey Walters when she risked her life to save a man being viciously stabbed. As she boarded the number 58 bus in Redditch, near Birmingham, Lynsey noticed two young lads at […]
Outstanding Bravery
2004 Winner Rick Buckley In August 2002 AA patrolman Rick Buckley was driving round a notorious bend in North Yorkshire known as “Devil’s Elbow”, when he thought he’d stumbled onto the set of a movie. Rick says: “A minibus passed me and suddenly there was a massive smash, I looked in the mirror and saw […]
Carer of the Year
2004 Winner Birdie McDonald More than 800 children from around the world call 62-year-old Birdie McDonald “mum.” For the past 28 years Birdie, of Wembley, London, has fostered so many children she finds it difficult to keep count. Social services say it is in excess of 800. To make sure her ever-growing family can stay […]