2007 Winner Pam Redican Pam Redican’s dedication to so-called ‘difficult’ children is second to none. The mother-of-two spent her own childhood in a series of children and foster homes, and turned to alcohol as a teenager. Nearly 30 years later, she spent her lifesavings entering a clinic for two weeks to dry out for good. […]
Year: 2021
Special Recognition
2007 Winner Henry Allingham World War One veteran Henry Allingham remembers things that most of us have only ever read about in textbooks. At the age of 111, his life has spanned three centuries, six monarchs and 21 Prime Ministers. One of his oldest memories is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901, when he […]
Child of Courage
2008 Winner Liam Fairhurst To lose a friend to cancer while battling the disease yourself is unimaginably hard for any young person. But to take inspiration from this and set out to raise £150,000 to help other children with cancer is remarkable. Liam’s journey began in 2005 when he was diagnosed with a tumour in […]
Child of Courage
2008 Winner Tilly Griffiths Tilly suffers from a muscle-wasting illness that leaves her physically unable to do everyday things most people take for granted. Yet the eight-year-old has an incredible zest for life that makes her feel as free as a butterfly, and led her to raise £360,000 so children like her could feel the […]
Child of Courage
2008 Winner Jade Ashton Diabetic Aubrina Ashton relies on four injections a day to keep her blood sugar from plummeting and sending her into a life-threatening coma. Little did she know that by oversleeping one morning, she would suffer a terrifying diabetic collapse – or that it would be her five-year-old son, Jaden, who would […]
Child of Courage
2008 Winner Nathan Thomson At just nine-years-old, Nathan Thomson saved his mother from a crazed attacker who broke into the family home intent on killing her. The youngster was in his bedroom about to go to sleep when he heard a strange man’s voice coming from his parent’s room. When he went to investigate he […]