2012 Winner Ann and Terry Panks Ann and husband Terry have opened their home to more than 1,000 homeless young men. Some were drawn into gang crime, others made wrong choices, but they all faced life alone. Thanks to Ann and Terry, they’re given a haven to get their lives on track. The couple take […]
Year: 2021
Young Fundraiser of the Year
2013 Winner Martha Payne Fed up with dull school dinners, Martha Payne decided to showcase them in a daily blog – with astonishing results. The budding writer was just ten when she launched Never Seconds in April 2012, posting pictures of her canteen lunches with a critique of each meal. Much to her surprise, the […]
Fundraiser of the Year
2013 Winner Jean Bishop At the age of 91, you’d excuse Jean for slowing down a bit. But there’s just no stopping this fundraising legend known universally as “The Bee Lady”. Dressed in her eye-catching bee outfit, she’s out come rain or shine to collect loose change in a tin for good causes. It’s one […]
Special Recognition
2013 Winner The Hillsborough Families, presented to campaigner Margaret Aspinall The families of the 96 football supporters killed at Hillsborough already had to cope with the loss of their sons and daughters. But their grief was compounded in the most painful way imaginable as members of the establishment closed ranks in a bid to smear […]
Special Recognition
2013 Winner Daniel Black When Daniel Black read about a disabled boy who needed to raise thousands of pounds for treatment to help him walk, he did not hesitate to donate £22,000. But what makes his act of kindness truly awe-inspiring is that is was money had raised to help himself walk again after he […]
Child of Courage
2013 Winner Bailie Kershaw Bailie Kershaw was plunged into a terrifying life-or-death situation when his dad suffered a massive heart attack and collapsed in front of him. The 12-year-old was alone at home with his father because his mum Maureen, 48, was working late and his brothers and sisters were out. So it was up […]