2013 Winner Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, Amanda Donnelly & Gemini Donnelly-Martin When an off-duty soldier was hacked to death in a London street, three women thought nothing of their own safety to step in. Hailed as the Angels of Woolwich, Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, Amanda Donnelly & Gemini Donnelly-Martin stepped forward from the crowds of terrified onlookers to calm […]
Year: 2021
Teenager of Courage
2013 Winner Malala Yousafzai Malala defied the terrorists who shot her in the head in an attempt to silence her, and at the age of 15 became a powerful global voice demanding education for girls. The schoolgirl was targeted by militant Islamists furious at a blog she had written. In it she gave honest accounts […]
Lifetime Achievement
2013 Winner Prof. Ray Powles CBE and Prof. Trevor Powles CBE Inspired by doctors who saved their lives as teenagers, identical twins Ray and Trevor Powles embarked on medical careers of their own that would see them transform cancer treatment. For more than 50 years, the brothers have been at the forefront of the fight […]
Local Hero
2013 Winner Anne Scarfe Anne volunteers at all hours of the night as a street pastor, helping young people get home safely at the end of a night out. Every Saturday night, whatever the weather, Anne and a team of volunteers go out in Plymouth until around 4am, helping those who are feeling a little […]
Emergency Services
2013 Winner RNLI Flood Rescue Team This team of volunteers braved treacherous, life threatening conditions to save the life of a woman swept away by fast-flowing flood waters. Vanessa Glover, 46, was caught in the floods in Devon as she drove home two nights before Christmas with her husband Paul and son Silas, 7. Their […]
Emergency Services
2014 Winner PC Sara Widdrington Sara Widdrington was off duty when she popped into Tesco with her son to pick up shopping for their dinner – and ended up tackling a gunman. The mum-of-two was being served at a checkout when she looked up from her bags to see why the cashier had suddenly stopped […]