2023 Winner CHRIS HOARE Community activist who transformed his crime-ridden estate into a model neighbourhood. Chris, now 75, formed the Birmingham South West community group 20 years ago on the Waterworks estate, near Hagley Road, in Edgbaston. Back then burglaries, car thefts and anti-social behaviour were rife, and the estate was plagued by drug dealers […]
Month: March 2023
Emergency Services Award
2023 Winner DEENA EVANS AND MICHAEL HIPGRAVE Heroic paramedics returned to work after a terrifying knife attack that nearly cost them their lives. Deena and Michael were responding with two police officers to a wellness check on a man in Wolverhampton because of concerns about his safety. Michael Smith’s mother had called 999 because he […]
Stephen Sutton Inspiration Award
2023 Winner EVA ABLEY Teenager with cerebral palsy who uses comedy to reach millions of people, break down barriers, and raise awareness and funds for others. Young comic Eva impressed the Britain’s Got Talent judges with her quick wit, determination and contagious energy – attributes she also uses to inspire others and raise money for […]
Child of Courage
2023 Winner FINLEY HASSALL Rescued a boy from drowning by using RNLI’s ‘float to live technique’, and pulling him back to shore. Finley was bodyboarding in the sea with his younger brother on a family holiday to Cornwall when he heard another child shouting for help. A boy of about Finley’s age had been swept […]