Pride of Britain Awards

2017 Winner Midland Langar Seva Society An inspirational charity that feeds the homeless has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Randhir Singh Heer and Parmjit Singh Bahia started the Midland Langar Seva Society, which offers an open kitchen to “all and everyone” in need of food every night of the week. Rooted in […]

2017 Winner Anthony Mathers A great-grandad who sent a gang of armed carjackers packing has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Anthony Mathers, 75, was hauled from his car by robbers who threatened him with a gun and knife in Acocks Green. But he fought them off, and said afterwards: “I was so […]

2017 Winner Michelle Quested An inspirational nurse who returned to the wards despite being paralysed from the waist down has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Michelle Quested was left wheelchair-bound following a car accident in 2010, and spent five months in hospital. But she never gave up on her dream of returning […]

2017 Winner Georgina Moseley A mum who is continuing her son’s legacy of love to help others has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Inspirational Harry Moseley raised more than £750,000 for charity after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2007. And since he passed away in 2011, aged just 11, […]

2017 Winner Moin Younis Inspirational teen Moin Younis was the toast of the city after winning a Pride of Birmingham Award. The Handsworth youngster was named as a Teenager of Courage for refusing to let serious illness stop him campaigning to help others. Moin suffers from an agonising and rare genetic skin disorder, Epidermolysis Bullosa, […]

2017 Winner Abbi Bennett Pint-sized charity champion Abbi Bennett has been named as Young Fundraiser of the Year at the Pride of Birmingham Awards. Abbi, nine, won the prestigious honour for helping to raise £147,000 for Muscular Dystrophy UK despite suffering from a rare form of the muscle wasting disease herself. She received her stunning […]