2018 Winner Tristan Price Tristan is just ten years old but he has already raised more than £600 to help Birmingham’s homeless community. After visiting Birmingham to enjoy a show at the theatre the youngster from Sedgley was moved by the number of rough sleepers on the streets, and he vowed to help them. With […]
Category: Birmingham 2018 Winners
Child of Courage
2018 Winner Tilly Barker Tilly’s brother Henry was born at Birmingham Women’s Hospital with a serious genetic disorder in April 2016. When it became clear that he would be unable to breathe unaided, doctors gave his family the heartbreaking news that nothing could be done to save him. The family was referred to Acorns Children’s […]
Fundraiser of the Year
2018 Winner James Golding James was a successful businessman in his 20s when doctors found a large tumour between his spine and kidneys. His weight dropped from 14 stone to six stone and he lost the ability to walk. He was given a 5% chance of surviving, went into cardiac arrest during surgery and spent […]
TSB Community Partner
2018 Winner Anwar Khattak Anwar Khattak, from Small Heath, started the Birmingham Youth Sport Academy as a way to get his nephews and their friends to take part in sport at the weekend. The academy promotes football to keep children and teenagers occupied and away from potential trouble. Today, over 150 boys from the age […]
Emergency Services
2018 Winner Lyndon Flavell In a scene that could be plucked from a Hollywood movie firefighter Lyndon risked his life to balance on the top rung of a ladder to rescue a young boy dangling by his ear from a tower block window 40 feet above the ground. Station Commander Wayne Little, of West Midlands […]
Outstanding Bravery
2018 Winner Harry Athwal Harry, from Great Barr, was on holiday in Barcelona last August when a terrorist drove his van into pedestrians on Las Ramblas, killing 13 people and injuring 130. He was eating lunch on a first floor terrace in a restaurant when the terrorist struck and was not in any immediate danger […]