2022 Winner CHARLOTTE ASPLEY Charity fundraiser and marathon runner – challenging stereotypes around disability and inspiring others to achieve. Charlotte Aspley has a learning disability and Mosaic Down’s syndrome (a rare form of Down’s syndrome), which gives her poor muscle tone and visual impairment, but this hasn’t stopped her from notching up some incredible achievements. […]
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Child of Courage
2022 Winner OSCAR JEALOUS Terminally-ill schoolboy inspires others as he keeps smiling through his battle with devastating Batten Disease. Oscar was diagnosed with degenerative neurological condition, Batten Disease, just before the first lockdown in 2020. The disease affects his nervous system and sufferers slowly lose their sight and motor skills. Mum Dani said: “Oscar met […]
Teenager of Courage
2022 Winner LOTTIE FRASCINA Brave teen who raised thousands of pounds for the hospital that saved her life with moving TikTok videos. Teenager Lottie was rushed to Birmingham Children’s Hospital after a sinus infection spread to her brain, causing five potentially deadly cerebral abscesses on her frontal lobe. Surgeons carried out a craniotomy, removing part […]
Child of Courage
2022 Winner ELIZABETH SOFFE Brave youngster who suffered third degree burns over 60 per cent of her body as a baby has raised more than £200,000 for the hospital where she was treated. Elizabeth, eight, suffered severe burns in a fire when she was six months old. Mum Sinead had just put her down in […]