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 […]
Category: Winners
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 […]
Child of Courage
2017 Winner Bradley Addison Powerchair football hero Bradley Addison has won a Child of Courage Award at Pride of Birmingham. The Solihull youngster refused to let serious illness stop him playing the sport he loves, and campaigning to help others. Bradley, 13, dreamed of playing for Aston Villa, but was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy […]
Lifetime Achievement
2017 Winner Marcia Shakespeare Inspirational anti-violence campaigner Marcia Shakespeare has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Pride of Birmingham. She was recognised for leading a tireless drive for peace after her daughter was murdered. Marcia has channelled the trauma of losing 17-year-old Letisha into a campaign aimed at steering teenagers and young adults […]
Judges Special Award
2017 Winner The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine & Help For Heroes The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine has been honoured at the Pride of Birmingham Awards for its vital leading role in the care and rehabilitation of British service men and women wounded on the frontline. The Centre was presented with a Judges’ Special […]
Fundraiser of the Year
2017 Winner Dave Heeley A blind runner who has covered the equivalent of two laps of planet Earth for charity has been named Fundraiser of the Year at the Pride of Birmingham Awards. Record-breaking Dave Heeley has raised more than £1million for charity along the way in a series of gruelling endurance challenges. Known affectionately […]