Pride of Britain Awards

2002 Winner Sophie Knight The floods which hit Britain in December 2000 cost the nation tens of millions of pounds in lost business and damage to homes. But the freak weather conditions almost cost four-year-old Rosie Knight her life. While out walking with her mother and older sister Sophie, she mistook the swollen River Avon […]

2002 Winner Mark Glover Just 15 years ago a fur coat was as much a status symbol as a Ferrari or a Rolex, but today most people would not be seen dead in anything dead. And it is all down to the commitment of one man. Mark Glover had endured bankruptcy and threats to his […]

2002 Winner Sandra Walton In 1997, Pineapple Junior Infants School was a byword for failure. Its pupils were under-achieving, attendance was low and morale among staff was plummeting. The year before, Standard Attainment Test (SAT) results showed it was the third worst-performing school in the country. Today, all that has changed thanks to the inspirational […]

2002 Winner Emma Honey Jill McGowan knows better than most the misery caused by asthma. Not only is she a sufferer herself, but as a nurse she has spent 27 years treating people with breathing difficulties. By 1996 she had become used to seeing sufferers relying on inhalers and witnessed their ever-growing reliance on medication. […]

2002 Winner Barbara White When three-year-old Joanna Hastings lay ill in hospital, Barbara White made a promise to her that would eventually help change thousands of young lives. Barbara told the toddler she would help fulfil her wish of a trip to Disneyworld to meet Mickey Mouse. Tragically, Joanna died before her wish could be […]

2002 Winner Jill McGowan Jill McGowan knows better than most the misery caused by asthma. Not only is she a sufferer herself, but as a nurse she has spent 27 years treating people with breathing difficulties. By 1996 she had become used to seeing sufferers relying on inhalers and witnessed their ever-growing reliance on medication. […]