Pride of Britain Awards

2006 Winner Silla Carron People living in Camden’s notorious Clarence Way estate were too frightened to act against the junkies and the gangs operating near their homes. But when Silla saw an addict injecting heroin into his groin as she walked her four-year-old grand-daughter to school six years ago she snapped and nothing was going […]

2006 Winner Kirsteen Lupton Imagine standing up in front of hundreds of people and delivering a powerful and moving speech – at the age of just ten. Kirsteen Lupton, now 12, will do anything to help Great Ormond Street and has taken part in dozens of events to raise a staggering £767,000 for the hospital. […]

2006 Winner Linda Davies One headteacher has made going to school an out-of-this world experience for the children – literally. Thanks to Linda Davies, the pupils at Wiltshire’s Neston Primary School were the first in Britain to speak to an astronaut in space. And a futuristic glass dome classroom – a “Moonbase” similar to the […]

2006 Winner Stacey Heywood When their mother died suddenly, Stacey Heywood and her brother and sister were sent to different care homes. But thanks to Stacey’s incredible sacrifice the family are now back together. Aged just 21, Stacey is Britain’s youngest foster mother and has been the full-time carer of her two orphaned siblings for […]

2006 Winner Samantha Block At only five years old Samantha Block’s childhood was robbed from her after she was abused and put into care. But instead of being crushed by the experience, Samantha, 23, is dedicated to campaigning for a better deal for the 80,000 children in care in the UK – and for improved […]

2006 Winner Joe Mitty No high street is complete without a charity shop. But such a phenomenon could never have been achieved had it not been for the energy and enterprise of one man. Joe Mitty, 87, is the man behind the first charity shop in the country, having become Oxfam’s first ever employee, tasked […]