Pride of Britain Awards

2016 Winner The Groves Family After 14-year-old Lillian was killed by a speeding driver who had been smoking cannabis, her family forced the government to change the law on drug-driving The day their daughter Lillian was knocked down and killed by a drug driver will be etched on Natasha and Gary Groves’ memory for ever. […]

2016 Winner Karen Johnson Given the devastating news her two sons would die before their teens from a rare condition, Karen resolved to help find a cure so other parents would not suffer the same agony  Karen was about to give birth to her second child when she was told her 18-month-old son Simon had […]

2016 Winner Nikki Christou The schoolgirl with a potentially life-threatening condition has become a social media star, with her video blogs showing others how to cope with chronic illness Nikki was just six when her parents noticed veins popping up on the right side of her face. She was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation (AVM), abnormal […]

2016 Winner Professor Stephen Hawking The world’s most influential scientist has changed the way we think about the world around us, despite battling a devastating illness for more than 50 years Professor Hawking has spent his career grappling with the biggest questions facing humanity: Why are we here? How did life begin? Can we travel […]

2016 Winner Rhea Kara The aspiring artist was so moved by the plight of children with an incurable condition that she painted a picture each day for 100 days and sold them, raising thousands for research Until her school chose Reverse Rett as its charity to support in 2014, Rhea had never heard of Rett […]

2016 Winner Tilly Sawford Tilly has defied the odds to survive and inspire others, enduring more than 500 operations after suffering 86% burns when she was a toddler Tilly was given a 5% chance of survival in March 2009 after she fell into a bath of scalding water. She was 15 months old, and playing […]