Pride of Britain Awards

2017 Winner Grenfell Firefighters Heroic police officer risked her own life to tackle a man brandishing a gun at terrified nurses in a hospital ward London’s firefighters went above and beyond the call of duty to save lives when Grenfell Tower was devastated in Britain’s worst fire since the Blitz In the early hours of […]

2017 Winner Grenfell Community In the aftermath of the devastating tower fire, the people of Grenfell and the wider community united to offer help, support and shelter to those left bereaved and homeless After the flames were extinguished, the people of Grenfell and their neighbours came together in a remarkable effort to provide shelter and […]

2018 Winner Emma Picton-Jones Set up a charity supporting farmers with their mental 
health after her husband Dan took his own life Emma realised there was a gap in mental health services in rural areas after the death of her farmer husband Dan in 2016. Dan, 34, took his own life after battling depression and […]

2018 Winner West Midlands Fire Sevice Firefighters and a specialist rescue team carried out a nerve-racking operation against the clock to save a driver impaled on a metal railing On October 14, 2017, Phil Ewins was driving to a very special surprise. He had planned to propose to his girlfriend Dikla at the restaurant where […]

2018 Winner Omar Sharif After the deaths of three friends, the former gang member turned his life around to help and inspire others Growing up in an area of London where gun and knife crime were a way of life, Omar became involved in a gang when he was 16 years old. But when three […]

2018 Winner British Cave Rescue Team Divers who risked their lives to rescue 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a treacherous cave in Thailand When young members of a Thai football team were trapped deep underground in flooded caves in a remote area of Thailand, hope for their survival was fading fast. The […]