Pride of Britain Awards

2018 Winner Eddie O’Gorman Founded Children With Cancer UK with his late wife Marion, raising £230million in memory of their two children The O’Gorman family were enjoying a holiday in Florida when siblings Paul and Jean started worrying about their health. Paul, a sporty 14-year-old, complained of not feeling well and mum-of-one Jean, 29, had […]

2018 Winner Max Johnson Heart transplant patient was instrumental in changing organ donation rules. Max’s Law will save up to 700 lives a year Max was eight when he was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a crippling disease that affects the heart muscle. Doctors implanted an electric pump to keep him alive in the short term, […]

2018 Winner The Men and Women of the RAF Heroes who have defended Britain for 100 years against threats ranging from Hitler’s Luftwaffe to Islamist terrorists This year marks the centenary of the RAF. It was founded on April 1, 1918 when The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged, forming the […]

2018 Winner Icolyn Smith The pensioner has run Oxford Community Soup Kitchen for 28 years, providing food, clothes and comfort to those in need Icolyn was walking home from work when she saw a homeless man rummaging in bins for food. The heartbreaking sight stopped her in her tracks. Witnessing such desperation “sparked something” in […]

2018 Winner Edward Mills The young climber scaled the Old Man of Hoy for his 
terminally-ill mum, raising £35,000 for a cancer charity Hidden on top of the Old Man of Hoy, the iconic rock stack off the Orkney coastline is a small box. And tucked inside is a metal card engraved with the words: […]

2018 Winner Joe Rowlands Saved his dad’s life after their kayak capsized in icy seas, dragging him to safety from the water and carrying out CPR Joe is a typical teenager. He loves playing rugby and on his Xbox, and going out with his mates.But on February 22 he did something extraordinary. He saved his […]