Has devoted her life to helping families, young people and victims of crime, as well as helping to tackle the causes of gang violence.

Bereaved mum created a charity in her daughter’s memory to give emotional support to children with a terminal or life-threatening illness and their families.

After their son died suddenly, this couple decided to raise funds for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, saving many other lives in the process.

Has taken on a series of eye-catching charity challenges, raising awareness as well as cash to help cancer sufferers.

Has battled breast cancer, suffered a stroke and lives with multiple brain tumours and liver cancer, but has raised thousands to help others.

Survived a Taliban terror attack on his school that killed his brother and classmates, and is now using his voice to stop youth radicalisation.