2017 Winner Bradley Addison Powerchair football hero Bradley Addison has won a Child of Courage Award at Pride of Birmingham. The Solihull youngster refused to let serious illness stop him playing the sport he loves, and campaigning to help others. Bradley, 13, dreamed of playing for Aston Villa, but was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy […]
Category: Birmingham 2017 Winners
Lifetime Achievement
2017 Winner Marcia Shakespeare Inspirational anti-violence campaigner Marcia Shakespeare has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Pride of Birmingham. She was recognised for leading a tireless drive for peace after her daughter was murdered. Marcia has channelled the trauma of losing 17-year-old Letisha into a campaign aimed at steering teenagers and young adults […]
Judges Special Award
2017 Winner The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine & Help For Heroes The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine has been honoured at the Pride of Birmingham Awards for its vital leading role in the care and rehabilitation of British service men and women wounded on the frontline. The Centre was presented with a Judges’ Special […]
Fundraiser of the Year
2017 Winner Dave Heeley A blind runner who has covered the equivalent of two laps of planet Earth for charity has been named Fundraiser of the Year at the Pride of Birmingham Awards. Record-breaking Dave Heeley has raised more than £1million for charity along the way in a series of gruelling endurance challenges. Known affectionately […]
TSB Community Partner
2017 Winner Midland Langar Seva Society An inspirational charity that feeds the homeless has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Randhir Singh Heer and Parmjit Singh Bahia started the Midland Langar Seva Society, which offers an open kitchen to “all and everyone” in need of food every night of the week. Rooted in […]
Outstanding Bravery
2017 Winner Anthony Mathers A great-grandad who sent a gang of armed carjackers packing has been honoured with a Pride of Birmingham Award. Anthony Mathers, 75, was hauled from his car by robbers who threatened him with a gun and knife in Acocks Green. But he fought them off, and said afterwards: “I was so […]