Pride of Britain Awards

2019 Winner Neelam Heera Founded charity to raise awareness about sexual health issues, particularly among women from minority backgrounds, and boost their mental health. When student Neelam was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2015 and suffered a burst cyst, she turned to the internet for answers and support. But instead she was trolled and was told […]

2019 Winner Rosemary Cox Successfully campaigned to set up the first Organ Donor Register in the UK, helping to save thousands of lives. After their 24-year-old son Peter died in 1989 following a brain tumour, Rosemary and John Cox saw the need for a register for people who wish to donate their organs. Peter had […]

2019 Winner Charlie Fogarty Talented footballer who suffered a life-changing brain injury has rebuilt his life to set up a disabled football team and become an inspiring motivational speaker. At 15, Charlie was set for a career in professional football. He spent four years in the Birmingham City Academy before joining MK Dons, and had […]

2019 Winner Daisy-May Demetre Inspirational schoolgirl has become a catwalk star on prosthetic blades, after having both legs amputated as a toddler. Daisy was born with fibula hemimelia – a birth defect where part or all of the calf bone is missing. Neither of her feet had developed properly due to the condition, as she […]

2019 Winner Liz Mumford Grandmother tackled criminals in Birmingham at the age of 70, making her one of Britain’s oldest frontline police officers. When Liz applied to join the police in her late 40s, she was worried she would be told she was too old. But more than 20 years later, she is one of […]

2019 Winner John Conway Risked his own safety to climb into the crater of an active volcano in Bali to go to the aid of a badly injured holidaymaker. West Midlands firefighter John Conway was on holiday on the Indonesian island when a woman in his group on a tour fell 40m from a viewing […]