2023 Winner THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES VOLUNTEERS Birmingham 2022 was the biggest and best Commonwealth Games in history with 1.3 million people packing into sports venues across the city to watch more than 5,000 athletes performing at their peak. Record-breaking TV and online viewing figures meant the Games reached an audience of hundreds of millions across […]
Category: Birmingham 2023 Winners
Special Recognition Award
2023 Winner DELORES AND HECTOR PINKNEY Inspiring sibling activists and volunteers who have spent 50 years serving their community. Delores and Hector grew up with activist parents, and have built on their work to create a legacy of their own. Volunteering and advocating for others certainly runs in the family. Rudolph and Mavis Pinkney’s home […]
Special Recognition Award
2023 Winner DAWN ASTLE Daughter of West Brom legend Jeff Astle is the driving force behind the campaign to raise awareness of the risk of brain injuries in sport. Former West Brom and England striker Jeff, who scored the winning goal in the 1968 FA Cup Final, was 59 when he died in 2002 from […]
Triumph Over Adversity
2023 Winner THE CHATTING FAMILY Young cancer survivor Carter, his parents and sister have raised more than £330,000 to thank the medics who gave him lifesaving care. Chatting was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia six years ago, when he was four. He underwent three and a half years of treatment before being declared cancer-free. Inspired […]
TSB Community Hero
2023 Winner ASHA RAGE Football coach is using the sport to keep young people away from gang violence and build bridges in the community. When Asha Rage enrolled on a coaching course at Aston Villa, she wasn’t really there to learn about tactics and the merits of a flat back four. She had never played […]
Lifetime Achievement
2023 Winner REVEREND EVE PITTS The Church of England’s first black, female vicar is a pioneering cleric and anti-racism campaigner. Eve has spent decades supporting parishioners, challenging racism and calling out institutional prejudice in her own faith. She is passionate about visibility, sharing black history and educating those around her about the reality and legacy […]