2023 Winner Taylor Dignan Bullied youngster with a rare health condition is raising awareness and money for the hospitals that look after him. Taylor Dignan was just two days old when he was diagnosed with Anterior Segment Dysgenesis, a rare spectrum of disorders which in Taylor’s case means he is blind in one eye. Picked […]
Category: Manchester 2023 Winners
Special Recognition
2023 Winner Peter Garsden Pioneering lawyer has devoted his life and career to winning justice for victims of child sexual abuse for nearly 30 years. Peter Garsden was a young solicitor in 1994 when he took on a case that would change the course of his career. An old client shared the shocking story of […]
Emergency Services
2023 Winner PC Paul Spinks Off-duty police officer tackled a man waving a machete near schools in an area busy with parents and children. PC Paul Spinks was off duty last May when he spotted a man wielding a machete close to a school in Salford. With parents and children out on the school run, […]
Outstanding Contribution
2023 Winner Mines Advisory Group Team of disaster and conflict response experts, MAG is the world’s leading awareness and clearance organisation. Mines Advisory Group has been leading the way in one of the world’s most challenging fields for more than 30 years – working to clear deadly landmines from current and former conflict zones. The […]
Fundraiser of the Year
2023 Winner John Jones MBE Accordion-playing pensioner has raised more than £340,000 for charity, including the hospital that cared for his wife. HE’S been keeping patients and hospital staff entertained for more than three decades, raising more than a phenomenal £340,000 for charity in the process. And at 80 years old, accordion player John Jones, […]
Young Fundraiser of the Year
2023 Winner Hannah Miah Schoolgirl has raised more than £32,000 to help underprivileged youngsters in honour of her late grandfather’s memory. Hannah Miah grew up inspired by her community activist grandfather Mohammed, who along with her parents, taught her about the importance of charity. So when she watched a video about street children in Bangladesh, […]