Pride of Britain Awards

2010 Winner Rachel Dixon After Rachel Dixon quit her job as a West End musical stage manager, she knew one profession where her skills would make a real difference. Since joining Ripple Primary School eight years ago, she has formed an award-winning samba band, staged countless school musicals and used unusual teaching techniques to transform […]

2010 Winner Mary Kelly For 34 years, throughout even the darkest days of The Troubles in the 1970s, grandmother Mary Kelly has devoted all her spare time to trying to unite young people in her divided community in North Belfast. And she has vowed to continue her good work despite a shocking level of intimidation […]

2010 Winner Nathan James Sharing a prison cell with a heroin addict going cold turkey was the final straw that made Nathan James abandon his criminal past. He has since embarked on a mission to inspire disadvantaged youths to break out of the same cycle of unemployment and crime that saw him jailed twice and […]

2010 Winner Counter-IED TaskForce, Afghanistan Imporvised Explosive Devices are one of the biggest threats to British and Allied forces in Afghanistan and the local population. It is the job of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) to try and combat the devastation wreaked by these homemade bombs that have killed 53 British […]

2010 Winner Aimee Dempsey When a fire in a bin suddenly exploded in a fireball, 12-year-old Aimee reacted quickly and decisively. Without panicking, she rushed to the aid of seven children, saving at least three from serious harm. Aimee was with 10 other youngsters, the youngest just five, helping a neighbour in a nearby street […]

2010 Winner Ryan McLaughlin When Ryan McLaughlin’s mum was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis his life changed forever. At just 13 he was forced to listen to Kirsten, 35, cry out in pain and to shoulder more responsibility – helping his father take care of her. But, as he watched her suffer, Ryan vowed to make […]