Pride of Britain Awards

2012 Winner Jack Carroll Cerebral palsy sufferer Jack Carroll refuses to let his ­condition hold him back. Instead he uses stand-up comedy to laugh in the face of it, inspiring thousands of other disabled children. The hilarious schoolboy, who needs a wheelchair to get around because his condition causes difficulty with movement, posture and coordination, […]

2012 Winner Jack Henderson Armed with paper, colouring pencils and a big dose of cheeky charm, Jack has raised almost £30,000 for the hospital that looked after his little brother Noah, after coming up with a unique fundraising scheme when he was just six. Energetic Jack had the idea of drawing pictures in return for […]

2012 Winner Corporal Carl Taylor Corporal Carl Taylor put his life on the line twice by running across open ground in a hail of bullets to save the lives of three children in Afghanistan during an intense firefight with Taliban insurgents. Carl, who serves with the 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, was a section commander […]

2012 Winner Jay Kamiraz Sleeping next to overflowing bins behind an inner city hostel, Jay Kamiraz thought his life was over, at just 17. The teenager was homeless after struggling to come to terms with the effects of a savage unprovoked attack by seven men. After a month in hospital, Jay was afraid he would […]

2012 Winner Katie Piper Scarred for life in a horrific acid attack organised by her violent ex, Katie Piper battled back to inspire millions of young women. The 29-year-old launched her Katie Piper Foundation in 2009 to raise awareness of the plight of victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries. The charity campaigns for specialist […]

2012 Winner Natalie Aggiano After her mother was murdered, Natalia Aggiano chose to give one of her own kidneys to save a stranger’s life, in an astonishing legacy of love. Natalia was 19 when her paranoid schizophrenic father stabbed mum Elva to death. She vowed to do something positive in her mother’s memory. So when […]