Pride of Britain Awards

2018 Winner Emma Picton-Jones Set up a charity supporting farmers with their mental 
health after her husband Dan took his own life Emma realised there was a gap in mental health services in rural areas after the death of her farmer husband Dan in 2016. Dan, 34, took his own life after battling depression and […]

2018 Winner West Midlands Fire Sevice Firefighters and a specialist rescue team carried out a nerve-racking operation against the clock to save a driver impaled on a metal railing On October 14, 2017, Phil Ewins was driving to a very special surprise. He had planned to propose to his girlfriend Dikla at the restaurant where […]

2018 Winner Omar Sharif After the deaths of three friends, the former gang member turned his life around to help and inspire others Growing up in an area of London where gun and knife crime were a way of life, Omar became involved in a gang when he was 16 years old. But when three […]

2018 Winner British Cave Rescue Team Divers who risked their lives to rescue 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a treacherous cave in Thailand When young members of a Thai football team were trapped deep underground in flooded caves in a remote area of Thailand, hope for their survival was fading fast. The […]

2018 Winner Eddie O’Gorman Founded Children With Cancer UK with his late wife Marion, raising £230million in memory of their two children The O’Gorman family were enjoying a holiday in Florida when siblings Paul and Jean started worrying about their health. Paul, a sporty 14-year-old, complained of not feeling well and mum-of-one Jean, 29, had […]

2018 Winner Max Johnson Heart transplant patient was instrumental in changing organ donation rules. Max’s Law will save up to 700 lives a year Max was eight when he was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a crippling disease that affects the heart muscle. Doctors implanted an electric pump to keep him alive in the short term, […]