2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Tracey and Phil Payton Champions to thank for the inspirational ‘End of Treatment’ bells which patients ring to celebrate milestones or completion of their cancer therapy. Tracey and Phil are the driving force behind the initiative which helps children – and now adults – to celebrate reaching milestones or finishing […]
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Young Fundraisers
2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Ruben and Elena Evans-Guillen Twins with ADHD have channelled their energies into sponsored treks and superhero challenges for NHS-related charities, raising more than £45,000. Ruben and Elena, from Warrington, were diagnosed with ADHD when they were six. Their parents Mark and Mercedes, determined to channel their huge energy into something […]
Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Professor Tony Redmond Manchester medic has led the UK’s response to international humanitarian disasters for more than 30 years. Professor Tony Redmond, 70, founded UK-Med, which has deployed doctors around the world to deal with humanitarian disasters since 1988. He’s one of the world’s leading experts in disaster response, and […]
The Marcus Rashford’s Children Champion
2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Lydia Ina Supermum fostered more than 300 children in Manchester and opened an orphanage in Nigeria. Lydia has spent decades fostering children. After her own children moved out she would care for as many as five youngsters at a time in her home in Didsbury and later in Fallowfield. She […]
TSB Community Hero
2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Jane Gregory Has helped thousands of women escape domestic abuse through the inspirational Salford Survivor Project she set up and runs. Jane was inspired to set up Salford Survivors after two local women were murdered by their abusive ex-partners. She had grown up in a violent household herself, spending time […]
Teenager of Courage
2022 Winner PRIDE OF MANCHESTER Liam Preece Brave teenager who started a YouTube channel to support fellow cancer sufferers. Liam, 15, has endured two years of gruelling treatment for bone cancer, but despite his own challenges, he is determined to try and help others feel better. The Stalybridge teenager was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type […]