2019 Winner Patsy McKie After her son was shot dead amid spiralling gang violence in Manchester, Patsy set up Mothers Against Violence to help keep other young people safe. Patsy’s youngest son Dorrie was killed in August 1999, weeks before he was due to start a sports and leisure course at college. The 20-year-old was […]
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Outstanding Bravery
2019 Winner Eric Cavannagh Have-a-go hero foiled robbers armed with a gun and machete during a terrifying raid on a social club. Eric, 79, was on a night out with his wife at Brackley Conservative Club in September 2017, when the door buzzer rang at 10.10pm. A female member of staff opened the door, and […]
Outstanding Bravery
2019 Winner Joe Smalley Stockport man risked his own safety to rescue a young woman from a terrifying armed attacker. Joe was about to go to bed in the evening, when he heard screaming from outside his home. He ran outside, and searched alleyways to find a young woman on the ground. As he went […]
Lifetime Achievement
2019 Winner Neil Cliffe Has been fundraising and supporting cancer patients and their families for four decades, after beating the disease himself. After being diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 45 in 1981, Neil promised the surgeon who carried out his life-saving surgery, he would raise funds to buy an endoscope machine. He […]
Emergency Services
2019 Winner PC Mohammed Nadeem Police officer put his life at risk when he saved a man from a freezing, fast-flowing river. PC Mohammed Nadeem had only been in the job for nine months when he answered a radio call over concerns for a man near Hardy’s Gate Bridge, in Bury, last February. Arriving on […]
Special Recognition
2019 Winner Alex Johnson Founded Joining Jack and later Duchenne UK after her son was diagnosed with the disease, helping to raise awareness and millions of pounds for research into the condition. Alex’s son Jack was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 2011. The rare, degenerative muscle-wasting disease mainly affects boys, and leaves them needing […]