Pride of the North East Awards

North East Winners 2018

Mark and Lisa Rutherford and Caroline Curry

Special Recognition

Teenage sweethearts Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry, from South Shields, were killed when a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert last May

Graham Wylie

Lifetime Achievement

Businessman and philanthropist Graham Wylie has became one of the North East's most successful businessmen after co-founding The Sage Group, the UK's biggest software company in 1981
Lynne Davis and Cheryl McDonald

TSB Community Partner Award

Lynne and Cheryl set up their Community Corner charity four years ago, which sells donated goods to raise money for worthy causes in South Tyneside. They have been dubbed “angels in the community” as they dedicate their days to making people’s lives better

Ivan Hollingsworth

Fundraiser of the Year

Ivan started his fundraising nine years ago after his newborn son Sebastian had life-saving surgery at the Children’s Heart Unit, at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital
Callum Lane-Tingle

Young Fundraiser of the Year

Callum Lane-Tingle from Fairfield, Stockton, has raised more than £15,000 in the 11 months since his dad Andy discovered he had terminal kidney cancer

Sgt Elliott Richardson, PC Sarah Currie and PC Michael Otterson

Emergency Services Award

Northumbria officers Sgt Elliott Richardson and PCs Sarah Currie and Michael Otterson were on duty in Gateshead when they received a call about a man who had made threats of violence. After searching for him, they spotted him entering a pub, wearing body armour and carrying a rucksack. When PCs Currie and Otterson opened the door to the pub, they were confronted by the man holding a handgun
Tony Davis

Outstanding Bravery

Former British Army Staff Sergeant Tony was the first person to rush to the aid of PC Palmer, the unarmed police officer who was fatally stabbed as he attempted to stop terrorist Khalid Masood outside the Palace of Westminster

Blake Stephenson

Child of Courage

Blake was in the pool while on holiday in France with his younger sister Tilly, his mum Victoria and her husband David last year, when he spotted another child’s lifeless body at the bottom
Emily Owen

Child of Courage

Emily was just nine when an aerosol which was thrown into a garden fire exploded, causing serious facial injuries

Lynn McManus

Special Recognition

Lynn from North Shields, is the founder of Pathways4All, a charity which provides recreational activities and support for children with disabilities and additional needs
West End Foodbank

Special Recognition

For many people the West End Food Bank in Newcastle provides a lifeline to surviving in austerity Britain. Set up by Michael Nixon and his late friend Steve Metcalfe in 2013 the food bank is now the biggest in Britain

Peter Woodmansey

Special Recognition

A street sweeper for 35 years, Peter Woodmansey officially retired 17 years ago - but he still spends two hours every day diligently sweeping the streets of Darlington
Mark and Lisa Rutherford and Caroline Curry

Special Recognition

Teenage sweethearts Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry, from South Shields, were killed when a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert last May

Graham Wylie

Lifetime Achievement

Businessman and philanthropist Graham Wylie has became one of the North East's most successful businessmen after co-founding The Sage Group, the UK's biggest software company in 1981
Lynne Davis and Cheryl McDonald

TSB Community Partner Award

Lynne and Cheryl set up their Community Corner charity four years ago, which sells donated goods to raise money for worthy causes in South Tyneside. They have been dubbed “angels in the community” as they dedicate their days to making people’s lives better

Ivan Hollingsworth

Fundraiser of the Year

Ivan started his fundraising nine years ago after his newborn son Sebastian had life-saving surgery at the Children’s Heart Unit, at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital