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The Sun’s Who Cares Wins health awards 2023 winners revealed
The winners of The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Health Awards 2023 have been revealed at a star-studded ceremony at The Roundhouse, hosted by Davina McCall and attended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer.
The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards, in partnership with NHS Charities Together, honours those across the health and social care sector who go above and beyond for their patients or causes.
Some of Britain’s best-loved charity campaigners and famous faces were on hand to present the awards including James Corden, Anthony Joshua, Emily Atack, Gary Lineker, Katherine Ryan and Bear Grylls.
Broadcast on Channel 4 and produced by Thames (a Fremantle label), the awards are sponsored by The National Lottery.
The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards are broadcast on Sunday 24th September at 6:30pm on Channel 4 and will be available on All4.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said:
It’s a privilege to be here at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards celebrating our healthcare heroes, and the amazing things you do every day: Saving lives, caring for the sick, protecting our nation’s health.
You put your hearts and souls into your work and coming from an NHS family I know what that takes. Your dedication and commitment to public service is inspiring.
So please join me in saying a huge and heartfelt thank you to all of tonight’s winners and nominees and to all the brilliant people looking after others in every part of our country.
Caroline Flack Mental Health Hero presented by Emily Atack and Anthony Joshua AMANDIP SIDHU, Watford
WHEN Amandip Sidhu’s doctor brother Jagdip took his own life due to the stress of work in the NHS, he wanted to ensure no more lives were lost.
Jagdip was academically gifted and sailed through his exams to become a top consultant cardiologist at Darent Valley Hospital, Kent, but the stress of the job, the punishing hours and feeling he had nowhere to turn, led him to take his own life in November 2018, aged 47.
With levels of burnout, anxiety and depression at an all-time high in the medical profession, Amandip set up the charity Doctors in Distress in 2019. Since then it has helped more than 2,500 healthcare professionals.
Amandip says: “The reassuring thing is that it has saved others. There are inherent issues within the profession about coming forward and asking for help. The medical and healthcare professionals have always been notorious for not doing what they say to others, like ‘look after yourself’.”
Doctors In Distress runs support groups and workshops to help health professionals talk about their anxieties and Amandip believes that if such a service was available, it could have helped his brother.
As well as support groups, the charity aims to reduce the stigma around mental health in the workplace and lobbies to make the NHS a better and safer workplace. It was an idea spearheaded by junior doctor turned best-selling author of This Is Going To Hurt, Adam Kay, who left the medical profession in 2010 due to burnout. Last year his book was turned into a hit BBC TV series, starring Ben Whishaw, which features the suicide of a student doctor.
He was presented with his award by actress and TV presenter Emily Atack and boxing champ Anthony Joshua.
A tearful Emily said: “This man is an inspiration and I’m very honoured to give him the award. He lost his brother - I can’t even imagine losing a sibling.
“And to not just stand up and carry on, but carry on in the biggest and boldest way in honour of his brother. I find that so humbling.”
Anthony added: “It’s a learning curve, presenting this award. It was not just about presenting, it was about learning how you can help others. Amandip is just inspiring, he makes me want to help others.”
Unsung Hero presented by Sir Keir Starmer and Myleene Klass
ALLAN COCKRAM, 59, Essex
FORMER Spurs player Allan Cockram loves his post-professional coaching career – but his team has one very special difference.
Allan gives up his time to run the Brentford Penguins – the UK’s only football team for children with Down’s syndrome. Come rain or shine, Alan is there every Sunday morning to coach more than 30 kids aged between five and 19 and says it’s the highlight of his week. Former midfielder Allan played against some of the greats in his heyday, but says the smiling faces of the Penguins means more to him than the thousands of fans chanting his name on the terraces in the 1980s.
Allan said: “It’s not like most clubs. I don’t know who is turning up each week because anything can happen that morning that means kids can’t come. Maybe they haven’t slept all night, maybe their routine has changed and it’s affected them. They all know anything goes at the Penguins and we’ll give a great session to anyone who turns up. Sometimes the kids want to train, sometimes they’re happy just socialising with everyone. Anything goes and everyone’s welcome.”
In 2017, using his own money, Allan started the Brentford Penguins with just five players. Allan has been nominated for an Unsung Hero award by Vanessa Rowley, whose son, Charlie, 16, has trained with the Penguins for five years.
Vanessa, from Brentwood, Essex, said: “Charlie’s life wouldn’t be the same without the Penguins. Charlie was just about tolerated whenever he tried to join other football teams. He’d sabotage play and wouldn’t be asked back. It was really hard to watch as a parent because he just wanted to join in and he absolutely adores football.
When we found the Penguins, it felt like we’d come home. Allan is everything to these kids, they light up when they see him, and he makes them all laugh so much.”
Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer, who presented him with the Unsung Hero award, said: “The amount of time that volunteers like Allan put in is incredible. I find the whole thing really humbling and it's incredible to meet him and be here presenting their
award. I've been playing football every week since I was 10 years old, so to see this inclusion is amazing as it’s about playing but it's also about the friendship, teamwork, all of those skills that come with it. I’d love to come along and see you all train and be part of it.”
And Allan joked: “I’m sure Sir Keir would be a welcome member of the Brentford Penguins but I’d have to check with the captain first.”
Musician and TV presenter Myleene Klass, who joined Sir Keir on stage to give the football coach gong, said the world was in need of more people like Allan.
She said: “It’s so humbling to be able to present this award, Allan really does deserve to be recognised, the world can often feel so unjust, but he is making a real difference. There’s a ripple effect, the children will take the positivity they get at football home to their families – you help one child and that helps their friend, their siblings too. We need more Allans out there!”
999 Hero presented by James Corden
DR BENJAMIN MARRIAGE, CHRIS DOYLE AND KEVIN CUDDON, London WHEN Sarah de Lagarde slipped getting off the tube and was dragged under the train, she thought she was going to die on the tracks. The mum-of-two was hit by two trains – amputating her arm and leg – and lay bleeding out under the train for 15 minutes, calling for help.
Brave air ambulance paramedics were able to pull her out and save her life on the platform, surrounded by commuters.
Sarah, 45, from Camden, north London, nominated Dr Benjamin Marriage and paramedics Chris Doyle and Kevin Cuddon, who saved her life.
Sarah, an asset manager, said: “These men are true heroes. I was told I nearly died ten times. I am so lucky they were there.”
She was on her way home from work when the accident happened in September 2022.
Sarah said: “I was really tired. I remember closing my eyes for a second but I must have fallen asleep. I woke up disoriented and jumped off the train, but it wasn't my stop. I turned on my heel to try and board the train again but it was wet and I slipped. I fell against the carriage. I broke my nose and my front teeth. I fell down between the train and the platform and as the train departed, it crushed my limbs. I was on the tracks calling for help but a second train came in and crushed me again.”
Paramedic Kevin helped rescue Sarah from under the train and the team applied tourniquets on both limbs.
Sarah was taken by emergency response car to the Royal London Hospital. Surgeons later amputated both her right arm and leg.
Presenting the medics with their award, TV favourite James Corden said on stage: “As someone who has spent the last eight years living in America, I cannot stress to you how special the NHS is.
“You only realise how truly unique and brilliant it is when you live in a country where healthcare isn’t something that is readily available for every single person.”
The former Late Late Show host added backstage: “It's just incredible and very humbling to meet these people. They do the most amazingly brilliant things."
Dr Marriage, 42, said it was “a huge honour” to win the award. He said: “There were some incredible people we were up against. Everyone deserved it, but it is nice to have the recognition for what we do. We can’t thank Sarah enough for nominating us.”
Humble Kevin, 42, added: “We were really just doing our jobs. Sarah is the true hero.”
Best Nurse presented by Gary Lineker
MAX OOSMAN, 70, Nelson, Lancashire
FOR Max Oosman, being a nurse is not just a job, it’s a calling - and he’s determined to get more men into the profession. He is a Community Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who works at a dementia assessment clinic - and in his free time gives talks encouraging young men from ethnic minority backgrounds to take up nursing to help bridge the gender gap.
Football legend Gary Lineker paid a touching tribute to the nation’s nurses on stage before presenting Max Oosman with his gong.
Gary told how he was warned that his son George might not make it through the night after he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia as a baby.
But thanks to the amazing medics at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, he pulled through - and George, now 31, accompanied him to our ceremony.
The Match Of The Day host said: “In difficult times nurses are often the people we lean on most.”
After collecting his trophy, Max, who left his home-country of Mauritius in 1972, aged 19, to train as a nurse in the UK, said: “It’s incredible, I wasn’t prepared to win. To be able to tell my story, it’s very genuine, very authentic. I’ve had five decades of my life with the NHS.
“We came here when they were saying No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish. We had to fight our way through to survive and thrive. We had fire in our bellies still then, because that’s what we do best, it’s our passion.”
Gary added: “It’s just amazing to celebrate people like Max at this incredible event tonight. Nurses are something extra special, and I know that from what I went through with my son. It’s a privilege to help make sure they are recognised tonight, as often they aren’t.”
Granddad Max left his home-country of Mauritius in 1972, aged 19, to train as a nurse in the UK. During his training, he was one of just one of five men and he says he came up against prejudice.
After qualifying, he moved around the country and rose through the ranks, being promoted to Deputy Director of Nursing for Burnley and Pendle Mental Health Services and continued to work hard for diversity and inclusion.
Max works in the East Lancashire Memory assessment service, located at the Gannow Lane Resource Centre in Burnley, Lancs. He sees patients who have been referred by their GP to the service by the NHS for a dementia assessment, telling them the news, as well as supporting patients after the diagnosis, giving advice and signposting them to other NHS services.
In August, Max celebrated his 51st year of service in the NHS. He was also chosen to speak at Westminster Abbey in July as part of the NHS 75th anniversary celebrations.
Max says: “I have given 51 years and I’m still going strong. I have no notion of finishing. I still have lots of energy. I love my job. This is what I live for. It’s my purpose in life. I get the Friday feeling every Monday morning. If you enjoy it, why do you stop?”
Best Doctor presented by Moira Stuart and Harry Redknapp
DR NICOLA CABLE, Blackpool
The doctor is Head of Paediatrics at Blackpool’s Blenheim House Child Development Centre and has transformed the lives of countless young children with additional needs - including young Evie, who stopped breathing shortly after she was born in January 2020.
Due to a lack of oxygen to the brain, she was not expected to reach typical milestones, and it was thought that she would face problems sitting or standing.
But thanks to the tireless efforts of Dr Cable, Evie is now a happy and healthy little girl.
And the little girl melted the hearts of the audience - including a smiling Anthony Joshua - as she joyfully ran a series of victory laps on stage in celebration of her doctor’s win.
Evie’s mum, Kerry Coles, 40, who nominated Dr Cable for the gong, and dad Jack O’Ballance, 29, also joined them on stage and proudly looked on as the doctor paid tribute to the youngsters in her care.
Dr Cable said: “It’s their strength, courage and determination that puts a smile on my face every day.”
The inspirational doctor was presented with her award by newsreader Moira Stuart and former football manager Harry Redknapp at our glittering bash for healthcare heroes at the Roundhouse in north London, which was broadcast on Channel 4 last night.
Kerry, from Blackpool, said: “Not once did Dr Cable ever stop pushing. Not once did she say to us, ‘It’s as good as it’s going to get,’. She was so determined to do her best with Evie. She’s an incredible doctor and Evie definitely wouldn’t be where she is without her. Evie was just four weeks old when the family met Dr Cable and the hard work started to get her better. Kerry added: “Evie was so poorly, we thought we’d lose her several times when she was tiny, but fortunately she rallied.”
Harry said: “It’s an honour to present someone as special as Nicola with this award. Where would we be doctors? They’re very important people and they need a pay rise because they are worth every penny.”
Moira added: “Every recovery is only possible with the help of the most extraordinary nurses, the most extraordinary consultants and the most extraordinary physiotherapists. I look at this woman and I realise what she goes through every day, not only professionally, but emotionally and on every level. And I think she is a hero. I really do”
Dr Cable said of winning the prestigious award: “I'm amazed, I’m so happy. Community paediatrics doesn't come into limelight very often at all. And to see children thrive and their
families supporting them is the very best part of the job. It’s the families who are incredible and that's, that's who's got the win.”
On being shortlisted Dr Cable said: “I can’t believe it. I love my job. It can be difficult but it’s incredibly rewarding too. But Evie is the perfect example of what a child can achieve when they’re clinically supported. It does bring a tear to your eye. My job is about helping children reach their developmental potential, whatever that is. When you see a non verbal child start communicating, it’s an incredible feeling. When a child who has never reached for a toy starts engaging, it’s wonderful.”
Best Team presented by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
THE WELSH AMBULANCE 'WISH' SERVICE
NOT only do these big-hearted paramedics and ambulance technicians save lives day in and day out, they also give up their free time to grant wishes for end-of-life patients. The wishes carried out by the amazing volunteers for the Welsh Ambulance 'Wish' Service include taking a patient for one last trip to the beach and another to a loved one’s wedding.
The initiative was launched in 2019 and so far, the 180 volunteers - who all work for the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust - have granted more than 50 wishes.
The Trust's assistant director of ambulance care, Mark Harris, who nominated the team, said: "We've granted a huge variety of wishes. Often it is very simple things. They might want to go home one last night or they might want to attend a loved one's wedding or funeral. One last trip to the beach is a common one. But the volunteers have also taken patients to an Elton John concert and a football stadium."
When a wish comes in, a request goes out to all those registered to see if anyone can help.
Mark says: "What amazes me is that some of these volunteers have very difficult jobs. They are dealing with traumatic incidents and saving lives day in, day out. And yet, on their day off, they choose to help someone at the end of their life. Wales is a big country and they might drive for hours to get the ambulance before collecting the patient. Yet when a request goes out, we have volunteers in seconds."
The team were presented with their award by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who told the team: “What you do is really incredible.
“Your day jobs are incredible and you do this on the side. It’s inspiring. Seeing all the different things you’ve done, it moves you. It’s something really special.”
Mark Harris, 54, Assistant Director of Ambulance Care for the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, said: “It was especially amazing to receive this award from the Prime Minister. It’s been a tough time for all ambulance services but this shines a light on the amazing work so many do.
“What we hope is that this is a springboard for other trusts to set up similar schemes. We want it to be huge as it helps so many patients and their families.”
Dr Edward O’Brien, Clinical Lead Palliative and End of Life Care, said of their win: “It’s incredible recognition for all of the volunteers who give up their time to help people at the end of their lives.
“They are the ones who go out and look after the families in their spare time. It’s a huge honour to have won, especially when you look at the calibre of other nominees.”
Best Health Charity presented by Michelle Visage and Leomie Anderson LOVE, AMELIA, Castletown, Sunderland
STEPH Capewell’s daughter Amelia tragically died when she was just 12 minutes old - but even in her darkest hour, Steph was still thinking of others. Steph and husband Phillip, 34, were devastated when a 20-week scan showed that Amelia had multiple complications and would not survive when she was born.
As Steph, 30, waited in a corridor at Sunderland Royal Hospital, she spoke to a teenage mum who had been brought in in labour and didn’t know she was pregnant. The new mum had nothing for her surprise baby, and kind-hearted Steph immediately wanted to help, despite her own suffering.
Steph said: “The midwife told us the hospital doesn't really have any way to help people in that situation. We passed on some of Amelia’s items that we had brought in, so she could use them for her little girl.”
Little did Steph know that that single act of kindness would lead to her setting up a much needed charity. In the months after Amelia died in 2018, Steph put together 12 boxes - one for each minute of Amelia’s life – intended as a gift from Amelia, and included a letter to new families, signed: ‘Love, Amelia.’
Steph Capewell got to meet her idol when RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage presented her with the Best Health Charity award.
Steph, 30, who lives in Castletown, Sunderland with Phillip, with their three-year-old son Jack, left the audience in stitches when she said: “I’m totally fangirling over meeting Michelle Visage!”
Steph said: “This has been absolutely surreal. It’s been amazing to win.
“To be presented with an award by Michelle too is incredible. I’m such a huge fan of the show - have been from the start.”
Michelle, 55, who presented her with her award, alongside model and host of Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star, Leomie Anderson, said: “I think the key to life is to be more like Steph. She turned a tragedy into something that can help many for years to come. It’s about giving back.”
Leomie added: “Steph’s story brought me to tears– she was able to take tragedy and turn it into something so positive. My mascara has been running all night!
Young Hero presented by Bear Grylls and Denise Van Outen
HARRY BYRNE, 9, Larkhill, Wiltshire
AFTER losing two of her children to a rare genetic disorder, Sophie Byrne has faced every parent’s worst nightmare, but Sophie has a little ray of sunshine that has helped her brighten the darkest of days – her son Harry.
Sophie was left devastated after losing her daughter Olivia to a rare genetic disorder in 2012. When the family suffered another tragedy in 2021, when her youngest son Reuben passed away from the same condition, it was big brother Harry, nine, who held the family together and helped fill his brother’s short life with love.
Sophie, 31, said: “Harry has been the glue who held our family together. Olivia and Reuben couldn’t have had a more loving sibling.”
Both Olivia and Reuben were born with a complex genetic syndrome so rare there are only 20 known cases in the world. The condition is characterised by a series of symptoms, including bowel complications, seizures and physical issues such as turned in wrists, longer ear lobes and smaller fingernails.
Olivia lived for eight months before tragically passing away, and when Reuben was diagnosed with the same condition, the family knew he would not have long to live. Despite knowing his life would be short, Harry filled his brother’s life with love and fun. He would sing and play with his little brother, filling his life with joy and making up a song for his special ‘Reubear’.
Tragically, on 20th December 2021, Reuben died in his sleep.
Charlotte said: “I could see Harry’s heart breaking when we told him. He climbed into bed with him and sang their song. We were so broken, but so very proud of Harry.”
Despite his own heartbreak, within minutes, Harry promised his baby brother he’d honour his memory. And incredibly, Harry has now raised more than £90,000 for the hospices and charities that looked after Reuben, having completed a series of challenges.
Since doing his first walk for Reuben – the Yorkshire Three Peaks - Harry has run 100km in a 50 day challenge and is planning the National Three Peaks later this year. The football-mad youngster has walked more than 16,000 miles – more than half-way round the globe – while raising money in memory of his brother.
Harry says being nominated is an amazing surprise. He said: “I miss Reubear a lot. He couldn’t speak but that meant he was never mean or nasty. He was only ever sunny and happy. I miss singing to him. I used to wake up first and climb into bed with Reubear. I made up a song for us and I’d sing it and put my cheek against his. Even though he couldn’t speak, I knew it made him happy when we were together. Some of the challenges have been hard but Reubear had a much bigger challenge and he didn’t quit. I couldn’t believe it
when mum said I was nominated. I don’t do anything special – Reuben and Olivia are the heroes, not me.”
His award was presented to him by Chief Scout Bear Grylls and TV star Denise Van Outen before a video message from England superstar Declan Rice was played. The footballer told him: “Reuben would be so proud of you.”
Harry said to the audience: “Thank you so much for this award, it's actually Reuben's birthday tomorrow.”
After coming off stage, Denise said: “Harry is the hero of the night, he really deserves it.
“I don’t think he can fully comprehend what an impact he has had on his family and so many other people. To achieve all that by such a young age is really special.”
And Bear told the lad: “You get a kick out of helping people don’t you? It’s in his DNA.”
Best Midwife presented by Katherine Ryan
VALENTINA BURNETT, 45, Chandler's Ford, Hampshire
CARING midwife Valentina Burnett went above and beyond the call of duty when new mum Natalie Doye fell into a coma before she gave birth last October, and Valentina stepped in to care for her newborn.
Natalie Doye collapsed at home just days before her due date and was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital, where daughter Gracie was delivered by c-section whilst she was in a coma last October.
Natalie, 26, said: "My partner found me collapsed upstairs, not breathing, and called an ambulance. When I got to hospital, doctors found I had a ruptured brain aneurysm and I was put in an induced coma. It was completely out of the blue. I'd had a healthy pregnancy, my blood pressure had been fine. There was no sign that anything was wrong.”
Valentina, who had brain surgery herself in 2018 after doctors discovered she had a brain tumour, also provided emotional support to Natalie’s loved ones.
Sadly, the midwife’s tumour returned in 2020 and she has had radiotherapy to stunt its growth. Valentina, 45, who lives in Chandler's Ford, Hants, has been determined that her health issues will not stop her from caring for women and their babies.
Valentina said: "I think it is because of what I've been through that Natalie's case touched me. Her partner asked me if it was ok to look after the baby while he went to see her and of course I said yes. Then Natalie's mum came to look after Gracie. I could see she was emotional and tearful. I said to her, 'It's ok, she is in the best place' and explained what I went through. I just wanted to reassure her that Natalie was in good hands and being taken care of."
She was surprised with her Best Midwife award, ahead of the ceremony, by chef Jamie Oliver at his London HQ. A video of the special moment was shown at the ceremony on Tuesday night.
Valentina dedicated her award to all NHS midwives working so hard up and down the country.
She said after: “I’m amazed, shocked, overjoyed and humbled. I just cannot believe that I have won – I just do what I do every day. I’m so proud, but the way I see it, this award is not mine, it’s for all midwives.
“To be a midwife is not a job, it’s a passion, it is something within you – you really need to love it to do it.”
Comedian and mum-of-three Katherine Ryan, who announced the award on stage, said: “I wish Valentina had been my midwife!”
Katherine added: “I love all midwives but every now and then you meet someone who goes above and beyond the call of duty who is transformative and lifesaving.
“She is so strong, I am so impressed by her and her speech and how emotional she is tonight, dedicating her award to those who go above and beyond to take care of you when you are at your most vulnerable.”
The Sun’s Christina Newbury Memorial award presented by Tim Campbell and Dame Denise Lewis
The Windrush Generation contribution to the NHS
OUR special recognition award this year honoured those part of the Windrush generation in celebration of their incredible contribution to the NHS.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks carrying passengers who had left their homes in the Caribbean to fill workforce shortages in the UK.
Many of the passengers on board took up roles in the NHS, which launched just two weeks later, and were vital to its success.
The gong is named in memory of The Sun’s Health Editor Christina Newbury who died in 2018. She was instrumental in the success of our first ever annual awards back in 2017.
Victoria Bateman, 78, who came from Jamaica in 1963 to work as a nurse in the UK was invited to accept the award.
She said: “Working for the NHS and coming to a cold England was a big change for me but I loved my nursing career. I made wonderful friends, was cared for by the NHS and had an incredible experience.”
Victoria, who lives in Nottingham, was joined on stage by daughter Michelle Bateman, 57, a nurse, and Michelle’s son, Liam Dinnall-Bateman, who worked as a NHS healthcare assistant during the pandemic as well as Paulette Simpson CBE, Deputy Chair of the Windrush Commemoration Committee.
Michelle, 57, said: "It’s such an honour, Mum came over here and loved her NHS family, she was welcomed and had a long and very happy career. It was her example that made me want to follow in her footsteps.”
They were presented with the award by businessman and The Apprentice advisor Tim Campbell MBE and former Olympic athlete Denise Lewis.
Tim said: “Our NHS is the envy of the world, families like the Batemans who have given so much tirelessly are incredible. The Windrush contribution to our health service must never be overlooked.
Denise added: “The Windrush generation paved the way for the generations like me, who have been inspired and were able to achieve their goals.”
The National Lottery’s Local Health Hero presented by Ellie Simmonds and Vernon Kay
LIZ CURTIS, THE LILY FOUNDATION
WHEN Liz Curtis’ daughter Lily died from mitochondrial disease in 2007 at just eight months old, she was determined to help other families like her.
She gave up her job as teacher to set up her charity, The Lily Foundation, which has raised £8.5million. This money has been invested into research to help find a cure as well as supporting families and patients as well as to raise awareness - who are known as “the Lily family.”
During an emotional speech, Liz, 49, from Warlingham, Surrey, described it as “the club they would never want to be a part of but one they couldn’t be without.”
She also thanked the National Lottery for the funding it had provided to her charity, as it has helped them to increase their support to those affected by mitochondrial disease.
Modest Liz said after: “I feel like I don’t deserve this, but I think if other people were here talking about the charity and what it has done for them, they’d have other things to say.
“When I lost my daughter, there was no charity, no way to connect with other parents who had gone through the same thing.
“People always wanted to help and doing something to help others seemed like a good way to go, and we started fundraising. This award will be going in pride of place at home.”
She was given her gong by paralympian Ellie Simmonds and Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay. Ellie said: “Liz has done absolutely phenomenal things and fully deserves this award. It’s amazing to be a small part of her night.”
Vernon added: “Liz has been through some really harrowing circumstances and come out the other side with a passion to help people. “She’s special because not everyone can do that after something so traumatic. Liz is the perfect example of what we should all be.”
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