Pride of Scotland Awards

  2023 Winner RUTH MOSS   Mum who lost her daughter to suicide now campaigns and raises money for online safety and awareness. Ruth’s daughter Sophie was 13 when she took her own life in 2014. She had been exposed to unsuitable material online before she died, including violent pornography and sites promoting self-harm and […]

  2023 Winner SHANNON THOMSON   Shannon Thomson, 23, from Dundee was struggling on benefits and caring for two little boys, but with help from the Prince’s Trust she now has a career working in the NHS. Due to being under the care/supervision of Action for Children since the age of 16, she has always […]

  2023 Winner SCOTLAND’S CHARITY AIR AMBULANCE   Flying emergency medics are marking a decade of life-saving missions across Scotland. For 10 years the Air Ambulance has played an integral part in Scotland’s emergency response network, getting paramedics and specialist teams quickly to the scene of serious illness and injury, providing life-saving care in the […]

  2023 Winner ROY COX OBE   Co-founded disability charity Sense Scotland, and devoted 35 years to supporting deafblind children and their families. Roy was inspired to help children and families affected by deafblindness after his daughter Cheryl was born with the condition. There was little support available and he feared she would spend her […]

  2023 Winner ROSEANN GIBSON   Hero grandmother who helped stop an armed robber, and then pinned him down until police arrived. Roseann, 64, was working in her family’s Glasgow newsagent with her nephew Christopher, when a man wearing a balaclava and wielding a claw hammer burst in and ordered staff to hand over the […]

  2023 Winner CLOWNDOCTORS   Proving laughter really can be the best medicine for seriously ill children in hospital. For more than 25 years, a troupe of fun-loving clowns have been helping to bring sunshine to thousands of sick children across Scotland. Dr Cous Cous, Dr Crumble and Dr Wallop are just three of 18 […]