2023 Winner STEVEN McCLUSKEY Set up an innovative charity which refurbishes donated old bikes to help refugees get around and integrate into the community. When Steven McCluskey, 60, met a young asylum-seeker called Yaman in 2016, it was a moment that changed both of their lives. Yaman had fled the conflict in Syria, […]
Category: 2023 Winners
Child of Courage
2023 Winner JADE EDWARD Quadruple amputee who lost her arms and legs to sepsis as a toddler is now making big waves as one of the UK’s top young surfers. When Jade was two, doctors were forced to amputate all four of her limbs after she contracted meningococcal septicaemia. Now 10, she uses […]
Teenager of Courage
2023 Winner ISLA GRIST Teenage ‘Butterfly Girl’ who inspires everyone she meets with her bravery despite living with a cruel and agonising condition. Isla’s skin is so fragile even a hug can leave her with severe wounds. For the first six months of her life, her parents Rachael and Andy carried her around […]
Child of Courage
2023 Winner GRACE AND HARRY SINCLAIR Siblings who inspire everyone around them with their bravery and fundraising to help other families coping with cancer. Harry was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2019, when he was five. While he was treated at the Sick Kids’ Hospital in Edinburgh, Harry and his family, […]