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 […]
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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, […]
Prince’s Trust Young Achiever of the Year
2022 Winner Jack Smyth Born premature, Jack has battled through severe illness, including being on life support, to set up his own business combining his love of cars with his talent for art. Jack, now 26, was only days old when he suffered the first of three bleeds in his brain and was […]
Lifetime Achievement
2022 Winner Jean Cumming Started early intervention counselling charity Crisis with just £100, providing support to more than 50,000 families, veterans and children. After witnessing a lack of support, guidance and counselling during her time working in the NHS, Jean set up Crisis in March 1996. It is an early intervention service with […]
Special Recognition
2022 Winner Lucy Smith Youngest Scot diagnosed with motor neurone disease has raised more than £250,000 for others and defied the odds to become a mum. In 2013, Lucy was about to start a business course at college following a year working at an American summer camp when her future changed forever. Doctors […]