2022 Winner Keiran Reid School boy has raised thousands for his local RNLI in memory of his fisherman father who was tragically taken by the sea. Keiran was just six when his dad Craig, 25, was washed overboard from the fishing trawler Apollo, near Orkney in 2016. The coastguard helicopters, the military and […]
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Child of Courage
2022 Winner Zac Gunn Seriously ill transplant patient and ‘wee warrior’ who inspires everyone with his zest for life. In summer 2019, Zac’s parents were given the news that their son had pulmonary hypertension – a rare, life-limiting condition that affects the heart and lungs – and needed an urgent lung transplant. The […]
Child of Courage
2022 Winner Mila Sneddon Cancer sufferer who had to endure treatment in isolation – and whose bravery touched the nation. Mila became a symbol for childhood bravery in a time of national crisis when a photo of her kissing her dad through her kitchen window featured in the Duchess of Cambridge’s lockdown photo […]
Special Recognition
2022 Winner Steven Carr Founder of a charity that supports Ukrainian orphans – and who recently led a mercy mission to rescue children from the war zone. Steven is the driving force behind Dnipro Kids. The charity was born after Hibs played Ukrainian side Dnipro in the UEFA Cup in 2005. Travelling fans […]
Special Recognition
2022 Winner Boots and Beards Unique group helping Glasgow’s Asian community discover freedom, friendship and mental wellbeing in the Scottish mountains. Kash Butt , 43 and his cousins Naveed Bakhsh, 44, and Zain Sehgal, 35, founded Boots and Beards five years ago after Kash fell severely ill. As part of his recovery, he […]
Emergency Services
2022 Winner PC Clare Chalmers Lone female police officer who bravely tackled a knife-wielding attacker. Constable Clare Chalmers was on her way home after a 10-hour shift when she was called back to reports of a violent man at a home on the Isle of Mull. As the nearest on duty officer was […]