Pride of the North East award winners
YOUNG FUNDRAISER HARRY Steel, 10: Harry was spurred on to raise thousands for heart charites and the Maggies Centre in Newcastle, after the tragic early deaths of his uncle and father.
CHILD OF COURAGE BRADLEY Lowery, six: Bradley’s bravery as he battles neuroblastoma has inspired people across the country. KATIE Mitchelson, 12: Katie put herself in danger to save her seven-year-old friend from being mauled by a dog.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION DENNIS Potton: Dennis, from Middlesbrough, paused a 60-mile endurance race to save a drowning boy, before finishing his run. HARRY Mercer: 94-year-old Harry has spent 70 years volunteering in his community, and still helps at North Tyneside Hospital now. MARK Taylor: Mark refuses to let Motor Neurone Disease stop him inspiring children at one of Newcastle’s biggest schools. FAY Murrish: After Fay’s daughter Chanel was the youngest child in the world to have open heart surgery, she raised thousands for the unit that saved her and supported other families whose children have heart conditions.
FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR LYNN Lucas: Raised £2 million in her son’s memory to fund research by scientists who have made significant breakthroughs in finding cures for cancer in children.
TSB COMMUNITY PARTNER HENPOWER: This pioneering project which began in Gateshead fights to combat loneliness and depression in the elderly by helping them raise hens.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PROF Robin Sengupta: One of the world’s best neurosurgeons, Prof Sengupta worked for 51 years in the North East, and has founded a hospital in Kolkata
EMERGENCY SERVICES PC Paul Canvin: PC Canvin stopped an armed robbery at his local shop on a day off.
OUTSTANDING BRAVERY PETER Senior and Adam Tomlinson: The pair risked their lives to pull a woman and a motorcyclist free from the burning wreckage of an accident. PRINCE’S TRUST YOUNG ACHIEVER ABBIE Westgate: Facing eviction and forced to leave university due to a lack of funding, Abbie joined The Prince’s Trust Team programme to help others.