Fundraising best pals Freddie and Hughie win prestigious Pride of Manchester accolade
An inspirational leukaemia patient and his fundraising best friend who captured the hearts of the nation by raising a staggering £200,000 are among the Pride of Manchester Award winners.
Friday, 28th May 2021, 12:30 pm
Avid Clarets fans Hughie Higginson (11), from Higham and Freddie Xavi (10), from Whalley, scooped the Young Fundraisers of the Year Award in a ceremony featured on YouTube yesterday evening (Thursday).
The duo were surprised by BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker who presented the special award to them.
Despite coronavirus restrictions ruling out a red carpet event, the MEN Pride of Manchester Awards, in partnership with TSB, were back this year to honour the incredible winners.
The inspiring teenager from Oldham who raised tens of thousands for bereaved families after losing her dad
Keira Arnold has over £35,000 to grant priceless final wishes to hospice patients
Keira with her surprise award which she was presented with in Manchester city centre by Hits Radio presenters Gemma Atkinson and Wes Butters (Image: Julian Hamilton/Daily Mirror)
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A QUICK-THINKING schoolgirl who saved her mum s life has been named a Child of Courage in a prestigious award ceremony. Mia Hignett showed calm and courage way beyond her years when mum Helen suffered a terrifying seizure and stopped breathing. The eight-year-old called 999 and with guidance from an operator cleared her mum’s airway and placed her in the recovery position, saving her life. Once she was breathing, she looked after her one-year-old sister Ava until paramedics arrived.
Mia and sister Ava The modest Middlewich Primary School pupil says she only did what anyone else wanting to save their mummy would do .
Super fundraiser Keira honoured with prestigious Pride of Manchester award Date published: 27 May 2021
Hits Radio presenters Gemma Atkinson and Wes Butters presented Keira Arnold with her award
Thirteen-year-old Keira Arnold has received the Pride of Manchester Teenager of Courage Award following an incredible year of fundraising for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice.
Hits Radio presenters Gemma Atkinson and Wes Butters presented Keira with her award.
Keira has been fundraising for Dr Kershaw’S for over four years, raising money for ‘Keira’s Wishes’, her very own fundraising initiative which provides patients with their last wishes whilst at the Hospice.
Her incredible efforts have seen her raise over £36,000 for the Hospice, and she attended the official Pride of Manchester Awards event hosted by TV star Kym Marsh at the iconic Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre.
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