Family Heroes Awards 2012

Over the summer 4Children and Take a Break scoured the UK to find heroes among us who have transformed the lives of children and families and who have really helped and given hope through times of adversity.

We received hundreds of nominations from all across the country. The nominations received were of a very high standard with many stories of wonderful people going above and beyond to make a lasting difference to a child or family. Finally we narrowed them down and chose a Hero for each of the 9 English regions, and for Wales, for Scotland, and Northern Ireland. We also had 3 finalists from the RAF Community for the special RAF Family Heroes Award.

The evening proved to be a night to remember for all of those involved, particularly so for the winning heroes who were invited up on stage to receive their awards and get their photo taken alongside the celebrity hosts. The overall National Hero was also announced on the night from the regional heroes and presented with a £2000 cheque kindly donated by Take a Break.

Below is a list of all of our inspirational heroes, please click on the awards to find out more information about the hard work that they do.

The Winners are:

•         National Family Hero 2012 – Lee Coombes
•         East Midlands Family Hero – Karen Roberts
•         East of England Family Hero – Nikki Scott
•         London Family Hero – Karen Adams
•         North East Family Hero – Paddy Walsh
•         North West Family Hero – Lee Coombes
•         Northern Ireland Family Hero  – Seán Conlon
•         RAF Family Hero – Reece & Liam Bailey
•         Scotland Family Hero – Paul Kelbrick
•         South East Family Hero – Emma Gates
•         South West Family Hero – Lorraine & Dave Waterman
•         Wales Family Hero – Julie Preece
•         West Midlands Family Hero – Texas Bishop
•         Yorkshire and the Humber Family Hero – Josh Humber