Finalists 2026

Environmental Champion Award

Stourbridge Glass Museum
The Kingswinford & Wall Heath Litter Pick Group
Tina and Graham Farmer

NHS Hero

Wendy Sykes
Amanda Whitehouse
Keith Hibberts

Young Star

Erin Hickens
Niamh Peters

Community Champion

Beacon Centre for the Blind
Community Enterprise Guild
Debra Purcell
Ruth Hereford
Sandwell Community Information & Participation Services

Child of Courage

To be announced

Future Star

Pushpesh Sunnia
Lewis Burton & Jack Smith

Fundraiser of the Year

Brierley Hill Babybank

Lewis Burton & Jack Smith
Sylvia Enefer

Outstanding Act of Bravery

Jaxon Canavan
Indi

Volunteer of the Year

Heather Shotton
Rebecca Cottingham
Pushpesh Sunnia
Philip Hocking
Beacon Centre for the Blind

Wellbeing and Mental Health Champion

Adam Whittingham

Kerry Whitehouse
Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre

Special Recognition Award

To be announced

Uniform Hero

2488 (Kingswinford) RAF Air Cadets
Pushpesh Sunnia
Sergeant Mitchell Siviter (West Midlands Police)
StreetWatch Volunteers – High‑Visibility Community Patrols

Finalists 2025

Child of Courage Award
Ellie Taylor
Finley Stevens

Community Champion Award

Robert Sandall

Autism West Midlands- Walsall Befriending Service Volunteers
John Hill - The Widders Public House
Jayne Salter Scott
5/344 branch of the Transport & General Workers Union Benevolent Fund

Environment Award
Allister Malcolm Glass
Amanda Alsop

Fundraiser of the Year Award
Sylvia Enefer
Paul Johnson of Friends of Alfie Johnson (registered charity helping children with disabilities)
Alexander Goodger
Katie Newell - Black Country Women's Aid

Future Star Award
Erin Hickens
Milton Xavier Yau

NHS Hero Award
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Tony Edwards - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Carolyn Musgrave

Outstanding Bravery Award
Louis Johnson BEM

Special Recognition Award
YMCA Black Country Group Eric & Brenda Moore

Uniform Hero Award
To be announced

Volunteer of the Year Award
Dawn Watters
Sue Moore
Sylvia Enefer-Round/ WJ Hunt Cup charity
Eileen Sanders
Helen Leatherland

Wellbeing and Mental Health Champion
Carol Millington
The Recovery Hub Team
Wendy Barnett - Parkinson’s Disease Paladins
Christian Dixon

Young Star Award
Emily Louise Maher-Butler
Maisie Kelly

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