Finalists
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
