Pride of Scotland Awards

2021 Winner The Scotland Men’s Football Team In the end, it wasn’t meant to be. But as the final whistle blew at Hampden Park, and Scotland bowed out of the delayed Euro 2020 finals, it was with heads held high, pride in the national team restored, and a brighter future on the horizon. It was […]

2021 Winner Olivia Blackburn Overcame a series of mental and physical health challenges and personal tragedy to achieve her dream of helping others through nursing. Diagnosed with epilepsy and cerebral palsy after a mini-stroke in 2007, Olivia also needed major surgery on her jaw due a condition that affected her speech and ability to eat. […]

2021 Winner Sir Godfrey Palmer First black professor in Scotland who discovered a key brewing process and has been a powerful voice in the Black Lives Matter movement. Sir Godfrey Palmer, known as Geoff, was born in Jamaica but moved to the UK at the age of 15. His dressmaker single mum Ivy Larmond-Palmer was […]

2021 Winner PC Lisa Macpherson and PC David Fraser Hero police officers who saved two lives after a car smashed into a rural cottage, setting the home on fire. PCs Lisa Macpherson, 30, and David Fraser, 42, rescued a woman from her home after it was hit by a car which then caught fire. The […]

2021 Winner Brynn Hauxwell   Teenager pushed himself to the limit in his wheelchair, covering nearly 1,700 miles last year in a gruelling charity challenge. Brynn, 16, from Yell, is autistic and has ADHD, severe asthma and fixed ankle contractures which means he relies on a wheelchair to get around.  A couple of years ago, […]

2021 Winner Lily Douglas   Teen battling a rare form of cancer has inspired people all over Scotland and beyond with her incredible courage, positivity and determination to help others. Lily, 13, from Perth, was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma, when she was nine. The condition affects bones and the surrounding tissue. […]