2013 Community Award Winners Joanne Thompson & Nicola Graham

2016-12-19T23:59:23+00:00June 3rd, 2013|Inspiring Award winner 2013|

Joanne Thompson & Nicola Graham
2013 Community Award Winners

Joanne Thompson
On October 23rd 2012 Millie’s daddy, Dan took her to nursery school for her third day, just before lunchtime Joanne received a telephone call from Dan to say “you have got to go to Millie something has happened to her at nursery”. As Millie was […]

2013 Entrepreneur Winner Award Winner Lisa Tse

2016-12-19T23:46:45+00:00June 1st, 2013|Inspiring Award winner 2013|

Lisa Tse
2013 Entrepreneur Winner Award Winner

Lisa set up the Sweet Mandarin Sauce company last year and has built a manufacturing business from scratch. It is now sold in 500 Sainsbury stores; Selfridges; Amazon.co.uk; Booths and Wing Yip. She is now supplying the sauces to Russia, Germany and Switzerland.

She is so dedicated […]

2013 BBC Radio Manchester Heroine Award Paula Solomon

2016-12-19T23:38:45+00:00May 30th, 2013|Inspiring Award winner 2013|

Paula Solomon
2013 BBC Radio Manchester Heroine Award

When Paula’s 20 year old son Martin was struck down a second time from Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma, he was told that without a bone marrow/stem cell donor he would die.

Paula took it upon herself to set up the Match4Martin campaign along with family and […]

2013 Business Award Winner Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

2016-12-19T23:52:11+00:00May 29th, 2013|Inspiring Award winner 2013|

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
2013 Business Award Winner

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, became President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester in 2010 and is a distinguished life scientist specialising in neuroscience. In 2004 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Nancy oversees a £800 million budget, 40,000 students and 9,000 […]

2013 Creative & Media Award Winner Sue Woodward

2016-12-19T23:43:00+00:00May 26th, 2013|Inspiring Award winner 2013|

Sue Woodward
2013 Creative & Media Award Winner

Susan is the Project Director for The Sharp Project – a digital media development in East Manchester which focuses on growing the digital and creative sector utilising the Project’s unique combination of space, power and broadband connectivity.

Sue’s vision for The Sharp Project is to create […]

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