214. Marice Cumber

Marice Cumber, 53, set up her social enterprise ‘Accumul8’ in 2013 as a way to tap into the creative potential of young, homeless people living at the North London YMCA in Crouch End. Her simple but effective idea has brought together fifteen homeless people at the hostel to create jams and chutneys, with eclectic flavours […]

213. Caroline Shearer

Caroline Shearer, 49, from Clacton on Sea, set up charity ‘Only Cowards Carry Weapons Awareness’ in 2012 to provide workshops throughout Essex educating young people about the dangers of carrying knives and other weapons. So far the charity has given presentations to over 25,000 youngsters and has inspired groups from as far afield as Scotland […]

212. Keely Hohmann

Set up a mental health art therapy project during her National Citizen Service

211. Sue Scott

Sue Scott, 54, opened The Angel Project Community Cafe last year in an empty launderette shop close to where she lives. Nine months on, the cafe is used as a base to provide support for people with problems including depression, drug and alcohol addiction as well as those who are elderly, isolated or vulnerable. The […]

210. Lynn Ford

Helping prevent loss of life through fire

209. Charles Richards

Set up a community flood group to help support his local community

208. Scott Saunders

Scott Saunders, 52, gave up his career in Investment Banking in 2010 to set up March of the Living UK. The charity provides the opportunity for young British Jews to travel to Poland over six days and learn about the Holocaust and Jewish life in Europe before and during the Second World War. Each year […]

207. Moira Priestley

Moira Priestley, 50, is Head Volunteer of The Big Burns Supper and, since 2012, has encouraged hundreds of people to volunteer at the meal to make the night a success. The supper is in fact a nine-day music, theatre and comedy festival in Dumfries celebrating the best of contemporary and traditional Scottish culture, which attracts […]