THE Pride of St Helens awards are to take place this Friday night in a celebration of the borough's community heroes.

There will be prizes awarded in 11 categories on the night at Saints' stadium.

Here are the nominees for the Torus Family of the Year award.

 

The family of Violet-Grace Youens

THE entire St Helens community united in sorrow following the death of four-year-old Violet-Grace Youens in March 2017 – and her family drew strength from this.

Focusing on celebrating their daughter’s life, her parents Glenn and Becky Youens held events raising the profile of organ donation – setting up a legacy for Violet who saved two lives through organ donation.

Their work has also raised awareness of the dangers of speeding and led to thousands more residents signing the organ donor register.

They have also set up the Violet-Grace’s Gift charity – aimed at raising awareness of organ donation and helping poorly children.

 

The family of Hope Colley

EIGHT months after their nine-year-old daughter died from a brain tumour, her family have come up with a beautiful way of keeping her memory alive this Christmas – by giving the gift of Hope to others.

Hope Colley, from Garswood, died on February 6 after a two year battle with a tumour on her brain stem.

Facing their first Christmas without their beloved daughter, her parents Ali and Greg Colley decided to launch Hope’s Big Give in her memory.

This has seen them collect donations from across the borough for a refuge so that women and their children can escape horrendous situations and receive a gift in Hope’s memory.

 

The family of Daniel Fox

AFTER 29-year-old Danny Fox died following a stabbing on Westfield in September 2016, his family fought for justice.

But after his killer walked free they decided to focus their attention on making sure no other family goes through what they have endured.

So they launched their own #NoMoreKnives campaign.

This has led to The Daniel Fox Foundation being established as a North West focus group to eradicate knife crime from the streets.

So far this has been done by educating youths, launching knife detector wands in town centre venues and backing other families of knife crime victims.

All this is in Danny’s name.