Emma Murray, 15, is an outstanding young person with a heart of gold. She has a younger sister with complex needs who is non-verbal and yet Emma manages to communicate with her in a unique way.

Lucy Forshaw (17) is a selfless young woman who works locally and internationally to enable others to live with dignity. Since she was 6, Lucy has been involved in Guiding and since the age of 13 has been volunteering at her local unit to support girls in her area. Lucy has made a huge impact on staff and student, giving her time and energy to support a variety of projects - and encouraging her peers to do the same - including Cornerstone Day Centre and Mary and Joseph House, working locally providing services to vulnerable and disadvantaged adults.

Sam is a trained mental health nurse and a former pupil of All Hallows Catholic High School, Preston. Having experienced struggles with his own mental health as a teenager, he set up Change Talks that operates across the North West.

Declan is an inspirational young man who has been a lifelong patient of Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital due to a life-threatening illness. Aged 10 Declan decided he wanted to give back to the hospital that gave him so much and embarked on a charity campaign called Declan’s Decathlon.