Actress Kym Marsh was moved to tears when she presented incredible midwife Agnes Nisbett with an award at the Daily Mirror's Pride of Britain Awards this week. The yearly event celebrated its 25th anniversary on Monday night, with the UK's fundraisers, awe-inspiring children, community heroes, young achievers and brave people being recognised with well-deserved awards. The night, hosted at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday, saw a host of stars celebrating the achievements.
One of the winners, Agnes Nisbett , was made the Community Hero thanks to her years of dedication to grieving mothers. The 87-year-old was a young midwife when she went through the heartbreak of stillbirth in 1973 and went on to provide women who experienced the same thing a sanctuary for grieving. When Agnes returned to work many years ago after losing her son John, she was desperate to make a change as she had no keepsakes of him.
She pioneered the Born Whilst Sleeping programme at Leicester Royal Infirmary and set aside a room for women where they could grieve away from other mums and their newborns in the main maternity ward. She also encouraged mothers to take photographs and palm prints to serve as treasured keepsakes. The entire room was in tears watching Agnes' story, with host Carol Vorderman telling Agnes that 'two women grateful to you' was going to present her award.
Kym Marsh and Sue Johnston walked up on stage and were emotional as they thanked Agnes for her years of hard work. Kym.