People Scarborough's Lily Porter wins Fundraiser category at BBC's Make a Difference Awards 2024 By Louise French Comment Published 18th Sep 2024, 16:27 BST Georgey Spanswick with Lily Ten-year-old Lily Porter has been recognised for her work to ensure that people in Scarborough have everything they need to create a cracking Christmas dinner. Lily was one of eight local community heroes who were honoured at a glamorous ceremony hosted by BBC Radio’s Georgey Spanswick at York Racecourse on Friday (September 13). The aim of the awards is to shine a light on the everyday, unsung heroes who go that extra mile for others in their own community.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. In North Yorkshire this year’s judges included Emmerdale actress Roxy Shahidi, TV’s ‘Dogfather’ Graeme Hall, BBC Newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti, and BBC Morning Live’s Briony May Williams. Bake off stars Freya Cox and Rowan Claughton were also involved.
Mick Couzens with his award Lily first discovered she had been nominated after being invited on to the radio to talk about her fundraising.