We caught up with Host Christine Talbot and Former LUFC player Brian Deane at the launch of the Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards 2024 which was attended by previous winners, including Rob Burrow’s daughter Maya.
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00:00 The 12th Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards launch was attended by some previous winners
00:05 including Rob Burrow and his family. His daughter Maya won the Compassionate Carer Award with
00:10 sister Macy last year. Supporting the St James' Place Charitable Foundation, we caught up
00:15 with host Christine Talbot and former Leeds United player Brian Dean to discover more.
00:20 The Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards is really one of the most special events that
00:24 I've ever hosted. I've probably done about four years now and I've had the privilege
00:29 of doing the honours on the night alongside John Hammond, my co-presenter. It's a massive
00:36 event, there's usually about 800 people come, but it's a very heartwarming event, there's
00:41 just something different about it because it's all about the children and their unique
00:46 stories and it can be honouring the children from anything from overcoming the odds with
00:52 an illness or a particular challenge. Some of them have started to fundraise in unique
00:58 ways, some of them have achieved sporting or prowess in a particular discipline, but
01:04 every single one of them, their stories get everybody moved and there's often a lot of
01:10 tears on the night, a lot of applause, everybody goes away just feeling so uplifted. For me
01:16 it's really inspirational being involved, when I say inspirational, there's so much
01:22 we can learn from children. We forget as adults how grateful we should be at times, you know,
01:27 and you see some of the fight and some of these courageous children, but it's just a
01:32 reminder of being grounded and how lucky we are, but the fight, we can all take something
01:39 from how they are, so for me it's a wonderful occasion. I do get a bit emotional, but like
01:48 I say, there's so much we can take from the courage of these young people. If you know
01:52 a child that you think deserves a nomination, I say to anyone watching this, get it in because
01:58 it's a very special evening.
01:59 Thank you.