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Who Cares Wins
by 55 North
NEWSTRADE: THE SUN
The Sun shines on NHS heroes
THE SUN IS PARTNERING WITH CHANNEL 4 AND NHS CHARITIES TOGETHER TO RECOGNISE AND REWARD HEALTHCARE HEROES, KEY WORKERS AND ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHONE OVER THE LAST YEAR
The Sun has partnered with Channel 4 and NHS Charities Together to make the annual Who Cares Wins awards the biggest and best yet. Backed by the Prime Minister, the awards will celebrate and thank all the healthcare heroes, key workers and ordinary people who helped get the nation through one of the most difficult years in living history.
This will be the first partnership with Channel 4, who will broadcast the awards, and see the return of the partnership with NHS Charities Together, for whom The Sun’s generous readers raised over £1m last year to get vital support to staff in their hour of need.
The awards were set up in 2017 as a way for readers to celebrate their NHS and healthcare heroes, and are now in their fourth year after being pioneered by The Sun’s late Health Editor Christina Newbury, who died suddenly aged 31. The Christina Newbury Memorial Award is named in her honour.
The winners of the Who Cares Wins Awards 2021 will be revealed at a star-studded ceremony later this year. The awards’ host, location and date have yet to be announced.
Victoria Newton, Editor-inChief of The Sun, said: “The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards has always celebrated our NHS heroes, and that’s why we’re so pleased to be partnering with Channel 4 and NHS Charities Together this year to make Who Cares Wins even bigger, after such an extraordinary effort by our health care key workers. There is a crucial public interest in commemorating those who went above and beyond to keep us safe, and I look forward to celebrating the tremendous effort given by those people in such challenging circumstances.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “There can’t have been a more fitting time to celebrate The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards, and it’s great they’ll be even bigger this year – recognising more of our key workers and giving the public the chance to watch on TV. I can’t wait to meet all of the worthy winners in person, hear their stories, and give them my very personal thanks.”
