Harry to join youngsters at WellChild Awards ceremony
PRINCE HARRY is to attend the glittering awards ceremony of a leading charity to celebrate the courage of children living with serious illnesses.
Prince Harry will attend the ceremony that celebrates the bravery of children with illnesses
Harry will join youngsters, parents, carers and celebrity supporters at the prestigious WellChild Awards, which will be held at the Dorchester in central London on October 3.
With hundreds of nominations received from across the country, WellChild's director of programmes Linda Partridge said it was a “tremendous” challenge for the judging panel to pick this year's winners.
“All the panel members are moved by the bravery of the children, the stories of selfless care and support and the dedication of the doctors, nurses, teachers, brothers and sisters who make a great difference to the lives of seriously-ill children and young people,” she added.
“The awards are a perfect demonstration of WellChild's commitment to helping as many seriously-ill children and their families as we can and embody our aim of raising awareness of their needs.”
Harry is a patron of WellChild, which holds an annual awards ceremony to recognise children battling serious illness and medical professionals who help them.
Thousands of children were nominated for an award
WellChild is famous for providing nurses for chronically-ill youngsters
Some of the awards include most inspirational child and most caring child
The organisation is best known for its nurses who provide specialist medical care and direct support in the home for chronically-ill youngsters.
At last year's ceremony, Harry said the stories of the winners were “moving beyond words”.
Awards categories include inspirational child, inspirational young person, most caring young person, nurse award, professional award and special recognition winner.