2025 Tenacious Campaigner Award Winners

  • “Being tenacious means never giving up, even when life feels overwhelming or unfair. It’s pushing forward when the easier choice would be to stop. It's staying true to my values, and turning pain into motivation to create change and make a lasting difference for others.”

    Esther Ghey, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious is the willingness to try, fail, learn, adjust, and go again. Change is rarely easy, so campaigners need the ability to see each setback or misfire not as a signal to give up, but as an opportunity to learn and come back stronger. ”

    Alex Lloyd Hunter, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “This award is recognition of the campaigning that I have done so far around gambling reform and will help me continue to push for changes that I believe can save lives. I feel completely honoured. Thank you!”

    Ann-Marie Ashton, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious means never giving up, no matter how tough it gets. Every weapon surrendered, every young person steered away from violence reminds me why I keep pushing forward.”

    Faron Paul, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious means never giving up fighting in my son’s memory. We want a change in the law to make sure vulnerable people’s mental capacity is appropriately assessed when necessary, and parents’ concerns are properly taken into account.”

    Fiona Laskaris, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious means remaining resilient, optimistic, and bold, particularly when the path forward is unclear, uncertain, challenging and complex.”

    Georgia Richards, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious is both about having the audacity to believe in a vision of something better, and being able to use the strength of that conviction as fuel to create change. ”

    Joanna Cruse, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious means fighting for a future that we know to be fair, just, and dignified, not just the changes which are easiest to achieve or the most politically expedient.”

    Maya Esslemont, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being part of the Tenacious community means drawing strength and inspiration from like-minded campaigners fighting for truth and justice in an increasingly hostile and anti-human rights climate. Together we are strong and powerful.”

    Project Resist, Tenacious Award Winner 2025

  • “Being tenacious is refusing to be forgotten. It's the enduring hope of those still trapped by a sentence that no longer exists, and the relentless campaigning of their families and supporters who refuse to give up. Tenacity is what keeps our work going.”

    UNGRIPP, Tenacious Award Winner 2025