Super charity comedian Eva, 14, wins big award

By Jill Dando News

A young comic who is raising awareness and money, while bringing smiles to the faces of millions, has been recognised with the Stephen Sutton Inspiration Award at the Pride of Birmingham Awards 2023. 

Eva Abley, aged 14 from Cannock, Staffordshire, UK has cerebral palsy and has always loved comedy.

So much so that she perfected her own stand-up routine and made it to the finals of Britain’s Got Talent last year with a series of hilarious sets, challenging stereotypes around what it means to be a young person with a disability.

When she’s not on-stage making people laugh, Eva uses her quick wit, determination, and contagious energy to raise money for others.

Having been supported by the team at Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital throughout her life, Eva raised over £15,000 for the hospital after organising and performing at a ball in Wolverhampton. 

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Eva continues to spread joy and awareness via her popular TikTok account, which has almost 70,000 followers. To honour her impact, Eva has been awarded the Stephen Sutton Inspiration Award at BirminghamLive Pride of Birmingham Awards with TSB 2023. 

The event was presented by Kym Marsh, who said: “This is such an amazing group of winners.

“Their courage, selfless dedication, inspiration and kindness are exactly what the world needs right now. Hearing their incredible stories can’t fail to inspire you, and restore your faith in humanity. I can’t wait to meet them.”

BirminghamLive Pride of Birmingham Awards with TSB returns for another year and welcomed star-studded guests including Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden, Love Island’s Alex and Olivia Bowen, actor David Bradley, and musicians Ruby Turner and Tony Iommi, to name a few.

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Other winners include: 

• Child of Courage: Finley Hassall, aged 11 from Kingswinford, Dudley – saved a boy’s life using the RNLI’s ‘Float To Live’ technique.
• Emergency Services Award: Deena Evans and Michael Hipgrave, aged 41 and 52 from Wolverhampton – two paramedics who were attacked by a knifeman when attending a wellness check with the police. 
• Outstanding Contribution: Chris Hoare, aged 75 from Edgbaston – formed the Birmingham Southwest Community Group in the early noughties to reform his crime-ridden estate. 
• Lifetime Achievement: Reverend Canon Eve Pitts from Birchfield, Birmingham – made The Church of England’s first black female vicar in 1994, and has since spent decades supporting parishioners, challenging racism, and calling out institutional prejudice in her own faith. 
• TSB Community Hero: Asha Rage, aged 45 from Small Heath – set up Dream Chasers FC in Small Heath to help get young people off the streets, which now has 160 players training weekly. 
• Triumph Over Adversity: The Chatting Family, from Lichfield – started the charity Carter The Brave and have raised over £330,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
• Special Recognition Award: Dawn Astle, 55 from Swadlincote – Daughter of the former West Brom and England striker Jeff Astle, who died when he was 59 from early onset dementia. She launched the Jeff Astle Foundation in 2015 to raise awareness of brain injury in sport.
• Special Recognition Award: Delores and Hector Pinkney, 71 and 70 from Handsworth – established the UK’s first independent Black organisation, The African Caribbean Self-Help Organisation, and the Dojo Project, which helps elderly people from ethnic minority backgrounds. 
• Spirit of Birmingham: The Commonwealth Games Volunteers; the army of 14,000 volunteers, without whom the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games couldn’t have happened. 

On their partnership with the awards, Jodie O’Leary, Customer Services Director at TSB, said:

“At TSB, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of the communities we serve, and the Pride of Birmingham awards are all about recognising the everyday heroes in those communities. As a proud Brummie myself, it is a huge honour to be part of the judging panel and is truly a humbling and heart-warming experience to hear the amazing stories behind every one of the nominees.”

The BirminghamLive Pride of Birmingham Awards with TSB is available to watch from 9 March, via the official Pride of Britain social media channels: @prideofbritain. To find out more, visit: www.prideofbritain.com/birmingham.

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