Norfolk dad to get Pride of Britain award after taking on suicide awareness challenge
Tim Owen, from Shouldham took on the challenge with Andy Airey and Mike Palmer - all lost their daughters to suicide.
Three dads, including one from Norfolk, who embarked on a charity walk in aid of suicide awareness, are to be honoured at the Pride of Britain Awards.
52 year old Tim Owen, from Shouldham near King's Lynn, took on the challenge with Andy Airey, 61, Mike Palmer, 57.
All three lost their daughters to suicide - and will be given a special recognition award for trekking 550 miles over 31 days.
Mr Airey said: "During our walk we met very many suicide-bereaved parents, all of them said the same thing; it was only after they lost their child that they discovered that suicide was the biggest killer of under 35's in the UK; they all asked, 'If suicide is the biggest threat to our children's lives, why is no one talking about it?'"
The Lionesses will also be honoured with a special gong at this year's alongside other community heroes.
The judging panel selected England's European champions for the special award for "galvanising" the nation and providing a whole generation with "new role models".
Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo will co-host the award ceremony on October 27 which will be attended by a plethora of famous faces to celebrate the inspiration winners.
Jill Allen-King who lost her sight on her wedding night aged 24 due to glaucoma and was sterilised at the urging of doctors, will also be honoured with the lifetime achievement award.
Ms King, 82, from Southend-On-Sea, campaigned during her life for access for guide dogs in public spaces and became the first female president of the National Federation of the Blind UK.
School girl Elizabeth Soffe, eight, wins the Child of Courage Award for her charity run which raised ÂŁ202,000 for the hospital that saved her life.
Birmingham Children's Hospital treated her after a faulty air conditioner blaze set fire to her room and cot.
Soffe, who still has scars, tells people: "It doesn't matter what you look like, it just matters that you're kind."
While a 15-year-old girl who saved two lives after they were swept away by treacherous river currents will be given the teenager of courage award.
Lucy Montgomery from Armagh saved family friend Mathieu, eight, and her father Graham, who cannot swim, when the pair were dragged out during paddle-boarding in the Charente River in France.
The Pride of Britain Awards will be broadcast on ITV on October 27 at 8pm.