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Southport Fathers Honored With Helen Rollason Award at BBC Sports Personality 2025

The honor spotlights their fundraising to build community projects in their daughters' names.

Overview

  • Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe received the Helen Rollason Award in Salford for resilience and charity work following the Southport killings.
  • Both fathers ran the 2025 London Marathon, helping fund a new playground at Churchtown Primary School and supporting Bebe’s Hive and Elsie’s Story.
  • Plans backed by the families include a proposed £10m revamp of Southport Town Hall inspired by the girls’ love of dance, music and the arts.
  • Rory McIlroy fought back tears during his interview, calling the fathers heroes after their on-stage tribute to Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King.
  • The BBC Breakfast documentary Our Girls: The Southport Families, now on iPlayer, follows the families’ year-long efforts to build lasting legacies.