The Joshua Foundation’s Chief Executive Sarah Cornelius was nominated as the "Inspirational Woman of the Year" for
the Welsh region , in the Daily Mail / Marks & Spencers national competition. This is a new competition launched in
support of ‘Wellbeing of Women.’
Sarah was chosen as the ‘most inspirational woman in Wales’, and invited to the national finals in London at
the Dorchester Hotel , Park Lane on 26th June 2007. Unfortunately Sarah was away in France on that date, so she was represented at the Final by her father
Adrian Cornelius, who had nominated her for the award.
Prior to the London event, Sarah & Adrian were guests of the Marks & Spencer’s Store at Culverhouse Cross
where they chose outfits to wear to London as part of the prizes for finalists.
Adrian, proudly representing Sarah, was feted at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, sitting down to lunch with the
other four finalists from across the country, prior to a photo-shoot organised by Campbell’s Production Group , the
event organiser. In the evening the finalists joined celebrities from across the media-entertainment world, together
with senior executives of the Daily Mail , and Marks & Spencers ( including CE Stuart Rose) at a spectacular dinner
hosted by TV Presenter Kirsty Young. Other guests included Henry Kelly who raised an amazing sum of money via
an auction, and Guest Speaker Rory Bremner.
Each of the finalists were featured in a five minute video presentation (*); with Sarah and the Joshua Foundation
being well received by the audience. During the award ceremony, Adrian was escorted to the stage by his
personal host .. Eve Pollard , before being interviewed by Kirsty Young. Adrian reported that it was amost
enjoyable evening , quite an awesome experience... involved with such a group of inspirational women.
The 2007 Inspirational Woman of the Year Award was won by Lesley Henderson representing the North East region.
Lesley has set up a centre for autism development to support children with autism like her son Toby.
* Presentation available on CD Rom
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