The Inspiration Awards Host & Artists

 

Hosts

June Sarpong
June was born in Leytonstone in East London in May 1977 - her parents are both Ghanaian. She attended Connaught School for Girls in Leytonstone and loved it - "I was the kid everyone got on with," she says. "I could be mates with the cool gang and also with the nerds! " At the age of 15, however, June was on her way to school when she was hit by a car - a moment which was to change her life. She suffered a fractured and dislocated spine and had to spend 18 months in various hospital beds including the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Read more

 

Amanda Mealing
Beautiful actress, Amanda Mealing has agreed to co-host this year's event. Mealing who plays Connie Beauchamp in Holby City, has had no shortage of emotional challenges in her life. She is adopted, something she is coming to terms with thanks to her charity work in Sierra Leone for Save The Children. Surviving breast cancer has made Amanda Mealing even more determined to do everything she has to do. She is a truly inspirational lady.

 

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Artists

All Angels
In  2008, All Angels  can justify the claim to be the World’s First Female Classical Supergroup.
In May 2007 they performed at the Classical Brits, where their debut album All Angels was nominated for Album Of The Year, and were watched by 10 million viewers when they sang in front of the Queen at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall ...Read more

 

Yolanda Brown
YolanDa Brown expresses her innermost feelings through her music and in so doing never fails to rise to the next level with each performance. A belief in the open truth of music has seen her develop a wide genre vocabulary and songbook, backed by an undeniably awesome performance talent. YolanDa is as comfortable re-interpreting a current chart-topper, as she is reprising a Jazz standard or launching into an original composition. ...Read more

Belle Humble
Born in London and raised in a commune in Vancouver, Belle has always been surrounded by musical activity. Almost as soon as Belle was walking and talking she was singing and entertaining her extended family and friends.Belle studied Music and the Arts at University and gained a degree in the Academic Arts. As well as writing her own material she has performed live in both the UK and Canada. Inspired by a diverse mixture of talent such as Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Satie and Indian Raga, Belle has always remained positive and experimental in her work, believing that all songs should contain life and emotion. ...Read more

Seán Ruane
Since becoming a professional opera singer in 2001, Seán has earned rave reviews for his stage performances whilst simultaneously carving out a niche as the operatic ‘voice of sport’. The Lancashire-born tenor has given performances all over Europe, including at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and has developed a reputation as one of the leading tenors of his generation.A life-long Burnley fan, Seán is passionate about sport. In 2005 he bowled over English cricket supporters at Test matches with his pre-match rendition of the team anthem, ‘Jerusalem’. Indeed, following The Ashes triumph, Seán was asked to lead the crowd during the team’s victory celebrations in Trafalgar Square...Read more