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.