Esther Ghey is the founder of Peace & Mind UK, which she set up following the tragic loss of her daughter Brianna in 2023.
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00:00The mother of Brianna Jai has been named as Cheshire Woman of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony.
00:07Esther Jai is the founder of Peace and Mind UK, a community interest company working to improve the mental health of young people and their families,
00:16which she set up following the tragic loss of her daughter Brianna in 2023.
00:2116-year-old Brianna was stabbed after being lured to Linear Park, Colcheth, a village near Warrington, Cheshire.
00:28Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 15 at the time, were jailed for life for the murder of the transgender teenager.
00:36Esther received the award during a lunch at Chester Racecourse, which was attended by the Lord Mayor of Chester,
00:43Councillor Sharon Akhtar, and the broadcaster and former ITV Granada reports presenter Lucy Meacock, who was the guest speaker.
00:49It is the 40th anniversary year of the awards and over 2,000 women from Wirral and Cheshire have been honoured for their personal, courage, community service or professional achievements.
01:03Esther is the author of Under a Pink Sky, a memoir about love, loss and the power of forgiveness, and appeared in the ITV documentary Brianna and Mother's Story.
01:12Through her work, Esther continues to advocate for safer, more sympathetic spaces online in schools and in society.
01:21Through sponsorship, the awards events raised nearly £300,000 for children's charities,
01:27and this year all the funds raised will go to the NSPCC for the charity's work with children and families in Cheshire and Wirral.
01:33Esther said she felt honoured to receive the award, saying,
01:37I don't think there's anything better than when women come together to support each other.