2025 Sense Awards Judges

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Each year, our judges select the winners and help us celebrate the achievements of disabled people with complex needs and the people who support them. 

The judges

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Tasha Ghouri

A television personality, author, campaigner, and this year’s Head Judge for the Sense Awards.
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Roxy Murray

Known online as the Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista, Roxy is a patient advocate, disability campaigner and one of the BBC’s 100 Women of 2024.
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Pravjoth Gill

Named a ‘Rising Star’ in the Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100, Pravjoth is a disability advocate who uses her lived experience to empower disabled people.
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Shaun Hayward

A singer-songwriter and medal-winning ballroom and Latin American dancer, a regular on TV and in the media, and runs a music studio in Leeds.
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Max Fisher

Multi-award winning disability advocate, speaker and scientist. Named in the Top 10 of the Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100 List and won Sense’s Person of the Year in 2022.