# Public votes ice bucket campaigner their Everyday Hero

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/18/public-votes-ice-bucket-campaigner-their-everyday-hero/
- Published: 2015-12-18T09:00:47+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**This year’s ParcelHero Everyday Hero is Paula Maguire, the ice bucket campaigner
who helped raise £7m for charity.**

In November, international parcel broker ParcelHero asked the public to [nominate](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/21/parcelhero-invites-nominations-for-your-everyday-hero/)
people for its Everyday Heroes competition, which recognises people who make a positive
impact on their community. The public nominated people for five hero awards: business,
volunteer, people’s, community and sport, with Maguire (pictured centre with husband
Robert at the IoF National Awards 2015) voted overall winner for bringing the Ice
Bucket Challenge to the UK.

Maguire introduced the idea in August 2015 to help raise funds for Motor Neurone
Disease after her uncle died from the illness. She created a JustGiving page to 
publicise it, with her husband Robert and herself the first to take up the challenge
and post a video of it. As a result of Maguire’s work in publicising the challenge,
it raised £7m for the [Motor Neurone Disease Association](http://www.mndassociation.org/‎)
in just one month.

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David Jinks, head of public relations at ParcelHero, said:

> “We were overwhelmed with the quality of the unsung heroes and heroines nominated.
> There were some truly moving stories of hard work, dedication and generosity. 
> But Paula Maguire is undoubtedly a worthy winner.”

Paula and Robert Maguire also [won](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/09/bestyoucanbe-fundraisers-recognised-at-iof-national-fundraising-awards/)
best volunteer fundraiser at the IoF National Awards 2015.

The full list of Everyday Heroes winners can be found on the ParcelHero [site](https://www.parcelhero.com/blog/competitions/announcing-the-parcelhero-everyday-peoples-hero).

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