Sasha Ratcliffe

Sasha hasn't exactly had an easy ride through life. Her first child, Dylan, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome which meant spending his first months in hospital and continual operations since then. His brother Jack followed two years later and, as he grew up, it became apparent that he had suffered from severe developmental delay.

While this might be enough to knock most people for six, not only has Sasha remained relentlessly upbeat and positive but, in her very limited spare time, has thrown herself into fundraising for Little Heart Matters, setting up Spotty Zebras (a support group for families of children with significant special needs) and is planning to train as a social worker as soon as Jack is settled in his school.

She is the most selfless person I have ever met and Ayrshire is very lucky to have her! CR