THREE dedicated women from Cheshire have been chosen as finalists in a prestigious women’s award ceremony which celebrates those who go above and beyond.
Established in 2011, the Enterprise Vision Awards recognises the achievements of the north west’s most talented female entrepreneurs.
Deborah Dixon, from Tarporley, is one of the finalists in the Charity of the Year category, for her work screening young people for heart defects – which could ultimately save their lives.
She set up a memorial fund within the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young after her son died on September 4, 2011, aged 23, from an undetected heart defect.
She said: “I wanted to prevent other families going through the heartache we face every day, but I also wanted to keep Aaron’s memory alive – I didn’t want him to be forgotten.
“I made the decision to set up the Aaron Dixon Memorial Fund and offer free heart screening to all young adults.
“To date, we have raised £440,000. Every screening day costs £6,000, where 100 young adults are screened between the ages of 14 and 35.
“In Aaron’s memory, 4,600 young people have been screened – 154 of those have been referred with abnormalities.”
