Ruby Lockey-Pope, aged 15, from cheltenham has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.
Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Award is given out by the charity of the same name and has the support of both her sons, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex.

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Ruby realised that there were no teaching materials about period poverty, so she decided to make her own. She created a free online course for schools on the topic, through her nonprofit ‘The Ruby Lockey-Pope Foundation’. Overcoming her anxiety, Ruby delivered a whole school assembly on period poverty to 800 girls and was given Amnesty International’s ‘Find Your Voice’ award. Ruby is also a Junior Board member for Amnesty for her second year, regularly travelling to their Headquarters in London to be the voice of young people in the South West. Over the last three years, Ruby has lobbied senators whilst working with The United Nations Youth Foundation at Capitol Hill in Washington DC  on issues such as forced marriage, period poverty, FGM, reproductive rights and more. Ruby bravely breaks down taboos around periods and champions human rights issues showing other young people how they, too, can change the world.

Ruby attended a virtual ceremony to receive her award.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, supports of The Diana Award and attended the ceremony. He said:

“I want to thank you for being part of this important moment and for being such an invaluable asset to your community. I’m truly honoured to be celebrating your work, your commitment to change making, and the vital role you’ve taken on representing a new generation of humanitarianism.”

Ruby says: “It was an uplifting and inspiring experience. I now look forward to further developing my skills as I take part in The Diana Award Recipient Development Programme”.

The BBC covered Ruby’s award and you can read about that here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57640330