Unsung Hero for Sports Personality of the Year 2024: Fifteen regional winners in contention

Fifteen regional winners are in contention to be crowned the 2024 BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero of the Year.

The honour celebrates the best volunteers in sport, whose work is making a real difference in communities across the UK every day.

The overall winner will be announced at the Sports Personality of the Year show, which takes place on Tuesday, 17 December from 19:00 GMT live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Des Smith - the chair of the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club - won the award last year.

The 2024 regional winners are Moon Mughis (Scotland), Liam Mackay (Wales), Rachel Reid (Northern Ireland), Samra Said (London), Jean Paton (South), Ian Bennett (South West), Adam Kenyon (South East), George Sullivan (East), Stewart Nubley (East Midlands), Asha Rage (West Midlands), Bob Purcell (West), Paul McIntyre (North West), Keith Grainge (Yorkshire), Kristen Ingraham-Morgan (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire), and Stephen Newton (North East & Cumbria).