Theresa May presented the Women of the Year Special Award to Margaret Aspinall on behalf of the Hillsborough Families.
The Women of the Year Lunch & Awards, held yesterday at the InterContinental London Park Lane, honored six inspirational women in a variety of categories including Courage, Campaigning, contribution to education, Lifetime Achievement and Inspirational Woman of the year.
High-profile women such as Nadiya Hussain, Judy Murray and Sheila Hancock attended the lunch, and the awards were judged by an esteemed panel, including Maureen Lipman CBE, and President of Women of the Year Lunch, Sandi Toksvig CBE.
After a long battle, an inquest this April revealed that it wasn’t the football fans that were responsible for deaths at Hillsborough on the 15th April, 1989.
Presenter of the award, Theresa May said: 
‘It was an honor to present “The Women of the Year Special Award” to the Hillsborough families today. Having lost their loved ones in the most appalling circumstances, they then spent 27 years searching for the truth with extraordinary dignity.’
‘This April, when the fresh inquests delivered their conclusions, they made clear to the whole nation what the Hillsborough families have known to be true from the beginning – that the fans were blameless.’
‘Thanks to their resolve we now know the truth about what happened that day. This award is for all those who lost their lives at Hillsborough and their families who have shown immense courage and determination.’
Full list of winners and their sponsors: 
- Hillsborough families received the Women of the Year Special Award. Margaret Aspinall was presented with the Award on their behalf by Theresa May.
- Lorraine’s Inspirational Woman of the Year was singer Lizzie Jones, who set up the The Danny Jones defibrillators Fund, providing defibrillators to rugby clubs in memory of her husband.
- The Prudential Women of the Year Campaigner Award went to Marjorie Wallace for her tireless campaigning for the availability of mental health services in the UK over the past thirty years with SANE Mental Health Charity.
- The Good Housekeeping Women of the Year Courage Award was given to Liz Clegg, the volunteer who has fought to improve the plight of women and children living in the dangerous Calais ‘Jungle’.
- DFS Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Dame Fanny Waterman for her incredible contribution to the world of music over her lifetime.
- The Barclays UK Women of the Year Award went to Seema Aziz for her outstanding contribution to education in Pakistan with Care Foundation Pakistan, based on her principle that every child has the right to education.
Women of the Year Lunch first took place in 1955. Their president is Sandi Toksvig, and the Chairman is Jane Luca, Director of Public Affairs at ITV. Previous winners have included Dame Stephanie Shirley and anti-FGM Campaigner Fahma Mohamed.
