04/12/2025
The National Rehabilitation Centre Director Miriam Duffy was recently presented with the Women Empowerment Award at The Global Gift Gala, having been nominated by Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou for her dedication to transforming rehabilitation.
SameYou is a charity which supports young brain injury survivors to access the right treatment for them, and therefore has been working closely with Miriam and the NRC for several years. The charity was launched by actress Emilia Clarke and her mum Jenny after Emilia suffered two life-threatening brain haemorrhages while working on the Game of Thrones television series.
The Women Empowerment Award has previously been presented to the likes of singer-songwriter Paloma Faith, poet Elena Likhach, entrepreneur Mona Kattan, American diplomat Julissa Reynoso and actress Rose McGowan.
Miriam said of receiving the award: “It is an immense honour to have been awarded the Women Empowerment award at The Global Gift Gala.
“Working with SameYou has been and continues to be a huge privilege and further opportunity to raise the importance of rehabilitation post brain injury.”
The star-studded Global Gift Gala was held in London and helps to raise money for charitable projects which achieve positive change in the lives of children and women, providing them with shelter, food, clothing, education, medical care and other needs, which include social inclusion and gender inequality.
