Awards totalling £10,000 are being given to help Merseyside’s aspiring stars of stage and screen realise their dreams.
The inaugural Terry Smith Awards will help talented young performers who have passed through the Liverpool Empire Youth Theatre’s renowned programmes. The awards honour the late businessman and journalist, who founded Radio City and became a Director of Liverpool Football Club, succeeding the legendary Bob Paisley on the Anfield board.
Terry, who lived with his wife Pam in Hoylake, Wirral, died a year ago. The 87-year-old was a former journalist at The Sunday Express and Granada TV, before launching independent news and picture agency, Mercury Press in the early 70s.
