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Official Presentation Guide
The British Citizen Award
in partnership with
The British Citizen Award
The British Citizen Award
January 2021 Medalists
The British Citizen Award Sponsors
With special thanks to:
The British Citizen Award Patron
PATRON “‘Welcome to the thirteenth British make our communities special.
Citizen Awards, which is growing I thank them for their integrity
from strength to strength with in keeping to the eight worthy
every ceremony. The title is so individual categories.
very apt as it recognises those
who demonstrate true citizenship “Your story has inspired me and you
by working tirelessly to make a thoroughly deserve our recognition
positive impact in their community, and our thanks for the extraordinary
without thinking of themselves. contribution you have made to our
society. Your selfless efforts make our
“Those who have been nominated world a better, safer, healthier and
have come from all over the UK happier place – you are quite simply,
and are truly ‘unsung heroes’. one of Britain’s unsung heroes.
I thank you for making our world
Many have quietly helped in areas more human with your acts of
where they themselves have goodness”.
benefited from in the past.
“The independent assessment
panel were moved and greatly Dame Mary Perkins
humbled to read about so many The British Citizen Award, Patron
DAME MARY PERKINS individuals doing great things to Co-Founder of Specsavers
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others. event.”
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The British Citizen Award Host & Patron
Patron Educated in India and current chair of Nacro and
Tanzania, Lord Dholakia came also chairs its Race Issues
to Britain to study at Brighton Advisory Committee.
Technical College. His first
job as a Medical Laboratory Lord Dholakia is involved
Technician at Southlands with a range of charities
Hospital in Shoreham-by-Sea. including being a Patron of
the British branch of Child in
He became active in the Need India. In 1994 he was
Liberal party and was made an officer of the Order
elected to Brighton Borough of the British Empire (OBE).
Council between 1961-64. In 2000 he was named ‘Asian
From 1976 Lord Dholakia of the Year’ and won the
served as a member for Pride of India Award in 2005.
the Commission for racial
equality and has been The Rt Hon. the Lord
involved in the Sussex police Dholakia OBE DL is a Liberal
authority, police complaints Democrat Life peer sitting in
authority and Howard League the House of Lords since 24
the Lord Dholakia OBE DL for Penal reform. He is the October 1997.
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The British Citizen Award Patron
PATRON "My filming schedule usually acts constantly made by people
precludes me from being an never cease to amaze me and yet
active supporter of many causes to them they are nothing more
but, when I was invited to than an everyday gesture.
become Patron of The British
Citizen Award and heard about "These people doing
the brilliant work they do extraordinary things are true
honouring the nation’s unsung superheroes, without masks and
heroes, how could I refuse? capes.
"Championing the work that "I wish them all the very best in
these amazing people do for their many divergent endeavours;
others is a great honour and continue to light up the world
I only hope I can do them with your selflessness."
justice. Just reading about
the contribution that today’s
recipients have made to our
society is truly inspiring.
Bradley Walsh
"To be part of the BCA is a truly The British Citizen Award, Patron
Bradley Walsh humbling experience. The selfless Actor and TV presenter
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Barrie de Suys BCAv matters, Barrie is an 86-year- RNIB (Barrie continued to walk
Surrey old heart attack survivor, with unmeasured distances daily at the
a reconstructed hip, following park until the end of the year, whilst
a facture in 2018. Yet he still his fundraising page remained
wanted to give something open).
back to society.
The impact was felt throughout
When lockdown closed the the community with such a
park, he instead walked positive news story, in challenging
the perimeter of the park, circumstances resulting in other
morning, noon and night, local residents being inspired to
walking alone and raising not visit the park and walk, exercise
just funds, but spirits when more and feel part of something
people in the community saw inspirational during a very difficult
his challenge. Walking tens time in the world. Barrie created
of miles per day (averaging a real community spirit as well as
Barrie set himself a target of 20 miles daily,) he walked in raising money for RNIB.
walking 1,000 miles for charity, all weathers and continued
around his local Victory Park until 26th July 2020, finally
in Addlestone - one 0.6-mile completing 2,195 miles, Nominated by:
lap at a time. To compound raising over £9000 for the Vicky Clifford
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Dennis Gowans BCAv in Crail Preservation Society elderly to medical appointments
Fife (Chairman), Crail Community and delivering community
Partnership (Secretary), Crail newsletters. A recent
Festival and Crail Folk Club. organisational highlight was the
Dennis led fundraising efforts, parade through Crail when Crail
for community consultation, Coat of Arms was presented to
community hall business plan the Community Council by The
development and purchase, and Rt. Hon. the Lord King on Arms
more recently Crowdfunding and the restored 16th Century
efforts that helped the Doocot was opened by him.
community raise funds to
purchase three tracts of land As Secretary of Crail Community
for environmental improvement Partnership - a charity formed
from Fife Council - raising over and funded by the monies raised
£100,000 in total. - Dennis works as a facilitator
engaging with community
Dennis is regularly seen painting groups to identify the challenges
Dennis has been volunteering or repairing community and future actions that can take
with various groups in the equipment and benches, or place to improve the burgh.
Royal Burgh of Crail for 10 years participating in the teams
to improve life in the burgh. that mow the community- Nominated by:
Dennis is heavily engaged run putting green, driving the Heather Aird
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Sharon Warboys BCAc to help, Sharon Knott and Sharon local businesses and like-minded
Sharon Knott BCAc Warboys - later known as ‘The people, DLDD Trust started
Bedfordshire Sharons’ - decided to take action. to look at ways to enhance
job prospects for residents in
The charity, DLDD Trust, was born Dunstable. Today, DLDD assists
from the Facebook community with finding employment, CV
page ‘Don’t Let Dunstable Die’ writing, mentoring, wardrobe help
which they started in March 2009. and job placement. With over
The intention was to give the 16,700 followers on Facebook,
community a voice about their working together in the community
town and help communication DLDD Trust, led by The Sharons, is
between council and the flourishing. It has an inspirational
community. It was apparent community presence and is
to The Sharons that something working with churches to assist
needed to be done to improve their with poverty as well as helping the
When Mary Portas went to hometown, so they set themselves Dunstable Foodbank.
Dunstable with the BBC Money the mission to keep local people
Programme in 2009 and said it was updated and informed about what
“…like a cemetery” then walked was happening in their community. Nominated by:
away because she was unable After many years working with Sarah Carr
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Mukesh Malhotra BCAv ThamesBank Credit Union, an mile’ from the water pump or
Middlesex unpaid role. This is a financial borehole using 35 litre water
cooperative owned solely by barrels which can be pushed or
members to provide a safe place for rolled rather than carried.
savings and access to loans. Mukesh
also speaks regularly at colleges and In addition to the above, he is
universities on Third Sector topics Trustee of Disability Network
such as credit unions, food banks, Hounslow, supporting people
rough sleeping and cyber security. with physical, sensory or
mental impairments living and
Through his involvement with the working in Hounslow through
Hounslow Rotary, he has introduced providing advice, information
‘Rotary World’s Greatest Meal to and advocacy. Throughout all
Help End Polio’, which globally Mukesh’s voluntary work, he has
has helped save over 16.5 million helped many communities both
For nearly 20 years Mukesh has children from Polio worldwide. locally and nationally.
volunteered within his community Mukesh is also Trustee of the UK
and has been instrumental in arm a water charity called Roll Out
the fight to end Polio. Mukesh The Barrel, whose primary aim is Nominated by:
is currently Director & Chair of to transport clean water, that ‘last Sarah Gardner
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Rofikul Islam BCAc involved in gang violence and Rofikul is currently volunteering
London those at risk of becoming involved at an East London Soup Kitchen,
in gangs. Rofikul volunteered helping the homeless, elderly,
connecting young people with lonely and poor in the surrounding
positive role models who provide areas. They provide free hot meals,
advice, guidance, practical clothes, toiletries and some space
assistance and emotional support. to provide a sense of belonging for
those in the community. During
He was an Ambassador to a youth the last eight months, Rofikul
exchange programme offering established a COVID-19 Support
ethical overseas volunteering Network which sets up food banks
placements for those who in Tower Hamlets, Newham,
would otherwise not have such Barking and Dagenham, providing
opportunities. He then went to strategic advice and guidance to
Bangladesh to work with young Food Bank start-ups and provides
people to overcome communication food packs to more than 6,000
For over 15 years Rofikul has barriers. Back home, Rofikul and households across East London.
devoted his time to several his friends were amongst the first
community projects, locally and few community groups to respond
around the world. He has been a at 2am on the night of the Grenfell Nominated by:
mentor supporting young people Tower disaster. Mohammed Uddin
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Alexander Anderson BCAv Aged 11, he moved to Duffryn Health Campaign’, which is
South Wales High School which had a special currently growing through
Autism Spectrum Disorder base for schools, universities and cadet
individuals with special needs. He forces to provide people with
attained 8 GCSE’s and refuses to call the resources and guidance they
Asperger’s a disability; it has never need to maintain a healthy mind
stopped him achieving his goals. space.
Alex became a very active member Alex is also part of GAVO Youth
of his community by volunteering Panel which funds grants for
and fundraising for charities. projects across the Gwent
Furthermore, he volunteered at community to make a real
the Military Preparation College difference. Alex has been
Newport, eight hours a day, five days fundamental in helping to
a week, providing young people with allocate £30,000 of funding for
Alex, diagnosed with Asperger’s support and a chance to get their various community projects.
Syndrome at the age of 9, faced many Maths and English qualifications.
difficulties which affected his health During the Covid-19 challenges,
and wellbeing. Alex went through Alex has become the Military and Nominated by:
four schools before he was diagnosed. Cadet Manager of the ‘My Mental Matthew Thacke
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Helen Mackenzie BCAc the England Netball level 3 launching 2015 there are now
North Yorkshire Coaching Award. Eleven years nearly 100 ladies taking part in
ago, Helen learned that she had netball who would not normally
an aggressive form of stage three do so.
breast cancer. She vowed then,
that when she had beaten it, she They are coached by Helen and
would make competitive sport are greeted with a smile and the
- normally the preserve of the knowledge that they are going
ultra-fit and young - accessible to be treated with respect. Every
to all. person, whether it be their first
time or their twentieth, are
So, she started ‘Ripon City taught in a way that is both easy
Netball Club’ which attracts to understand and enjoyable. No
young girls but equally welcomes one is left on the side-lines or
seniors and people with varying ignored if they cannot learn as
Helen is a Physical Education levels of mobility, ability and fast as others.
teacher who swam to a semi-elite sporting prowess. It is a club
level, represented her county in where many mums - including
seven sports, and became one Helen herself - play alongside Nominated by:
of the first coaches to achieve their own daughters. Since Mervyn Lutton
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Mansoor Ahmed BCAv suffering and hardship of those Mansoor is seen every year
London in his local community, using his behind the table of the Poppy
accountancy knowledge to offer Appeal or shaking his collection
free services to local businesses tin in the street. He is involved
and free business advice for those in the organising but is also part
on the fringes encouraging them of the team ‘doing’, whether
to embark on their own business. that is running in the ‘Fun
Run’, litter picking, or actively
He believes that education is a helping the underprivileged
key to opportunity, therefore in his neighbourhood. He is
volunteered as a school governor a keen advocate of breaking
for 13 years promoting cohesion down cultural barriers, whilst
and equality. To further promote respecting all cultures, and
cultural cohesion, he raises funds enjoys nothing more than seeing
for national charities supporting someone benefit from any of his
Mansoor arrived in the UK education, integration and community works.
from Bangladesh in 2007 under interfaith peace - raising funds for
the British Government Highly The British Red Cross, GOSH, Age
Skilled Migration Programme. He UK, British Heart Foundation and Nominated by:
is committed to alleviating the very many more. Bernard Knight
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Michael Scott BCAc are expected to serve. Michael In the last year he has been
Northumberland volunteers over 26 hours per week involved in three arrests for drink
on top of his work as a farmer and driving, one for burglary, one
an agricultural contractor. These for a public order offence and
hours are usually unsociable, one for theft. He has also been
from 5pm till 2am, and Michael’s responsible for the recovery
willingness to assist the community £40,000 worth of agricultural
and colleagues rarely sees him equipment. Michael has also
leaving on time. assisted in the recruitment
of over twenty rural crime
Michaels dedication to being a volunteers, who assist the police
Special has positively impacted the as eyes and ears in the rural
community, his service protects the community. These volunteers
community from harm, and also feel like they have a voice and
protects his colleagues. The rural can see the end product of a
Michael has volunteered as a Special community can feel vulnerable and safer community.
Constable with Northumbria Police isolated, but Michael’s volunteering
in rural Northumbria for thirty-six offers a reassuring, visible presence,
years, longer than any other serving helping regular officers attend more Nominated by:
Special Constable or regular officers quickly and efficiently. Garry Neill
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Tracie Pal BCAc up a website offering companies to receive training on how to use
West Midlands the chance to advertise their it. Tracie also arranged a calendar
vacancies for just £20. Money shoot for Breast Cancer awareness
raised from the website is which has raised over £4,000,
donated locally and helped save for 2021 has produced another
a local Bowling Club and provided calendar for Prostate awareness.
special fans for a Cancer Ward.
Tracie also runs the Local Street
For 17 years Tracie has been Watch Group, a West Midlands
working for the King George Police initiative, keeping the local
Memorial Hall, a registered area safe, and is constantly raising
charity which supports many money to help clothe and feed
different local needs. This the homeless. Everything Tracie
includes fundraising for has done over the last 40 years
gardening club, churches, a has had a positive impact on her
Tracie has been committed to
local school to buy swimming community.
supporting the local community for
equipment, and getting the
over 40 years. Her volunteering saw
first defibrillator installed in the
her set up Solihull Jobs to help people
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locally find work, and from that set
over 30 people within the village Saroj Pal
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Anthony Kelly BCAh regime, has not needed to take at getting the ‘physical activity
West Midlands any medication for his condition. It and a healthy balanced diet’
is his personal journey that many message across to all communities,
find engaging. For nearly nine especially those marginalised.
years Tony has been a committed
volunteer for Diabetes UK and is Since Tony started volunteering, he
currently Diabetes Patient Lead for has reached thousands of people
NHS Birmingham & Solihull Clinical helping to improve their well-
Commissioning Group, a volunteer being, reducing the strain on the
role that he has undertaken for the NHS and preventing many at risk
past six years. of developing Diabetes through
suggesting lifestyle changes. He
Tony volunteered at over 160 advocates a healthy lifestyle and a
events in the year up to lockdown, balanced diet to reduce the effects
including awareness workshops, of the condition and wants to help
speaking engagements, attending as many people as he possibly can.
Tony was diagnosed with Type 2 fairs, fetes and health days – and
Diabetes 17 years ago, which in prior to that had been filmed and
his case is hereditary. Through interviewed for radio, television Nominated by:
adhering to his disciplined and websites. He works hard Carl Morgan
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Joyce Porter BCAv people have passed through the and steadfast asset to a succession
Middlesex unit during this period, benefiting of Commanding Officers through
from her care and guidance. Chief her more than half a century of
Petty Officer Porter led the way as service and is rightly described as
one of the first females to formally the backbone of the unit.
join the Sea Cadet Corps when
they amalgamated with the males Following a 21-year secretarial
in 1982 and was instrumental in career at Bucklands Primary
leading by example, encouraging School in Staines, she continued
many adult and cadet females to in a voluntary capacity for a
follow her lead. further eight years as a classroom
assistant, aiding pupils in need of
Joining initially the Sea Cadets additional support in literacy and
in 1967, she later assumed the numeracy, finally retiring after
role of Administration Officer for some 30 years of dedicated service
her unit. Her effectiveness as to the school.
Joyce Porter has been serving an administrator led to her later
the young people of Richmond being appointed Secretary to the
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it is estimated over 2,000 young has been an unstinting, constant, David Lewis
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Timothy Baker BCAa balls used on the annual Royal Tim is very community-
Derbyshire Shrovetide Football Game in minded and takes his artwork
Ashbourne, Derbyshire. This into the wider community
is a medieval football game giving talks on the history
played annually on Shrove of art in the ancient custom
Tuesday. Started originally in of Shrovetide Football. Tim
the reign of Henry II it is one also takes the ball into local
of the last surviving examples schools each year to teach
of mass street football in children about the artistry
England. involved. He is only the fifth
person to paint the balls in
Tim has volunteered for 30 150 years and has helped
years, spending up to 70 hours many students research the
creating the personalised ancient custom for their
artwork for an honoured degree thesis. 30 years later,
guest who is selected to start Tim is still as dedicated and
the game each year. In 2003 committed to his community.
Tim has a natural talent for art he painted the ball for HRH
and aged 17, 30 years ago, he The Prince of Wales which
was given the privilege of being featured portraits of the Royal Nominated by:
invited to paint one of the two Family. Michael Wilcox
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Sally Miller BCAc running Havering Street Watch in volunteered over 600 hours to the
Essex 2015. Through Sally’s determination scheme.
this has grown from five to 20
volunteers. Also, Sally volunteers as an
Appropriate Adult in Custody
Sally fundraises the money to supporting young people under
continue the scheme so that the age of 18 or adults with mental
volunteers are equipped with health issues through the custody
high-visibility jackets, torches, process. To date she has volunteered
pocketbooks and personal attack over 300 hours in custody. Sally
alarms. All volunteers are insured. was asked to raise money for two
Sally and the team patrol the local new minibuses, so organised quiz
area, organise meetings and hold nights and big lunches raising over
public presentations, liaising with £3,000. Sally believes in bringing the
the local police to ensure continued neighbourhood together to create a
support for the area. She recently safer environment for families to feel
set up a project in partnership they belong.
Sally has been volunteering in with the Met. Police and Havering
Havering for over 20 years. She College to raise awareness of
joined her local Neighbourhood the anti-burglary campaign ‘lift, Nominated by:
Watch scheme, then started lock, remove’. To date she has Jackie Fisher
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Stephen Wyatt BCAc consistently goes over and in Southampton, which is
Hampshire above the call of duty, providing dedicated to improving the
a real community service. Steve lives of those with disabilities
is always smiling and cheerful, through sport.
always willing to help out in
village matters from distributing Steve ‘goes the extra mile’
fliers, to acting as Father every day, checking on the sick,
Christmas at the local children’s elderly and mobility challenged.
Christmas party, and opening He takes an interest in everyone
the local village fete. in the village and also provides
an essential community service,
In addition to this, for over 20 keeping watch on the welfare
years, Steve has volunteered of the isolated and vulnerable.
with youth football. He managed His contribution is invaluable,
and coached Petersfield distributing Covid-19 Support
Town Juniors for many years, Group newsletters and the
organising Youth Tournaments village magazine, in his spare
Stephen, known as ‘Postie and the Petersfield Town two- time.
Steve’, has been a postman in day five-a-side tournament.
Petersfield for over 30 years. He Subsequently, he moved on
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service as part of his role, but with the Saints Foundation David Caukill
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Graham Dodds BCAc and has received six bravery to the young people within the
Co. Omagh recommendations. In 2012-13, community.
Northern Ireland was in the grip Since 2013, Graham has
of a ‘flag protest’ resulting in held the position of Officer
the most serious civil disorder Commanding of 72 Omagh
in 20 years. Graham directed Squadron Royal Air Force Cadets
operations on the ground and (RAFAC). His volunteering for
remained with his officers to RAFAC quickly saw him become
bring the rioting and protests the driving force in obtaining
under control at numerous sites new premises for the Cadets.
over a number of months. The prefab mobiles were not
fit for purpose, but through
Grahams contribution to his collaborating with various
community, whether young or organisations, the cadets
old, has saved lives and protected now have a £660K purpose-
people. Promoting good built accommodation with
citizenship is his passion and in classrooms and facilities to
Graham is a Chief Inspector an area of significant social and teach the young children.
with the Police Service of economic deprivation, Graham
Northern Ireland (PSNI) with addresses the imbalance by
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Preeti Kaur BCAv of her achievements to date have neighbours, whispers on entering
London been with Asian women and her place of worship and strange,
the cultural aspects which deny disapproving remarks and looks from
them opportunities. Preeti herself the distant community.
was negatively portrayed in her
immediate south Asian community Her stoicism has resulted in Preeti being
because she chose a career path sought out by groups to speak and has
atypical to that of an Indian woman. empowered other women from her
She had chosen to sing on the culture. She is now addressing several
Internet. challenging issues such as: domestic
violence, lack of education opportunity,
With the support of her liberal child marriages and honour killings.
parents, rather than yield to A video she produced based on
social norms, she sang louder and oppression, unemployment and lack of
opportunity for Indian women has had
clearer to fight for her passion and
Preeti is determined to make challenge the stereotype. She even 137,000 views.
her local inner-city community started to sing Indian songs to prove
better by leading positive societal that although she is a Westerner,
change and increased awareness she has not left behind her cultural Nominated by:
of marginalisation. The mainstay heritage. This caused derision from Jasbir Kaur
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Khalid Raza BCAo simple ethos which was to recycle of helping people in need and
Strathclyde them. Since its inception it has reducing waste in the environment.
grown with the help of many
other like-minded individuals and During its five-year existence, this
partnerships. Volunteers from all grassroots charity has improved the
walks of life have now rescued physical, emotional and often the
6,500 wheelchairs from landfill economic well-being of thousands of
and over 5,500 other mobility people who face barriers to mobility
aids from scrapyards, care homes due to impoverished situations,
and households across the UK, social stigma, access and/or conflict.
delivering these into areas such Along with fellow volunteers, Khalid
as Bangladesh, Iraq, Lebanon, remains determined to source and
Pakistan, Palestine, Malawi, deliver the equipment to wherever
Somalia, Syria and Yemen. there is a need. The charity reaches
some of the most difficult places in
the world, where often the need is
Only approximately 10% of greatest.
In 2015, Khalid Raza founded people needing wheelchairs in the
Wheels to Heal - a humanitarian developing world have access to
and environmental charity - them. The collective power behind
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of 150 wheelchairs. He had a this charity serves the dual purpose Robert McKee
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Mohammed Nadeem BCAc a trainee officer at the Greater charity fundraising and
Lancashire Manchester Police Force, Bury supporting local causes such
Division. He saw a member of as refugee issues and food
the public jump into the river poverty. He went on to
and he made his way to the become a youth worker and
man, moved him to the edge a Police Community Support
and they were both rescued by Officer before gaining
emergency services. The unique successful entry into the
element being that PC Nadeem mainstream police force.
did not know how to swim
and risked his own life to save Mohammed has given a
another. large portion of his life to
volunteering, helping the
Mohammed has also wider youth and community
volunteered around Rochdale since his teenage years. He
for over 20 years at local youth continues to support those
clubs, campaigning for many from socially, economically
PC Mohammed Nadeem jumped local causes, keeping children and deprived backgrounds.
into a freezing river to save the off the streets and has been
life of a man who was trying motivated to be involved in
to commit suicide. PC Nadeem something positive. He also Nominated by:
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Sarah Gardner BCAv and Improvements Manager. Sarah is also the President
Middlesex She has worked in the public Elect and Community
sector for over 20 years, during Officer for the Rotary Club
which time she has undertaken of Elthorne-Hillingdon and
many initiatives to help others, is a dementia champion.
mainly in the area of public In addition, she is on the
safety, but more recently in committee of Click Rukiga (a
the areas of mental health and charity that is part of St Giles
well-being. Church) and volunteers with
Hillingdon 4 ALL. She is also
Her current voluntary roles part of an Alumni programme
include, as an Army Officer and gives presentations to
for the Army Cadet Force for inspire young students when
over 16 years - she is now she can. Sarah recently set
Assistant Medical Support up two charities and works
Officer for the Middx and NW selflessly to help and improve
Sarah is a chartered manager London Army Cadet Force; a the lives of others.
and fellow of both the Chartered school governor; a trustee of
Management Institute and the Hounslow Community Food
Chartered Institute of Marketing, Box (a food bank); Vice Chair of Nominated by:
and currently works as a Projects Thamesbank Credit Union. Stephen Ritchie Gardner
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Alan Bell BCAe he considered that this should people from LGBTI community, and
North Ayrshire be taught to the general public, ethnic minority backgrounds.
particularly vulnerable groups and
female survivors of violence. Alan set By 2013, Alan’s social enterprise
up a not-for-profit social enterprise became the registered charity ‘The
in 1997, running ‘Personal Safety Scottish Centre for Personal Safety’
Courses for Women’. (ScotCPS). Alan devotes all his time
to ScotCPS, developing personal
Initially Alan set-up in London, before safety courses from scratch, running
moving north offering his training the charity's Barony St John Centre,
to several of Scotland's Women’s and training volunteer instructors,
Aid centres and an advocacy service some of whom are blind, deafblind
for female victims of violence or hearing impaired themselves.
in Scotland. By 2002, Alan had Alan does not get paid, believing
developed personal safety courses that seeing people live more richer,
for school pupils, offering county- fuller, independent lives, is payment
As a bodyguard, Alan was taught wide, free-of-charge training to enough.
how to quickly and effectively every secondary school. Since then,
stop an attacker, and because Alan has used his skills to develop
these techniques did not rely empowering personal safety courses Nominated by
on physical strength or fitness, for sensory impaired people, for Anna Orzol
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Alia Jones BCAc and 3 weeks-old respectively. counselling support and funded
Middlesex As they grew and started trips to create new memories.
asking questions, Alia turned to
bereavement support. Not finding Her charity, Halo Children’s
much in the way of help locally, Foundation, was chosen as
nor a national charity in her area, the Hillingdon Mayor’s Charity
she decided to do something which saw Mayor Carol Melvin
about it. visit the community helping
raise £30,000 in donations,
She formed a support group Alia has raised over £100,000
with a website offering hope and in total, to provide all these
inspiration to bereaved children services and is the only
and families just like her own. To bereavement support group of
date, Alia has helped over 150 its kind in the area, touching
families. Alia is now running an the hearts of those that need
expressive art and play session for support during the most
Alia sadly lost her partner and the families, a place for them to challenging of times.
father of her two daughters, interact and express themselves
suddenly in 2011 to a mis- in a positive way, making
diagnosed brain tumour. Her personalised memory boxes, Nominated by:
daughters were just 2 years-old forever cushions and offering Fatia Rahill
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Claire Furness BCAe hardest to reach in our society. The accessing mainstream school and is
Worcestershire Care Farm is an Alternative Provision starting to chat freely with friends
offering Animal Assisted Intervention and teachers.
supporting young people (aged 7-25),
many with special educational needs, Claire is so committed that she
ASD and high anxiety, to access keeps in touch with every single
education. person who has attended the farm.
She provides a very personalised
When a young person from the learning experience for all her
Gypsy Traveller community was pupils which lasts throughout
referred unable to focus in the school their entire educational career and
environment, Claire engaged with him further. She prepares them for the
showing how to do Maths/English real world helping them find the
in practical ways, such as weighing way of learning which suits them,
the animals and working out their builds self-esteem and gives them
feed – Claire has nurtured him over confidence.
Claire set up Abberley Care 6 years on into college. Another
Farm from her smallholding in pupil presented selectively mute
rural Worcestershire in 2009, for six months. After eight weeks Nominated by:
supporting and teaching some of painstaking encouragement, she Fred Holland BCAv &
of the most vulnerable and began to speak, two years on she is Tillie-Jayne Furness
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Jonathan Hindley BCAv there would be a very real need for and Mental Health. In total he
Gtr. Manchester social interaction, mental stimulus covered over 100 miles around
and help for the needy. So, he put the local area. His combined
all his experience and talent into endeavours since early April have
creating community fundraising benefited the local community to
activities which would fulfil all the tune of £44,500, benefitting
those needs and support key over 125 charities & community-
workers. based groups
He hosted speed quizzes each Despite suffering a stroke when
week raising money for the most he was 42, a life-threatening
vulnerable in the community. home accident and an operation
He also held a socially-distanced in early 2020 his spirits were not
open-air disco, live streamed across dampened. Jonathan has, over
the world in horrendous weather his 30-year career, raised over
conditions for three hours – raising £100,000 and in 2019 raised
52-year-old Jonathan Hindley over £2500. Jonathan rode a DJ £7000 for two cancer charities.
is a local DJ and Entertainment Disco mobile trike for seven hours
Director going by the stage name of a day, on six separate occasions to
Jonny Spangles. With the original raise money for WW2 Veterans, Nominated by:
lockdown Jonathan realised that NHS Key Workers, Dementia Claire Hood
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Paul Browning BCAh reviewed journals, presented Several written questions in
Leicestershire at conferences, and lectured the House of Lords were tabled
clinicians globally in wound care. culminating in securing an oral debate
in 2017, resulting in the Government
Through prior engagement with creating a National Wound Strategy.
Parliament from his PhD studies, This programme continues to support
Paul applied his learnings into improvements in patient care.
practice when he became aware Chronic wound care costs the NHS
of the huge variation in wound in England over £8bn a year. With
care and cost-saving initiatives Paul identifying the variation in care,
which did not put the patient researching political support, using
first. He found this to be ethically the parliamentary processes to secure
unacceptable and contacted awareness and debate, then working
peers - most notably Lord Hunt with a UK trade association, this has
of Kings Heath - who supported changed national policy, proving one
Paul has been involved with the issues around patient care. person can make the difference.
medicine for over 20 years, with Paul realised that we needed
the last seven being focused a National strategy to address
on wound care. He has made the huge costs and variations in Nominated by:
over 12 publications in peer- wound care. Sara Browning
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Louise Channon BCAv Lou’s dedication as creative By organising social occasions
East Sussex director this became a large such as gospel brunches, outings
and successful community to concerts and the theatre, Lou
choir with up to 190 members has enabled people experiencing
each term. loneliness and isolation to
overcome these barriers and find
An awareness of the social comfort and friendship in society.
aspect of being part of a With 20th Anniversary celebrations
choir and the positive effect cancelled due to social distancing
that singing has on physical, rules, Lou set about recording,
emotional and mental health filming and producing a music
has always been in the single with the choir, along with a
forefront of Lou’s mind. Hence documentary depicting the choir’s
BGG is open to all, irrespective 20-year journey. The single, ‘With
of race, religion, beliefs and A Little Help From My Friends’ is
ability to sing. The choir available to the general public on
Lou has been a member of the has helped many members all the usual platforms.
community choir, Brighton Goes overcome confidence issues,
Gospel (BGG) since it first began personal hardships, drug and
back in 2000. The choir started alcohol problems and mental Nominated by:
with 100 members and with health issues. Tess Wilkinson
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With special thanks to:
40 #stepupstandoutSponsor of The British Citizen Award
Specsavers was founded by Dame Mary Perkins and her husband Doug in 1984 with one vision – to
provide affordable, fashionable eyecare for everyone, at a time when high prices for optical care and
limited choice were the norm. Their spirit of British entrepreneurship revolutionised the industry and
today Specsavers is a well-known high street retailer with 2,000 stores in ten countries around the
world, including more than 300 stores in Australia and New Zealand, while its humorous ‘Should’ve
gone to Specsavers’ advertising line has become a much-used phrase.
Dame Mary Perkins, Co-Founder of Specsavers and BCA Patron said “All the nominations have,
behind the scenes impacted on the lives of those around them and deserve public recognition. That
recognition is the ‘people’s honours’ under the banner of the British Citizen Award, who will now
bestow a medal and the right to use the letters BCA. “I thank you for making our world more human
with your acts of goodness”.
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We are a retail convenience business with over 950 company and franchise stores operating in
neighbourhoods across Great Britain. We employ more than 10,600 colleagues many of which are from
the local communities we serve. The majority of our stores open seven days a week from 6am to 11pm and
offer local communities a range of convenience food and household goods. For added convenience many
stores offer additional services including free cash machines, Post Office, Paypoint, Lottery.
We pride ourselves in giving back to our local communities, over the last three years we have donated in
excess of £1 million to local communities through our carriers for causes scheme and volunteered over
90,000 hours.
Jonny McQuarrie, Managing Director of One Stop Stores said “We’re proud to Sponsor The British Citizen
Award for the second time this year. We pride ourselves in serving communities across the country and
giving back to them on a daily basis. It’s an honour to help recognise individuals that go above and beyond
in their local areas and change people’s lives for the better every day. Such commitment deserves to be
celebrated.”
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Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments – from
buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new
customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help
individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and
thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organisations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
We have 17,200 people operating across 44 countries and every day we’re investing in new technologies,
talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximise every opportunity. We are listed on the
London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Learn more at
www.experianplc.com or visit our global content hub at our global news blog for the latest news and
insights from the Group.
“We’re thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s British Citizen Award, an important event recognising
individuals doing extraordinary things in their local communities. It’s a fantastic opportunity for us to meet
and celebrate some of the most inspiring people in the UK changing people’s lives for the better.
By celebrating these role models, we hope they can inspire others to follow in their footsteps”.
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Objective HR is a friendly and focused HR Consultancy, with highly specialist teams. We deliver HR
transformation, Recruitment solutions, Learning and Development interventions and Background
referencing and checking services to provide businesses with a complete “people management
solution”.
The teams are passionate about people, taking time to understand our clients and the challenges they
face. Our focus is to also recognise and support outstanding contributions made within our client base
and within our internal teams. With this in mind, we are honoured and proud to support The British
Citizens Award, recognising the outstanding contributions and impact people can have on communities.
“The British Citizen Award is an amazing platform to recognise the outstanding contributions that
extraordinary people make within their community. Each and every medalist has an inspiring story and
their recognition is truly deserved.”
Lisa Collins, Founder, Objective HR
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Places for People is a leading UK affordable homes led-placemaker. We believe that places work
when they work for everyone, and these places are designed for the long term, with sustainable
value at their core. Delivering social impact by taking a commercial approach is what makes us
different.
Places for People have sponsored The British Citizen Award since its inception. As a founding
supporter, we have attended all the Medal Presentations and witnessed these incredible people who
positively impact society receive the recognition they deserve.
“We are very proud to once again be supporting the British Citizen Awards which celebrates the
positive impact each of the medalists is having on their communities. On behalf of Places for People,
I am delighted to be part of the celebrations and would like to extend my thanks and congratulations
to each and every one of the recipients for their truly inspirational contributions.”
Wendy Pretten, Managing Director Customer Delivery at Places for People
45We are extremely grateful to BCA TEAM Shane Yerrell BCAc
the following people for their Founder, Through The Fight
support, belief and above all their LeighAnne Wright BCAv
Head of Strategic Advisory Panel
commitment to our vision. They Founder, Little Things & Co
collectively have contributed to the Des Benjamin, Chairman,
development of The British Citizen Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability Courtney Hughes BCAv BEM
Award so that it may serve as an Head of Ambassador Programme Founder, Secret Santa 365
inspiration for others to emulate Reece Ryan BCAv, Ambassador Benjamin Carpenter BCAe
the deeds of those being honoured. James Bulger Trust & Fundraiser Ambassador, LGTBQ Fostering
Thank you all.
Ambassadors David Campbell BCAe
Sayd Ahmed BCAhon, Co-Founder, David Campbell
Community Fundraiser Soccer School
Patrons
Dame Mary Perkins Alison Bond Lorraine Sass BCAe
Co-Founder, Specsavers Founder & Director, The Halo Co-Founder, David Campbell
Works Soccer School
The Rt Hon. the Lord Dholakia
OBE, DL, Deputy Leader, Liberal James Cathcart, Founder & Dr Peter Minto BCAe
Democrats, House of Lords Director, Young Voices Heard Prison Visitor and Law Tutor
Bradley Walsh Capt. Tristan Loraine, BCAi Andrew Baker BCAv
Actor & TV Presenter Director, Fact Not Fiction Films Founder, Play2Give
Michael Underwood Shane Board, BCAv Carlos Dennis BCAv
TV Presenter Founder, Pop4Diabetes Founder of PINT
46Organisations supported by BCA Medalists
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