British Citizen Awards Last updated May 18, 2025 The British Citizen Award (BCA) is a recognition programme (The People's Honours) which is held bi-annually in the United Kingdom for individuals doing extraordinary work in their local community. The People's Honours was founded in September 2012. [ 1] The medal presentation takes place in January and July each year at the Palace of Westminster hosted by The Rt. Hon. Lord Dholakia . [ 2] In order to honour young people who are aged 18 and under who are also doing extraordinary work in their community, The British Citizen Youth Award was launched. The award ceremony for the BCyA also takes place at The Palace of Westminster annually in October each year.
Nominations Individuals are nominated for The British Citizen Award provided that they have had a meaningful impact on their community. Nominees come from all across the UK, all cultural backgrounds, and from all sectors of the community.
Nominations are free and all successful applicants are invited to a presentation day at the Palace of Westminster in London. Those who receive a BCA will be encouraged to use the post nominal after their name, thus enabling them to promote their achievement in perpetuity.
Nominations will require validation, the first level of which is the seconding of all individual submissions. The BCA Independent Assessment Panel will then require evidence that the achievements, commitment and dedication outlined in the application form has brought benefit to any given community or group. Finally the panel will need to ratify the application before an award will be made. The robust process ensures that the award becomes meaningful, sought-after and long-lasting.
Categories Each award is made in its own category. There's currently 8 categories:
BCAa - for Service to Arts BCAb - for Service to Business BCAc - for Service to the Community BCAe - for Service to Education BCAh - for Service to Healthcare BCAi - for Service to Industry BCAo - for International Achievement BCAv - for Volunteering & Charitable Giving BCA Honours Roll of Honours July 2021 [ 3] :
Martin Turner, BCAc Maggie Short, BCAe Ragasudha Rani Vinjamuri, BCAa Marion Baker, BCAh Nick Barnes, BCAe Robert James, BCAv Lianne Havell, BCA Marcelle Porteous, BCAv Xavier Wiggins, BCAc Craig Wellstead, BCAc Cormac Van Der Hoeven, BCAc Tony Lopes, BCAc David Rowles, BCAv Rachel Mason, BCAa Stuart Smith, BCAc Andrew Palazon, BCAc Richard Andersone, BCAv Joan Halkett, BCAe Pam Ashmore, BCAv Elaine Powell, BCAh Ross Hockham, BCAe Saira Begum Mir, BCAc Suzanne Smith, BCAv Janet Sayers, BCAv Idris Patel, BCAc Anwar Khattak, BCAc Roll of Honours January 2021 [ 4] :
Alan Bell BCAe Alexander Anderson BCAv Alia Jones BCAc Anthony Kelly BCAh Barrie de Suys BCAv Claire Furness BCAe Dennis Gowans BCAv Graham Dodds BCAc Preeti Kaur BCAv Helen Mackenzie BCAc Jonathan Hindley BCAv Joyce Porter BCAv Khalid Raza BCAo Louise Channon BCAv Mansoor Ahmad BCAv Michael Scott BCAc Mohammed Nadeem BCAc Mukesh Malhotra BCAv Paul Browning BCAh Rofikul Islam BCAc Sally Miller BCAc Sarah Gardner BCAv Sharon Warboys BCAc Sharon Knott BCAc Stephen Wyatt BCAc Timothy Baker BCAa Tracie Pal BCAc Roll of Honours July 2020 [ 5] :
Dr. Aamer Khan BCAh Alan Lewis BCAv Anne Boyd BCAb Arthur Gray BCAc Bee Bee Waldon BCAc Carla Andrews BCAh David Edward Pugh BCAc Derek Scrivener BCAc Doreen Raymond BCAc Jade Kilduff BCAc Janet Gurney BCAc Joseph Craven BCAc Kevin Winchcombe BCAv Linda Shave BCAc Mark Kissin BCAh Michael Cullen BCAv Nahimul Islam BCAv Nicola Sheldrake BCAe Olutayo Arikawe BCAh Oyovwe Kigho BCAh Peter Baker BCAc Dr. Shamus Butt BCAv Shirley Barrett BCAc Simona Stankovska BCAv Sophia Kaur Badhan BCAh Neil Jurd BCAv Roll of Honours January 2020 [ 6] :
Adedayo Olowsale, BCAc Ally Eloise, BCAv Barbara Williams, BCAc Ben Forbes, BCAc Bevan Johns, BCAv Carolyn Cross, BCAv Coral Kelham, BCAc David Facey, BCAv David Gentry, BCAe Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, BCAc Jackie Cooper, BCAv Jamie McDonald, BCAv Jim Montgomerie, BCAv Jonathan Dalton, BCAc Kim Hughes, BCAv Laura Dunion, BCAv Leah Chowdhry, BCAv Lindsey Wilmshurst, BCAh Lorraine & Lee Lewis, BCAh Maureen Collins, BCAc Mervin Sharp, BCAv Michael Brown, BCAc Michael Douglass, BCAh Michelle Southern, BCAv Nic Williams, BCAc Paul England, BCAv Paul Townsend, BCAv Salma Bi, BCAe Scott Fitzsimmons, BCAv Steve Whiteway, BCAc Vinod Patel, BCAc Roll of Honours July 2019 [ 7] :
Sayd Ahmed, BCAhon Emma Rigby, BCAhon Paul Atwal-Brice, BCAc Tony Nisbet, BCAv Frank McGowan, BCAv Brett Townsley, BCAc Christine Reid, BCAv Carol Darby, BCAa Ron Darby, BCAa Dennis Jones, BCAc Nora Bryan, BCAe Suzanne Fernando, BCAh Shwetal Shah, BCAhon Dave McPartlin, BCAe Elaine McCarthy, BCAc Nahim Ahmed, BCAa Caroline Bestwick, BCAh Corinne Hutton, BCAc Dwain Longley, BCAh Siobhan Fennell, BCAc Sean Molino, BCAh Lauren Doherty, BCAv Adrian Ducker, BCAc Dr. Bill Webster, BCAh Alex Eades, BCAv Leigh Yates, BCAe Karen Schurer, BCAv Joan Briglin, BCAc Neil Parsons, BCAc Deborah Slator, BCAv Will Harris, BCAv Henderson Moore, BCAc Molly Bird, BCAv Margaret Woolhouse, BCAc Tony Foulds, BCAc Roll of Honours January 2019 [ 8] :
Andrew Willis, BCAv Valerie Gwynne, BCAv Cliff Van Tonder, BCAa David Wood, BCAv Bridget Biddlecombe, BCAc Paul Biddlecombe, BCAc Ian Wilson, BCAh Deborah Hedderwick, BCAa Stephen Howard, BCAc Kevin Byrne, BCAb Ahmad Nawaz, BCAhon Dr. Harjinder Kaur, BCAe Brian Jones, BCAe Ella Marsden, BCAv Peter Ryan, BCAc Daniel Lawrence, BCAc Marianne Cash, BCAc Julian Cash, BCAc Nazim Ali, BCAc Isobel Lafferty, BCAc Pamela Corrigan, BCAv Natasha Krywald, BCAv Robert McCarthy, BCAv Keith Davies, BCAv Prof. Roman Hovorka, BCAh Linda Kirk, BCAh Haroon Mahmood, BCAh Rhona Innes, BCAh Dr. Nihara Krause, BCAh Timothy Evers, BCAh Roll of Honours July 2018 [ 9] :
Terence Yates, BCAc Billy Birch, BCAv Jeanette Lowe, BCAc Benjamin Carpenter, BCAe Joyce Obaseki, BCAc Bruce Ferguson, BCAc Ronald Charles Mills, BCAe Naveen Arles, BCAa Reece Ryan, BCAv Caitlin Jones, BCAv Dr. Asher Lewinsohn, BCAh John Anderson, BCAc Sharron Hardwick, BCAo Jonathan David Dixon, BCAv Lily Blewitt, BCAc Lisa Oguntoyinbo, BCAv Les Newington, BCAv Judith Wood, BCAh Carlos Dennis, BCAv Chrisetta Mitchell, BCAv Lauraine Cheesman, BCAc Douglas Thomas, BCAc Hyung Dal Kim, BCAc Chris Ross, BCAv Marie O’Brien, BCAa Lynne Misner, BCAc Muhammad Ahmad, BCAc Yvonne Limbrick, BCAe Amanda Conner, BCAb Roll of Honours January 2018 [ 10] :
Dr. Abdullah Kraam, BCAh Ann-Marie Lyons-Mummery, BCAc Anthony Ebbutt, BCAv Chris Clark, BCAe David Evans, BCAo Dr. Peter Minto, BCAe David Wase, BCAv Dr. Diahanne Rhiney, BCAe Eric Green, BCAc Irene Hicks, BCAv Jane Gould-Smith, BCAi Jennifer Gill, BCAv Moawia Bin-Sufyan, BCAe John McGorman, BCAv John Newell, BCAv Joy Hudson, BCAc John Hudson, BCAc Kojo Marfo, BCAa LeighAnne Wright, BCAv Lynda Smith, BCAh Margaret McCrirrick, BCAv Mark Jones, BCAc Nick Antill-Holmes, BCAc Nigel Davidson, BCAv Joan Ward, BCAc Qaiser Niazi, BCAc Saba Nasim, BCAv Shani Shamah, BCAv Sheila Hanson, BCAc David Hanson, BCAc David Holby-Wolinski, BCAc Steven Walker, BCAv Sue Lockwood, BCAe Toby Freeman, BCAh Walter Innes, BCAc Wayne Knowles, BCAc Roll of Honours July 2017 [ 11] :
Dr. Donald Mackenzie, BCAc Chris Morrison, BCAo Kelly Waite, BCAc Jagraj Poselay, BCAc Ben Haggarty, BCAa Fiona Coldron, BCAc Daphne Sharp, BCAc Elaine Dunlop, BCAc Steven Makin, BCAe Susan Rutherford, BCAv Clive Daniels, BCAv Kelvin Smith, BCAv Dr. Farnaaz Sharief, BCAh Adrian Walker, BCAo Andrew Baker, BCAv Raymond Cannings, BCAv Fiona Southern, BCAc Steve Whitmore, BCAv Nishall Garala, BCAc Gillia Williamson, BCAv Michelle Mulholland, BCAv Alan Faulds, BCAc Scott Wilson, BCAc Doreen Duke, BCAc Andrew Clarke-Coates, BCAh Mary Beard, BCAc Sheila Foster, BCAc Anthony Paul Holding, BCAc Mary Taggart, BCAc David Campbell, BCAe Lorraine Sass, BCAe Roll of Honours January 2017 [ 12] :
Gwen Gray, BCAc Linda McLeod, BCAv Adam Black, BCAe Richard Chalmers, BCAc Les Heyhoe, BCAv Martha Lester-Cribb, BCAc Sandy Kerr, BCAc Denise Fergus, BCAc Ray Matthews, BCAc Julie Hill, BCAv Clive Horton-Stephens, BCAc Agnes Forde, BCAc Beryl Parker, BCAv John Holden, BCAa Pauline Holden, BCAa Janis Thomson, BCAc Marion Strudwick, BCAe Kevin Healey, BCAv Mohammed Saddique, BCAv Christine Higgott, BCAa Steve Mee, BCAc Dr. Joseph Waas, BCAh Janet Perce, BCAc Fred Holland, BCAh Bamidele Adeoye, BCAc Rita Piller, BCAv Shane Yerrell, BCAc Avis Fawcitt, BCAa Roll of Honours July 2016 [ 13] :
Max Morris, BCAv Jeanette Marshall, BCAc Kenny Marshall, BCAc Barbara Craig, BCAh Stanley Taylor, BCAc David Atkinson, BCAe Charles Hustwayte, BCAc Cintra Bainbridge, BCAv Audrey Tibbles, BCAv Mohammed Amran, BCAc Kim Douglas, BCAh Christine Connell, BCAc Doreen Mitchell, BCAc Amanda Root, BCAa Tim Low, BCAe Sharron Macdonald, BCAe Eileen Galling, BCAc Torron-Lee Dewar, BCAa Irene Calcutt, BCAh Richard Field, BCAc Michael Bates, BCAc Frances Kelly, BCAa Brian Linnegar, BCAv Jonathan Andrews, BCAb Nigel Blair-Park, BCAh Karen Thistlethwaite, BCAv Julie Bell, BCAc Zoe Clark-Coates, BCAh Rosemary Hutton, BCAa Simon Headley, BCAv Sajid Rashid, BCAc Courtney Hughes, BCAv Dr. Mark Sims, BCAv Ethan Evans, BCAy Roll of Honours January 2016:
Andrew Davies, BCAe Mayoor Patel, BCAo Mohammed Zafran, BCAc Charles Claydon, BCAh Anthony Gowing, BCAh Nancy Kilburn, BCAv Tony Eaton, BCAv Stella Hayes, BCAv Raymond Collins, BCAc Trevor Gilbert, BCAb Lawrence Lockhart, BCAe Josephine Wylie, BCAc Sylvia Morris, BCAh Joyce Foxall, BCAv Professor Gerald Russell, BCAh Julie Lankshear, BCAv & Sue Dennett, BCAv Harrison Nash, BCAo Sarah Hynds, BCAc Elspeth Baecke, BCAo James Ewins, BCAo Barbara Boyes, BCAc Elizabeth Jackson, BCAc Alan Nethercott, BCAv John Young, BCAc Ken Floyde, BCAc Paula Maguire, BCAv & Robert Maguire, BCAv Andy Jackson, BCAv Mavis Nye, BCAh Alison Kinge, BCAv Emily Palmer, BCAv Fred Sirieix, BCAc Roll of Honours July 2015:
Jane Newton, BCAc Heather Jones, BCAe Daniel O’Brien, BCAc Max Levitas , BCAc George Geraghty, BCAc Mark and Nicola Tipping, BCAv Gordon Badenoch, BCAv Elizabeth Parker, BCAo Kenneth Gardner, BCAa Joyce Rothschild, BCAv Kwong Ngan, BCAc Patsy Elliott, BCAv Christopher Colledge, BCAc Stuart Russell, BCAa David Hardy, BCAc Mary Rae, BCAa Brian and Mary Kay, BCAv Patricia Caffrey, BCAv Nicola Stevens, BCAo David Westley, BCAc Barbara Ruby Quartey, BCAe John Fahey, BCAv Ashley Jones, BCAc Graham Penness, BCAc Rosa Macpherson, BCAv Maureen Brass, BCAa Chantal Lockey, BCAh Martin Wyatt, BCAa Jodie Vasquez, BCAv Monica Russell, BCAv Roll of Honours January 2015:
Simon Albert, BCAb John Anderson, BCAv Susan Bates, BCAv Dr. Ashok Bhuvanagiri, BCAc Shane Board, BCAv Evelyn Buckland, BCAc Charles Callaghan, BCAv Donald Franks, BCAv Claire Guest, BCAh Lynda Gwyther, BCAe Pauline Holman, BCAv Audrey Johnson, BCAv Capt. Tristan Loraine, BCAi Tracy Maher, BCAc Harvey Mcsloy, BCAv Irene Moore, BCAc Primrose Kaur Panglea, BCAc Arun Vaghjibhai Patel, BCAh Linda Ann Phillips, BCAc Howell Briscoe Rowlands, BCAc Dorothy Rundle, BCAo Darran Saunders, BCAc Courtney Saunders-Jones, BCAc Caroline Shearer, BCAc John Shufflebottom, BCAv Tommy Whitelaw, BCAh Rick Wilson, BCAh Dr. Ann-Marie Wilson , BCAo BCyA Honours Roll of Honours October 2022 [ 1]
Aimee Phillips BCyA Alex Macpherson BCyA Aneeshwar Kunchala BCyA Dilip Gosall BCyA Ellis Whitehead BCyA Freddie Xavi BCyA Hughie Higginson BCyA Hannah Miah BCyA Heather Bryson BCyA Hollie Evans BCyA Poppie Evans BCyA Lillie Evans BCyA Jenk Oz BCyA Jessica Nelly Dowle BCyA Jax Batty BCyA Max Johnson BCyA Melissa Grace McComas BCyA Moksha Roy BCyA Poppy-mae Jones BCyA Reece Ryan BCyA Emilie Ryan BCyA Steven Rushmer BCyA Thomas Brinsley BCyA Zia Snow BCyA Roll of Honours October 2021 [ 14]
Maya Chiva Shah, BCyA Jack Hopkins, BCyA Samuel Gascoyne, BCyA Tony Hudgell , BCyA Milana Berhe, BCyA Amol Neupane, BCyA Millie Tammaro, BCyA Samir Mazumder, BCyA Lamissah La-Shontae Bhatti, BCyA Freya Thakral, BCyA Milan Paul Kumar, BCyA Carlos-Ricardo Luis Foster-Gomes, BCyA William Sears, BCyA Isabella Evans, BCyA Roxana-Andreea Tuinea-Bobe, BCyA Molly May, BCyA Jago Wickett, BCyA Millie Gould, BCyA George Ralphs, BCyA Taylor Ashe, BCyA Gethyn Dixon, BCyA Olivia Eaton, BCyA Beth Stephenson, BCyA Roll of Honours October 2020:
Monty Lord , BCyA [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Joshua Forster, BCyA Joseph Thompson, BCyA Henry Howarth, BCyA Katie Bradbeer, BCyA Chloe Rollitt, BCyA Michael Prentice, BCyA Hollie-Grace Gough, BCyA Ava Prisk, BCyA Jack Yates, BCyA Lily Yates, BCyA Ruby Lockey-Pope, BCyA Daniel Lloyd, BCyA Krish Zagorski-Shah, BCyA Rohan Zagorski-Shah, BCyA Anokhi Zagorski-Shah, BCyA Lauren Lazard, BCyA Faith Clotworthy, BCyA Joseph Bartlett, BCyA Kane Roker, BCyA Charlotte Berry, BCyA Sahil Usman, BCyA Ciaren Adam, BCyA Christopher Johnson, BCyA Francis Cantlow, BCyA Roll of Honours October 2019 [ 18] :
Aidan Henderson, BCyA Amy Barbour, BCyA Andrew Lunn BCyA James Lunn, BCyA Marcus Weston, BCyA Chloe Blanchfeld, BCyA Evie Toombes, BCyA Ben Godsell, BCyA Ellie Toth, BCyA Freddie Clark, BCyA Sam McGhee, BCyA Daniel Bubb, BCyA Matthew Bubb, BCyA Charlie Matthews, BCyA Georgina Bearder, BCyA Benjamin Harbottle, BCyA Amy Roberts, BCyA Nicole Kessy, BCyA Harry Steel, BCyA Olivia Hancock, BCyA Isaac Mendelsohn, BCyA Joey Tildesley-Devine, BCyA Nathan Halford, BCyA Jack Thompson, BCyA Marcus Wilton, BCyA Sir John Heron School, HON Roll of Honours October 2018 [ 19] :
Alex Yates, BCyA Olivia Hart, BCyA Nicholas Nikiforou, BCyA Tallulah Deeks, BCyA Jake Cathcart, BCyA Nicole Kalungwishi-Hines, BCyA Courtney Powdrill, BCyA Tyler Ford, BCyA Kiaragh Brown, BCyA Jake Glennon, BCyA Millie Nabarro, BCyA Ben Mooney, BCyA Bethany Groves, BCyA Georgie Cavanagh, BCyA Ishwar Sharma, BCyA Hannah Chowdhry, BCyA Jonathon Dawes, BCyA Katlyn Wilson, BCyA Jordan Havell, BCyA Ruben Evans-Guillen, BCyA Elena Evans-Guillen, BCyA Iggy Just, BCyA Siena Castallon, BCyA Roll of Honours October 2017 [ 20] :
Mia Goleniowska, BCyA Natalie Goleniowska, BCyA Junior Frood, BCyA Bethan Owen, BCyA Benjamin Wilson-Mayor, BCyA Aidan Jackson, BCyA Emily Lindley, BCyA Jake Mendelsohn, BCyA Chanel Murrish, BCyA Owen Perks, BCyA Molly Fraser, BCyA Caine Wildman, BCyA Aled Griffiths, BCyA Grace Warnock, BCyA Ted McCaffery, BCyA Bailey Matthews, BCyA Phoebe Maddison, BCyA Gracie Howarth, BCyA Madeleine Barnsley, BCyA Cody McManus, BCyA Amelia Butterfield, BCyA Ellie Payne, BCyA Jenny Cook, BCyA Erin Spray, BCyA Roll of Honours October 2016 [ 21] :
Jonjo Heuerman, BCyA Louis Johnson, BCyA Luke Chapman, BCyA Bethan Rees, BCyA Honey Jones, BCyA Jennifer Brown, BCyA Elly Neville, BCyA Oliver Gatenby, BCyA Esme Clark-Coates, BCyA Bronte Clark-Coates, BCyA Keira Beeson, BCyA Sophie Fraser, BCyA Ryan Wiggins, BCyA Ashley Palipana, BCyA Lyndsey Engelbrecht, BCyA Millie Turner, BCyA A’Mari Carribon, BCyA Joab Price, BCyA Emma whittaker, BCyA James Whittaker, BCyA This page is based on this
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