UK - Nominate someone for an honour or award (honours list)

[Sly Saint]

Overview
The honours system recognises people who have:

• made achievements in public life
• committed themselves to serving and helping Britain

They’ll usually have made life better for other people or be outstanding at what they do.

They must still be actively involved in what you’re nominating them for. The only honours which can be awarded after someone’s death are bravery awards.

Whether someone gets an honour - and the honour they get - is decided by an honours committee. The committee’s recommendations go to the Prime Minister and then to the Queen, who awards the honour.

Nominating someone for an honour
Anyone can nominate someone for an honour.

How you apply depends on whether the person you want to nominate is in the UK, overseas or being recommended for a bravery award.

https://www.gov.uk/honours

(Was going to put in the title but wanted to gauge opinion)

suggest Jane Colby (TYMEs trust)


eta: thought of JC because it might highlight what has been happening re children and parents being persecuted for FII; the last question Carol Monaghan managed to raise in the HoC at PM question time, when Teresa May was still PM was on this issue.

 

[Dolphin]

Some others that have done long, valuable service to the ME community in the UK:
Simon Lawrence (25% ME Group);
Charles Shepherd (ME Association plus others);
Richard & Pia Simpson and Kathleen McCall (Invest in ME).
Joan McParland (Hope 4 ME & Fibromyalgia) (though possibly better in a few more years as she hasn’t been active for as long as the others).

 

[NelliePledge]

Dr Speight.

 

[obeat]

Maybe we should start nominating at every honours to work through them all.