The Robert Burns Humanitarian Award is an award presented annually around the time of Robert Burns' birthday to a group or individual who has saved, improved or enriched the lives of others or society as a whole, through self-sacrifice, selfless service, hands-on charitable or volunteer work, or other acts.
The winner receives a 1759 guinea, which signifies the year of the bard's birth and the coinage then in circulation, and a specially commissioned award handcrafted in Scotland.
The judging panel is chaired by David Anderson, chief executive of South Ayrshire Council, and includes journalist and broadcaster Kaye Adams; actor, writer and painter John Cairney; Nat Edwards, director of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum; Habib Malik, former RBHA winner and head of Islamic Relief Scotland; Robert Stewart, president of the Robert Burns World Federation; Guy Willoughby, former RBHA winner and chief executive of the HALO Trust; and Rob Woodward, chief executive of STV.
Award recipients
2002: John E. Sulston 2003: Yitzhak Frankenthal 2004: Clive Stafford Smith 2005: Pius Ncube 2006: Marla Ruzicka 2007: Adi Roche 2008: Jonathan Kaplan 2009: Guy Willoughby 2010: Habib Malik 2011: Linda Norgrove 2012: Karen Graham 2013: Khalil Dale 2015: Olivia Giles OBE 2016: David Nott 2017: Marcelline Budza 2018: Anna Ferrer 2019: Jasvinder Sanghera 2020: Josh Littlejohn 2021: Mark Williamson 2022: Digambar Narzary 2023: Renuka Ramakrishnan 2024 Gail Penfold
From 2014, a new young persons' element was introduced: the Robert Burns Humanitarian Medal, for people aged 16-25 years from anywhere in the world.
References
External links Robert Burns Humanitarian Award