Host of Awards for Gurkha Justice Campaign & Joanna Lumley [Updated Dec 2010]

2.24.00pm GMT Thu 3rd Dec 2009

One of the proudest experiences of my life has been my involvement in the Gurkha Justice Campaign through to May this year when we finally won our aim - a fair deal for Gurkhas to settle in the UK. Over the past few weeks, the campaign, and star figurehead Joanna Lumley, has picked up a number of awards for its work, including:

• 6 Oct: Pride of Britain "Most inspiring public figure" award: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/07/pride-of-britain-awards-joanna-lumley-left-overwhelmed-and-humbled-115875-21729142/

• 12 Nov: Spectator "Campaigner of the Year" award: http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5533513/the-spectatorthreadneedle-parliamentarian-awards.thtml

• 16 Nov: ComRes Parliamentary Charity Awards "Best Parliamentary Campaign": http://www.comres.co.uk/page15502525.aspx

• 11 Dec: Liberty "Human Rights Award": http://tinyurl.com/yafgx5j

• 29 Dec: Iain Dale's Diary Political Awards Poll "Campaign Group of the Year" and Joanna Lumley winner of "Political Campaigner of the Year": http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2009/12/campaigners-of-year.html

There have been various other awards for the campaign over the last year, including in November 2008 the Ross McWhirter Foundation Award (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/71296/5,000-a-day-back-our-Gurkha-crusade/), the 2009 Political Studies Association "Influencing the Political Agenda" award (http://www.psa.ac.uk/PSAAwards2009.aspx). Joanna Lumley has also been awards a Scouts Association 2009 Birthday Honours Communicators badge for her work with the campaign (http://www.essexscouts.org.uk/news/articles.php?storyid=9RtA).

Key Gurkha Justice Campaign member Dhan Gurung was also awarded a Kent County Council 2009 BME Award (http://shepwaylibdems.org.uk/news/001652/) for his work for the campaign.

I'm trying to compile a full list - any more I've missed?