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The Robert Burns Humanitarian Award is presented annually around the time of Burns’ birthday to a group or individual who has saved improved or enriched the lives of others or society as a whole through personal self-sacrifice selfless service ‘hands on’ charitable/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; former RBHA winner and Head of Islamic Relief Scotland Habib Malik; President of the Robert Burns World Federation Robert Stewart; Guy Willoughby former RBHA winner and Chief Executive of the HALO Trust; and Chief Executive of STV Rob Woodward.