The Times has put together their own 'alternative honours' list in todays edition. Unfortunate it's one of their special items which I can't get a share token for.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-alternative-honours-sunday-times-heroes-of-2021-mn2cjg6zh
There are some really good people in it. One is Kathleen Stock, a 'free speech figurehead'.
There's another one I'd like to highlight - a bloke who saw something really practical he could do to help women and their families fleeing domestic abuse.
Darren O’Brien
A station manager for Southeastern railways, O’Brien created the Rail to Refuge scheme, which offers survivors of domestic abuse free travel to a refuge. He was inspired by a Channel 4 documentary that featured a woman who was offered a place in a refuge but could not afford the ticket for her and her children. O’Brien at first convinced Southeastern to cover the cost of fares. In April 2020, as victims became trapped at home during lockdown, the scheme was adopted nationally. In its first year 1,348 victims, including 362 children over the age of five, travelled to a safe refuge.