Melchett, well done. I know of one SNCO written up for BEM who got an MBE for the secondary work.
I also know of a retired sqn ldr who got an MBE, don't know why, but for the last 25 years has been heavily involved in nonpaying charity work, so some are well justified.
Certainly you need someone willing to do the write up.
I managed to get one of my men an AOCs Commendation. The next write ups were intercepted by my parent unit and downgraded to stn cdrs. The staish had never visited my unit, the men did not work for him and didn't know him. It had no meaning or value.