Fundraisers recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours
Howard Lake | 16 June 2014 | News
The Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2014 have recognised the achievements of a wide range of people across the UK. In total 1,149 individuals were honoured, from a mixture of backgrounds – school caretakers, charity fundraisers, foster carers and hospital volunteers to name a few.
In the year of the Institute of Fundraising’s “Proud to be a Fundraiser” campaign, it was heartening that 73% of honours were awarded to individuals for their outstanding work in their communities either in a voluntary or paid capacity.
These included the brave individuals who helped others during and after the floods in southern England earlier this year.
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MBE
The inspirational teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton, who raised over £4m for the Teenage Cancer Trust, received an MBE. He had accepted the honour for services to the charity shortly before his death, aged 19, in May.
Stephen, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 15, became a household name as he helped raise millions for the fight against cancer. Throughout his illness he remained positive, being pictured with his iconic thumbs up.
Stephen’s mother said she was “truly delighted and immensely proud” that he had been recognised in the honours.
She said:
“Although Stephen continually told all of us that he didn’t do his charity work for recognition, even he acknowledged that to be appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire was “AWESOME’.”
An MBE was also awarded to 82 year old Barbara Smith, who has been raising money for Action for Children since she was four years old when she helped her mother collect for the charity. She received the honour for her lifetime dedication to the charity, after helping to raise £750,000 over 78 years.
This honour comes after Barbara was awarded a tribute from the Institute of Fundraising last year and at the Charity Staff and Volunteers Awards 2014, where judges recognised her devotion to Action for Children with an award for ‘outstanding dedication’ – a category created especially for Barbara.
Other notable mentions for MBE honours were given to:
- Mrs Cecilia Amanda Adams-McGuire, Fundraiser, who was honoured for services to The David Adams Leukaemia Appeal Fund.
- Mrs Diana Patrick, Nurse and Fundraiser, at Cransley Hospice, Northamptonshire, honoured for services to Healthcare.
- Mrs Victoria Rachel Robinson, Fundraiser, honoured for services to the Arts in Cumbria.
OBE
An OBE honour went to Bob Woodward, who founded the children’s charity CLIC. He set up the children’s leukaemia charity in 1976 after his son, Robert, was diagnosed with cancer.
Robert died in 1977 aged 11, but his father’s fundraising mission continued. CLIC went on expand throughout the UK and into Europe before merging with Sargent Cancer Care for Children to become CLIC Sargent.
Other OBE honours in the sector went to:
- Nicholas Adrian Colloff, Director of Innovation at Oxfam, for services to the community in London.
- Katy Kam Har Tse Lady Blair, Chief executive Officer and Fundraising director, Islington Chinese Association. For services to the community in
- London.
- Andrew James Cole, Chief Executive of Bliss. For services to Neonatal Care.
- William Harry Dove, MBE, JP, Chairman City Bridge Trust Committee. For voluntary and charitable services in London.
- Mrs Annie Marguerite Chapman. Fundraiser, for Cancer Research UK, honoured for charitable services in Norfolk.
- Mrs Margaret Jane Moor, Head of Benefits, Benefit Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to People with Disabilities and to Charitable Fundraising.
British Empire Medal
Resurrected for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, The British Empire Medal (BEM) was this year awarded to 300 people.
This included Anne Chapman, who founded the Ladies’ Pink Tractor Run in 2004 for Cancer Research UK. She has since raised more than £335,000 for the charity, and last year’s event was entered by more than 160 people from around the world.
Avril Mills the founder and fundraiser of The Dream Factory also received a BEM. She was honoured for her charitable services to children and young people.
Also 19 year old George Richard Robert Fielding, Chair Ambassador and Kidz Board Member, Whizz Kid, has been honoured for services to Disabled Children and their Families.
Other British Empire Medal honours went to:
- Mrs Hilary Olwyn Ann Hatcher, Founder Member and Fundraiser, Suffolk Breakthrough Breast Cancer. For services to Breast Cancer Research and Education.
- Mrs Winifred Keating. Fundraiser, Lily Centre, Liverpool. For services to Breast Cancer Patients and their Families.
- Mrs June Geraldine Keep. Fundraiser, Churchill Hospital. For services to Kidney Patients in Oxfordshire.
- Richard Arthur Clement Mead. Fundraiser Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For charitable services.
- Mrs Margaret O’Brien, Fundraiser, Lily Centre, Liverpool. For services to Breast Cancer Patients and their Families.
- Mark Stuart Roberts, Fundraiser for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. For charitable services to Cancer Care.
- Mrs Mary Louie Rowe. Fundraiser, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For charitable services.
- John Stewart. Fundraising Volunteer at the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children. For charitable services.
Press releases from gov.uk say that “philanthropy has once again been a prominent theme amongst the recipients at both a national and a local level”.
And, overall, it was certainly encouraging to see that 2014 did mark a slight percentage increase from the previous two years of honours given to individuals undertaking outstanding work in their communities, either in a voluntary or paid capacity.
More on honours for good work
- Free support to boost recognition of LGBTQ activists (18 June 2021)
- OBE for Mark Astarita, British Red Cross Director of Fundraising (13 June 2015)
- Deadline extended for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Awards 2012 (7 September 2012)
- How to nominate someone for a MBE honour? (31 August 2017)
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.