# N Ireland Fundraisers recognised in New Year’s honours list

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/01/07/n-ireland-fundraisers-recognised-new-years-honours-list/
- Published: 2015-01-07T12:05:53+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Charity fundraisers in Northern Ireland were well represented in the [New Year’s Honours list](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/01/07/n-ireland-fundraisers-recognised-new-years-honours-list/www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-years-honours-list-2015).
As well as a long list of people who were recognised for general charity work, five
individuals were given MBEs and BEMs for fundraising for local charities.**

MBEs were given to Thomas Baxter, who raised money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma NI,
and Rosemond Baxter also for fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma NI. Charity 
fundraiser Michael Campbell, who has raised £500,000 for charity by hosting quizzes
over the past four decades, said he was “over the moon” to receive his BEM.

Maureen Raye Hume also received a BEM for services to charity fundraising and to
the community in Northern Ireland. Mary Margaret Mitchell got her BEM for fundraising
for the NSPCC.

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More than eighty honours were awarded in Northern Ireland this year.

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## Other fundraisers recognised

The 2015 New Year’s Honours List listed the following people across the UK for fundraising
services to charities:
1. **CBE**: Michael Paul Sheffield – lately Group Chief Executive
Officer, Kier Group plc. For services to Civil Engineering, Construction and Charitable
Fundraising.2. **OBE**: Alastair John Wilson Campbell – Chairman, Campbell Lutyens&
Co. Ltd. For services to Financial Services and Charitable Fundraising.3. **MBE**:
Henry Anthony Armstrong – Engineering Technician, Department for Regional Development,
Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Transport and charitable fundraising.
4. MBE: Rosemond Margaret Baxter – Fundraiser, Leukaemia and Lymphoma NI. For services
to Leukaemia Research.5. **MBE**: Thomas Baxter – Fundraiser, Leukaemia and Lymphoma
NI. For services to Leukaemia Research.6. **MBE**: Alice Jane Formby – Founding 
Trustee and Fundraiser, Princess Alice Hospice. For services to End of Life Care.
7. **MBE**: Elizabeth Caroline Johnson – Business Development Manager, Pure Energy
Centre, Unst. For services to Renewable Energy and Charitable Fundraising in Shetland.
8. **BEM**; Jack Andow – Fundraiser, Royal Naval Association. For voluntary service
to Royal Navy Veterans.9. **BEM**: Michael Thomas Campbell. For services to Charitable
Fundraising.10. **BEM**: Elaine Mary Dixon – lately Day Nursery General Manager,
University of Essex. For services to Higher Education and charitable fundraising.
11. **BEM**: Ashley Jayne Hall – Fundraiser and Volunteer, Rocklands Special School,
Lichfield. For services to Education.12. **BEM**: Maureen Raye Hume. For services
to Charitable Fundraising and to the community in Northern Ireland.13. **BEM**; 
Nicholas Roy martin – Co-founder and Fundraiser, Miracles To Believe In Charity,
Leicestershire and Rutland. For services to Children and Families.14. **BEM**; Mary
Margaret Mitchell – Fundraising Volunteer and Divisional Vice-President, NSPCC NI.
For services to Charitable Fundraising.15. **BEM**; Sonia Helen Hutcheson Crawford
Ritchie-Park – Volunteer and Fundraiser, Swan Lodge Lifehouse. For services to Homeless
People in Sunderland.

Other fundraisers might well have been recognised for their work but cited using
other terms such as ‘volunteering’.

## Tip for prospect researchers

How can charities and prospect researchers find out if any of their staff, trustees,
supporters or volunteers have been recognised with a New Year’s Honour? You could
search through the [official list](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393780/New_Years_Honours_2015_Queens_List.pdf),
but it is in PDF. An easier solution is offered by the Guardian’s Data Blog: they
make the data available in [spreadsheet format](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RLyxrjX_6o7nBTQYXMubSipdyDufDH_P2MWNW426Cig/edit?usp=sharing).

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