Fundraisers and charity staff recognised in Queen’s 90th birthday honours list
Howard Lake | 13 June 2016 | News
Charity staff and fundraisers are among the 1,149 people recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, released to mark her 90th birthday.
Women make up 47% of those honoured, with 8.2% from a black and minority ethnic background and 5.2% who consider themselves to have a disability.
You can read the lists in full on the gov.uk website.
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1. Tanya Barron, Plan International UK
Chief Executive of global children’s charity Plan International UK, Tanya Barron, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List. She has received the honour for her work in helping provide safe education for girls and boys around the world.
Currently a Board Member of the World Bank’s Global Partnership on Disability and Development, Ms Barron is a former European Woman of Achievement (Humanitarian) award winner.
Under her leadership, Plan International UK’s income has risen from £53m to £80m in three years.
2. RNLI volunteers and fundraisers
Porthcawl’s first female crew member is among RNLI volunteers and fundraisers recognised in the Birthday Honours list of the the Queen who has been Patron of the charity since 1952.
MBEs were awarded to:
- Aileen Jones, Porthcawl crew member, for services to the RNLI
- Martin Jaggs, Lytham St Annes lifeboat Coxswain and Mechanic, for services to the RNLI
- Stephen Woods, fundraiser for five decades in Leeds, for services to Maritime Safety
- David Ham, Torbay Lifeboat Operations Manager and Chairman, for services to Maritime Safety
- Tom Clark, Coxswain at Scarborough Lifeboat Station, for services to the RNLI and to the BSAC Club
- Hazel Haas, fundraiser, for services to wounded and injured service personnel and the RNLI
BEMs were awarded to
- Barry Cox, heritage volunteer, for voluntary services to RNLI Heritage
- April Grunnill, Skegness fundraiser, for charitable services
3. Chris Worman and Keep Britain Tidy
Chris Worman, the longest-serving volunteer judge in Keep Britain Tidy’s Green Flag Award scheme, has been awarded an MBE. The award is recognition of his volunteering efforts over many years, supporting significant improvements in the quality of the nation’s treasured parks and green spaces.
Chris, who is also the Parks and Grounds Manager at Rugby Borough Council, has supported the Green Flag Award scheme for parks and green spaces since its launch in 1996.
4. Alison Hutchinson and Pennies
The chief executive of financial technology charity Pennies Alison Hutchinson has been awarded a CBE for services to the Economy and Charities in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours, published 11 June 2016.
Hutchinson is also a trustee of Charities Aid Foundation. John Low, CEO at CAF, said:
“Through the Pennies Foundation Alison has built new ways for people to support the charities in such an easy way that’s part of their everyday life, and she has brought a wealth of business and commercial experience to her work with charities. We are enormously grateful for her support and guidance as a trustee of CAF over many years”.
Other recipients
Knighthoods have been awarded to:
- Damon Buffini, recently appointed as chairman of the National Theatre, for voluntary and charitable services
- Artist Michael Craig-Martin CBE for services to art
- Philip Hulme, co-founder of Hadley Trust, for services to Technology and Philanthropy
- Paul Marshall, Chairman of ARK Schools, for services to Education and Philanthropy
- Peter Wood CBE for services to UK Industry and Philanthropy
Dame Vera Lynn was made a Companion of Honour for services to Entertainment and Charity.
DBEs
Julia Peyton-Jones OBE, Director and Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes, Serpentine Gallery, for services to the Arts.
CBEs
Martin Ainscough DL for philanthropic services to charity, Education and Young People in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
- Christopher Armitage for philanthropic services through the John Armitage Charitable Trust.
- David Burbidge OBE DL for services to Cultural Philanthropy in the West Midlands
- Victor Cadbury for services to the Bournville Village Trust in Birmingham and to charity in Warwickshire.
- Althea Efunshile, former Acting Chief Executive, Arts Council, for services to Arts and Culture.
- Lady Susan Haughey DL for services to Business and Philanthropy
- John Lovering for services to the Charitable Sector and philanthropic services through the Lovering Charitable Trust.
- Bharat Mehta OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Trust for London, for services to Finance in the Charitable and Voluntary Sectors.
- Stephen Morgan OBE for philanthropic services through the Morgan Foundation.
- Alan Shearer OBE DL for charitable services to the community in North East England.
OBEs
Alastair and Helen Nicolson of Portree have received the BEM for fundraising for Cancer Research UK. Since 1986 they have helped to raise more than £900,000 from an island with a population of just 10,000.
Honours lists are published at New Year and on the Queen’s official birthday in June.
MBEs
Anna Whitty, CEO of community transport charity and social enterprise ECT Charity, received an MBE in recognition of her major contribution to community transport, both locally and nationally.
How to nominate
• How to nominate someone for an MBE or honour (31 August 2017)
• How to nominate someone for a Queen’s honour (26 January 2011)
- Did one of your fundraising staff or volunteers receive an award in the Birthday Honours List? Do let us know by including details and a link to coverage in the comments below.
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)
Main image: The Patron’s Lunch on The Mall, London, by The Patron’s Lunch
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