Angela Rippon receives a CBE for her work in dementia care, as charity professionals and volunteers are celebrated in the 2017 New Year honours list.
Rippon was previously made an OBE in 2004 for her services to broadcasting, charity and the arts, but this CBE recognises her more recent work as a development lead for the community engagement programme Dementia Friendly Communities.
There were no damehoods or knighthoods for former or serving voluntary sector bosses in the list, published on 31 December 2016, but also made CBEs are Dr Christopher Simpkins, director general at the Royal British Legion; Dr Margo Whiteford, chair of Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland; and Richard Winter, for voluntary services for Save the Children and Merlin. William Lloyd, president of Age Concern, receives an MBE for services to the elderly, as does Samuel Duerden, deputy director of the International Rescue Committee.
More than 80 charity professionals are being recognised out of a total of 1,197 people receiving an award. After a stellar Olympic year, the headlines will be dominated by sporting stars but 74% of recipients are recognised for making an outstanding contribution to their local communities in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
Among those, one of the oldest, 94-year-old Janet Gillespie, receives a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her charitable service, after having spent more than 60 years volunteering for Poppy Scotland. Gillespie first began selling poppies in 1952 and retired last year.
The list also includes a BEM for Vivien Cooper, who has volunteered for 50 years at the Didcot Railway Centre and Great Western Society, and an MBE for Susan Green, who has volunteered with the Samaritans for more than 30 years, where she supported inmates at Feltham young offender institution and Wormwood Scrubs prison.
Full list of honours for charity professionals
CBE
Angela Rippon, development lead at Dementia Friendly Communities
Dr Christopher Simpkins, director-general, the Royal British Legion
Dr Margo Whiteford, chair, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland
OBE
Iman Abou Atta, founder, SCEME
Susan Baker, director, Time to Change
Alison Baum, founder and chief executive, Best Beginnings
Sarah Brennan, chief executive, Young Minds
Toby Eccles, founder, Social Finance
Dr Katy Emck, founding director, Fine Cell Work
Brian Gale, director of policy and campaigns, National Deaf Children’s Society
Janet Gough, lately director, ChurchCare
Robert Green, chief executive, Stonewall Housing
Rosemary Greenlees, executive director, the Crafts Council
Stephen Hill, chair, Action on Hearing Loss
Roma Hooper, founder and chair, Prison Radio Association and co-founder, Radio Feltham
Catherine Large, former deputy chief executive, Creative and Cultural Skills
Clive Martin, former director, Clinks
Catherine McCulloch, co-director, Children’s Parliament
Caroline Miller, former director, Dance UK
Susan Miller, director of cultural services, Glasgow Life
Maggie Philbin, chief executive and co-founder, TeenTech
Thomas Potokar, founder, Interburns
Dr Sharon Redrobe, chief executive, Twycross zoo
Danny Rimer, board member, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
Ann Shepperd, trustee, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Jasvir Singh, founding chair, City Sikhs
Dr Arthur Steiner, founder and executive officer, Hands Around The World
Professor Deborah Sturdy, nurse adviser, Care England
Crispin Truman, chief executive, the Churches Conservation Trust
Dr Martin Warren, chief executive, Butterfly Conservation
Professor Michael Williams, chief executive, Grwp Gwalia Cyf
Colum Wilson, relief worker
MBE
Jonathan Benjamin, ThinkWell
Jonathan Bloomer, former trustee and honorary treasurer, NSPCC
Timothy Burgess, chief executive, Foundation of Edward Storey
Catherine Caskie Khan, Scottish Wheelchair Dance Association
Tanya Castell, founder and chief executive, Changing the Chemistry
Surjit Chowdhary, vice-president, Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glasgow
Kerry Clancy-Horner, area manager, the Children’s Society
Stella Cummings, Northern Ireland vice-president, British Red Cross
Roy Dantzic, former deputy chair, Architectural Heritage Fund
Richard Delderfield, honorary president, Bloodwise
Parkash Dhami, president, Telford Gurdwara
Samuel Duerden, deputy director, International Rescue Committee
Sheena Dunsmore, general manager, Kidney Kids Scotland
Glyn Ellis, ambassador and fundraiser, RNLI
Susan Farrington Smith, chief executive, Brain Tumour Research
Tony Fenwick, co-chair, School’s Out
Evelyn Findlater, chief executive and founder, Good Food Matters
Elaine Holness, director, Karibu Education Centre
Philippa Hoyer Millar, founder, Footsteps Centre
Sylvie Johnstone, chief executive, Stonepillow
Anne Jolly, founder and manager, Sudden Adult Death Trust UK
Louise Kilby, chair, Geeza Break
William Lloyd, president, Age Concern
Julie Love, chair, Death Abroad You’re Not Alone
Sylvia Morris, founder and chair, Karen Morris Memorial Trust
Gillian Palmer and Tink Palmer, founder, Marie Collins Foundation
Catherine Parlett, chair, Lighthouse Trust
Jill Sheldrake, service director, Together Trust
Anne Smol, founder and chief executive, Face Front Inclusive Theatre
Frank Stansil, fundraiser, King’s College Hospital Charity
Alison Swan Parente, founder, the School of Artisan Food
Austin Walker, vice-president, Kent, Royal British Legion
Agnes Whyte, chair, Breathe Easy
Ethne Woldman, trustee, the Targu Mures Trust
BEM
Joan Aird, secretary, Hawarden, Ewloe and Mancot branch, Royal British Legion
Zena Avery, secretary, North Devon and Torridge division, SSAFA
Tanya Brookfield, lately director and fundraiser, Toe in the Water
Aidan Campbell, fundraiser, Marie Curie
Angela Chant, project director, Spiritulized
Brenda Clark, founder, Youth Cancer Trust Charity
Sophi Cranshaw, founder, One Good Turn
Brendon Cross, vice-president, SpecialEffect
Hamish Elvidge, founder, the Matthew Elvidge Trust
Jacqueline Johnston-Lynch, co-founder and head of service, Tom Harrison House
Stella Laughlin, coordinator, Giving Tree Appeal
Margaret McCullagh, president, Royal British Legion, Portrush
Gail McKeitch, chair, Ellon branch, National Autistic Society
Patricia Newton, convener, Age Concern Eastwood
Amanda Park, fundraiser, SSAFA and the Royal British Legion
Juliet Robb, founder, the Olive Tree
Lillias Robinson, director and trustee, St Andrew’s Clinics for Children
Mark Smith, founder, Ryan Smith Foundation
Gabriel Trueman, chair, youth advisory committee for the East Down Rural Youth Work Project
Devan Witter, founder, Devan Group
Full list of honours for volunteers
CBE
Richard Winter, Save the Children and Merlin
OBE
Dr William Wilson, for services to the voluntary and charitable sectors in Northern Ireland
MBE
Dr Steven Bruce, for voluntary service in Fife
Maurice Brunton, voluntary service through Scouting
Susan Clifford, volunteer, Adoption UK
Edward Elliott, for voluntary service to the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation and Association
John Fowlie, for voluntary service in Banffshire
Tracey Gafoor, for public service and voluntary service to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
Vivienne Grey, volunteer crew member, Little and Broad Haven Lifeboat Station
Bronwen Hewitt, for services to the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust
Martyn Hooper, for voluntary services to people with pernicious anaemia
Kevin Jones, for voluntary service in north-west England
Hilary Jopling, for charitable services to children through Hope and Homes for Children
Thomas Kelly, for services to charity fundraising
Susan Kitchener, for voluntary service
Albert Leathem, for services to the Royal British Legion
Claire Lomas, for charitable and voluntary services to spinal injury research
Elvira Lowe, for voluntary service to cancer sufferers
Christopher Matthews, for voluntary service to young people in Tyneside
Joan Mitcalfe, for voluntary service in Moray
Massa Nandra, for services to charity and the community in south London
Avril Nicholl, for services to disabled people through the Riding for the Disabled Association, Ballyclare
Bruce Parker, for services to charity and the community in Hampshire
Geoffrey Parsons, for services to the Wingate Special Children’s Trust
Marilyn Payne, volunteer, Save the Children
The Honourable Lady Helen Alexandra Briscoe Roche, for voluntary services
Mukesh Shah, for charitable and community service
Alan Woodhouse, volunteer, Samaritans
Ronald Woodward, for services to Age UK
BEM
Jillian Baker, for voluntary service
Colin Bell, for services to charitable fundraising
Richard Buchanan, for voluntary service
Pauline Carson, for voluntary service to the RNLI
Valerie Christy, for voluntary service
June Craig, for services to charity
Rosemary Craig, for voluntary services to young people through the Castlederg Girls’ Brigade
Denise De Wet, for services to the voluntary sector
Jean Doak, for voluntary service
Rosemary Dunbar, for services to charitable fundraising
Mary Duncan, volunteer, Chailey Heritage Foundation
Mohammed Farooq, for services to fundraising
Audrey Fraser, volunteer, Beanfeast Children’s Charity
Agnes Fullerton, for voluntary service
James Gamble, for services to charitable fundraising
Janet Gillespie, for charitable service
Violet Graham, for services to charitable fundraising
Pauline Grills, for voluntary service
Anna Hamilton, for voluntary service to organ music
Frank Hamlett and Duncan Hamlett, for charitable service
Brian Harries, for charitable service
Muriel Harris, for voluntary service
Richard Hool, for charitable service to cancer charities
Jean Huggan, volunteer, Milton Keynes Bereavement Service
Brian Hughes, fundraiser and standard bearer, Henley-on-Thames Royal British Legion
Karen Hughes, for voluntary services
Sylvia Jarrett, for services to charity
Barbara Jones, for services to the British Red Cross
Margaret Kite, for services to charitable fundraising
Mary Knox, for voluntary services
Matilda Kyle, for voluntary services to the Northern Ireland Hospice
Lesley Macneil, for voluntary services to the Royal Voluntary Service and the University Hospital of Wales
Lisa McLoughlin, for voluntary services to the Brain Tumour Trust
Melissa Middleton, for services to charity in Kenya
John Mitchell, for voluntary service
William Morrow, for voluntary service
Jane Munro, for voluntary service
Ethel Oldcroft, for voluntary service
William Orr, for voluntary and charitable service
Paritaben Patel, for voluntary and charitable services in India
Enid Pennington, for voluntary service
Pamela Preston, volunteer, Samaritans
Richard Price, for services to the Samaritans
Leslie Quilty, volunteer, Maritime Volunteer Service
Christopher Reynolds, volunteer regional representative, British Trust for Ornithology
Pamela Reynolds, volunteer, Reading division, SSAFA
Marie Ross, for voluntary services
Joyce Rothschild, for services to charity
Maurice Simpson, lately voluntary car services driver, Northern Ireland ambulance service
Jean Singleton, for services to charitable fundraising
Penelope Slade, for services to charity
Elizabeth Smith, for services to charitable fundraising at RNLI
Geoffrey Thorpe, for voluntary service
Owen Tulsie, for services to charitable fundraising
David Villa-Clarke, for charitable service
Lucia Watson, for charitable service
Paul Winchester, for voluntary service
Mollie Wise, for services to charitable fundraising
Ivor Wood, for services to Guide Dogs for the Blind
Margaret Worsley, for voluntary service
The honours explained
Order of the Companion of Honour (CH)
For service of conspicuous national importance, held by only 65 people at a time.
Order of the Bath
For service of the highest calibre. It has civil and military divisions and is awarded in the ranks of Knight/Dame Grand Cross (GCB), Knight/Dame Commander (KCB/DCB) and Companion (CB).
Order of St Michael and St George
Awarded to British subjects for extraordinary and important services abroad or in the Commonwealth: Knight/Dame Grand Cross (GCMG), Knight/Dame Commander (KCMG/DCMG) and Companion (CMG).
Order of the British Empire
Awarded mainly to civilians and service personnel for public service and other distinctions: Knight/Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Knight/Dame Commander (KBE/DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE) and Member (MBE).
British Empire Medal (BEM)
The “people’s medal” is awarded for meritorious civil or military service
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