New Year Honours 2014
Barbara Blair BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Young People in Northern Ireland.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Young People in Northern Ireland.
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British Empire Medal (BEM) · 2014
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Location
Antrim
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British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2014- Region
- Antrim
“For services to Young People in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 367 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 24% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 2014
Alan Castle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Kent
“For services to Music and Heritage.”
Albert Victor Eric Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Antrim
“For voluntary service to the Scout Movement in Northern Ireland.”
Alexander Brian Devlin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to the community in Dollar, Clackmannanshire.”
Alexander Cornelius Copland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Aberdeenshire
Alison Margaret Mackie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Falkirk Ladies Football Team.”
Alison Mary Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Suffolk
“For services to the community in Chesworth, Ipswich.”
Alistair Cameron Hardie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Moray
“For services to Music and to the community in Morayshire.”
Alistair Paul Sutcliffe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
North Yorkshire
“For services to General Practice and the community.”
Amanda Victoria Schryver
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Surrey
“For services to the community in Capel, Surrey.”
Amarjit Kaur Bakhshi
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
London
“For services to the community in Hounslow.”
Andrew Harold Osborne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Kent
“For services to Almshouse Sheltered Accommodation.”
Anita Jayne Browning
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
“For services to the Falkland Islands.”
Anita Patricia Haycock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Gloucestershire
Ann Donnarumma
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
London
“For services to Children and Families in Kent.”
Anne Bennett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Somerset
“For voluntary and charitable services in Somerset.”
Anne Doreen McMath
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
“For services to education in The Gambia.”
Anne Elizabeth Phillips
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Perth and Kinross
“For services to Business and Tourism in Perthshire.”
Anne Hope Crawley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
“For services to charitable work in Europe and Africa.”
Anne Innes Grant
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Moray
“For services to Vulnerable Young People.”
Anne Ruth Clendon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Great Haywood, Staffordshire.”
Anthony George Davey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Argyll and Bute
“For services to the community in Cardross, Argyll and Bute.”
Anthony Knowles
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Lincolnshire
“For charitable services to Neurological Treatment in East Yorkshire.”
Anthony Samuel Haycock
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Gloucestershire
Member
Arthur Henry Tipper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2014
Staffordshire
“For services to Music in Burton- upon-Trent, Staffordshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Children, Young People & Families
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,643 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families. See the full list →
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Janet Cooper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Speech and Language Development for Children and Young People.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Christopher Turner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hockley, Essex
“For services to Young People in Essex.”
Neerasha Singh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Greenhithe, Kent
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Karen Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtown, Powys
“For services to Young People.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Jeremy Penn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Young People.”
Michelle John
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Family Support and Advocacy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 31 December 2013.
Location (Antrim) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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