New Year Honours 2021
Darren Teale MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder
“For services to Media and to Vulnerable Communities in the UK and Abroad.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Media and to Vulnerable Communities in the UK and Abroad.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Darren Kenneth TEALE
Founder, Junction 15 Productions
For services to Media and to Vulnerable Communities in the UK and Abroad.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Founder
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“For services to Media and to Vulnerable Communities in the UK and Abroad.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 608 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
73 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Staffordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alastair Rankin
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Alex Taylor
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Alexander Watt
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Alexandra Freegard
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“For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.”
Alexandra Milne
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Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
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Alison Hickman
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Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Ian Scott
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“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
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Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
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Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3704162. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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