New Year Honours 2022
Fay Sharpe OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder
“For services to Mentoring Women, Gender Equality and to Charitable Fundraising.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Mentoring Women, Gender Equality and to Charitable Fundraising.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Fay Angela SHARPE
Founder, Fast Forward 15
For services to Mentoring Women, Gender Equality and to Charitable Fundraising.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Mentoring Women, Gender Equality and to Charitable Fundraising.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 311 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
97 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3956533. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
Location (Loxhill, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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