New Year Honours 2020
Heidi Fisher MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder
“For services to Innovation in Social Enterprise and to Impact Measurement.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Innovation in Social Enterprise and to Impact Measurement.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
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:
Heidi Lorraine FISHER
Founder, Make an Impact Community Interest Company
For services to Innovation in Social Enterprise and to Impact Measurement.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Norfolk
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Founder
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- Norfolk
“For services to Innovation in Social Enterprise and to Impact Measurement.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 500 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 37% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455178. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Norfolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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