New Year Honours 2024
Helen Holtam MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Tutor
“For services to Prisoners.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING 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:
Helen HOLTAM
Tutor, Friends of Erlestoke Prison, Origami Inside
For services to Prisoners.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Tutor
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- Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Prisoners.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
77 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from East Sussex.
What organisation were they with?
Tutor.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2024
Adam Handling
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
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“For services to Hospitality and International Trade.”
Adina Munroe-charlow
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“For services to Veterans in The Bahamas.”
Alan Collier
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Local Government.”
Alasdair
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“For services to Forestry and to Climate Change Mitigation.”
Alasdair Bruce
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Wetherby, West Yorkshire
“For services to Libraries.”
Alex Glynn
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Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Marsh
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Alexandra Vincent
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Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
“For services to Research Funding.”
Alfred Oyekoya
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Minority Ethnic Communities in Wales.”
Alice Ellis (alice Hartley)
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Morpeth, Northumberland
“For services to the NHS.”
Alice Hendy
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Fareham, Hampshire
“For services to Online Safety.”
Alicia Martin
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Alison Chivers (alison Hill)
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Alison Fordy
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.”
Alison Fotheringham
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Edenbridge, Kent
“For Public and Voluntary Service.”
Alison France
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Disadvantaged People.”
Alison Moffitt Robinson
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Ballymoney, County Antrim
“For services to Sports Management and Development in Northern Ireland.”
Alison Murray
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Didcot, Oxfordshire
“For services to Adult Social Care.”
Alison Savage
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Bath, Somerset
“For services to Military Families.”
Allan Beard
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Allan Young
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Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Music.”
Amanda Bird
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Bicester, Oxfordshire
“For services to Defence Logistics.”
Amanda Chadwick
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Children in Hospital.”
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Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520635. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Brighton, East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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