New Year Honours 2025
Jackson Gibbons BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Young People and to Basketball.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Young People and to Basketball.
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Jackson GIBBONS
Basketball Academy Director, City of London Academy Southwark
For services to Young People and to Basketball.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Young People and to Basketball.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 335 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 22% of the list.
In their area
549 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
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 2025
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“For services to Parliament.”
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Alaa Habbooby
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“For services to the community in Thames Ditton, Surrey.”
Alan Frost
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Alan Kurtz
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London, Greater London
“For services to Community Pharmacy.”
Alexander Lindsay
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Education in Lisburn, County Antrim.”
Alexander Mackintosh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Nairn County Football Club.”
Alexander Morrice
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to the community in Corhampton and Meonstoke, Hampshire.”
Alexandra Macleod
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to community in Broomhouse, Edinburgh.”
Alexandra Munro
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Oban, Argyll and Bute
“For services to the community in Ardchattan, Argyll.”
Alison Bunce
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Greenock, Renfrewshire
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Broadstone, Dorset
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Alison Moorey
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
“For services to Palliative Care.”
Alison Semmence
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Social Prescribing.”
Allan Muirhead
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Carnforth, Lancashire
“For services to the community in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.”
Andrew Clarke
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Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire
“For services to Cancer Charities.”
Andrew John
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Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
“For services to Charity and to Business.”
Andrew Letchford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Nisbet
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Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to the community in Yell.”
Angela Clarke
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Wedmore, Somerset
“For services to Mental Health and to Sufferers of Substance Misuse and Trauma.”
Ann Harvey
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Early Years.”
Ann Osborn
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“For services to Older People and Combatting Loneliness in the communities of Suffolk and Norfolk.”
Anne Croucher
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Dumfries, Dumfries
“For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway.”
Anne Mcarthur
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Banff, Banffshire
“For services to Scottish Country Dancing and to the community in Portsoy, Banffshire.”
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
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Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
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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 · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783823. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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