New Year Honours 2021
June Walker BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Community Champion
“For services to the Economy during Covid-19.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
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 award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
June WALKER
Community Champion, Asda Donnington Wood
For services to the Economy during Covid-19.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
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Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
British Empire Medal
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Community Champion
- Region
- Telford, Shropshire
“For services to the Economy during Covid-19.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 428 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 27% of the list.
In their area
55 British Empire Medal recipients are from Shropshire.
What organisation were they with?
Community Champion.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2021
Aakash Odedra
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Leicester.”
Adassa Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the Vulnerable in the community in Handsworth, Birmingham.”
Adrian Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable services to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
Alan Emby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Broadstairs, Kent
“For services to the community in Broadstairs, Kent.”
Alan King
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Barnet, Greater London
“For services to Young People in the London Borough of Barnet.”
Alan Lane
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Honley, West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in South Leeds during Covid-19.”
Alan Tapp
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the community in Liverpool.”
Alana Mcallister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim.”
Albert Ryder
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Tottenham Hale, London.”
Albert Scruby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Rowing in Clapton, London.”
Alexander Anderson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Newport, Gwent
“For voluntary and charitable services to People with Autism in Caerleon-on-Usk, Wales.”
Alexander Toogood, (sandy Toogood)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Ruthin, Clwyd
“For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities.”
Alison Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Batley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Victims of Crime and to Charity in Leeds.”
Alistair Forbes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Charity during the Covid-19 Response.”
Aminur Rahman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education.”
Amy Farrell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to the NHS during the Covid-19 Response.”
Anand Bhatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and the community in Leicester.”
Andrew Bendon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Willingham, Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service in Cambridgeshire particularly during the Covid-19 Response.”
Andrew Rowe-holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
“For services to Social Care, particularly during the COVID-19 Response.”
Andrew Wildgoose
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Dunbar, East Lothian
“For services to Charitable Fundraising during Covid-19.”
Ann Ball
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to the community in Shoreham, Kent.”
Ann Gumery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cancer Patients.”
Ann Hill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Dumfries, Dumfries
“For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Dumfriesshire.”
Anne Claydon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Nursing during Covid-19.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3705418. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Telford, Shropshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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