New Year Honours 2023
Laura Harling BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder and Artistic Director
“For services to Professional Theatre in Care Homes and supporting People with Dementia.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Professional Theatre in Care Homes and supporting People with Dementia.
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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 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Laura HARLING
Founder and Artistic Director, The Dot Collective
For services to Professional Theatre in Care Homes and supporting People with Dementia.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Professional Theatre in Care Homes and supporting People with Dementia.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 330 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 22% of the list.
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535 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
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Founder and Artistic Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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British Empire Medal · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4247588. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
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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