Birthday Honours 2019
Siobhan Fennell BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder
“For services to Transport Accessibility, to Inclusion and to Disability Awareness.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Transport Accessibility, to Inclusion and to Disability Awareness.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Siobhan FENNELL
Founder, Accessible Belper
For services to Transport Accessibility, to Inclusion and to Disability Awareness.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Derbyshire
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“For services to Transport Accessibility, to Inclusion and to Disability Awareness.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 318 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
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 Birthday Honours 2019
Adriaan Van Zyl
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“For services to the community in London.”
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Coventry, West Midlands
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Alan Robertson
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Inverness-shire
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For voluntary service to Cricket and to the community in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.”
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Antrim
“For services to Education and to the community in Portrush, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Blayney
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Down
“For services to the community in Kilcooley, Northern Ireland.”
Alison Kitson
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Cumbria
“For services to Nursing.”
Alison Suffield
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Lancashire
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Allan Schiller
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Bristol
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Amanda Richard
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Kent
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Hertfordshire
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Andrew Callard
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Kent
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Andrew Dalton
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West Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Morley, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Hitchen
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North Yorkshire
“For services to music in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcclarty
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Londonderry
“For services to charity.”
Andrew Roby
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Reducing Deforestation.”
Ann Brogan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Renfrewshire
“For voluntary service in Renfrewshire.”
Anne Bradshaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Laboratory Medicine.”
Anne Cunningham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.”
Anne Kelly
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Pembrokeshire
“For services to Victims of Modern Slavery.”
Annie Johnston
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Antrim
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Anthony Collier
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Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity, to Fundraising and to the community in Cheshire.”
Anthony Fox
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“For services to medical charities and the community.”
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. See the full list →
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Alice Wintergold
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For services to People with Disabilities.”
Tyron Woodford
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in the Rail Sector.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Christopher Symes
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Barbara Sved
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London.”
Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Mary Mitchell
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
David Green
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
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Claire Flowers
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Bangor, County Down
“For services to Girls and Young Women.”
Sharon Brown
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Maureen Bingham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lydney, Gloucestershire
“For services to Operational Delivery, Logistics and to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Sharifa Begum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women.”
Claire Alleguen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Simeon Yates
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Claire Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Clive Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295796. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Derbyshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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