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UK New Year and Birthday Honours for Volunteering
32 people have received a UK honour for Volunteering in the Birthday and New Year Honours of King Charles III and, before him, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Read the official citation behind each award, and search or filter the recipients below.
Volunteering - awards over time
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2026
Medal / BEM
Rebecca Wray
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to Volunteering in Northern Ireland”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“Special Constable, West Midlands Police and Charity Trustee, Shree Krishna Temple. For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands”
Member (MBE)
Bernard Morgan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“Volunteer, Imperial War Museum. For services to Volunteering and to History”
Funmi Aishah Lawal
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clip-Knix. For services to Disability, Entrepreneurship and to Volunteering”
Peter Dunphy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Common Councillor, City of London Corporation. For services to Amenity Conservation and to Volunteering”
2025
Medal / BEM
Marcus David Wallace Nutt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“Hospital Volunteer, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Volunteering in Northern Ireland”
Lorraine McCANN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Armagh, County Armagh
“Management Side Officer, Education Authority. For services to Education and to Volunteering”
Officer (OBE)
Ruth Florence Hollis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Norwich, Norfolk
“Chief Executive Officer, Spirit of 2012. For services to Sport, to the Arts and to Volunteering”
Jacqueline Salomi� MacDONALD-DAVIS
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Magistrate Central London Bench. For services to the Administration of Justice and to Volunteering”
2024
Member (MBE)
John Richmond Grey Murray
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and Volunteering in the Arts and Culture Sectors”
Virginia Gwendoline Murray
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and Volunteering in the Arts and Culture Sectors”
2023
Medal / BEM
Tracy Jallow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
London, Greater London
“Diary Manager, Corporate Finance Group, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Volunteering”
Doris Margaret Garton (Bidge Garton)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Lewes, East Sussex
“Lately Volunteer, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Volunteering”
Commander (CBE)
Ian Kenyon
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Surrey
“Director, Finance and Programmes, Defence Nuclear Organisation, Ministry of Defence. For services to Public Finance and to Volunteering”
Veronica Povey
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Woking, Surrey
“Finance Director, Ministry of Defence. For services to Public Finance and Volunteering”
2022
Medal / BEM
Lillian Malama
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2022
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“Offender Manager Probation Service Learner, National Probation Service Nottingham. For services to Volunteering and to the Rehabilitation of Offenders”
Carolyn June Harbourne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2022
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Complaints Officer, Office of the Public Guardian. For services to Volunteering”
Member (MBE)
Rebecca Jones
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire
“Volunteers and Access Lead, Cotswolds National Landscape. For services to Volunteering and to the Environment”
Hedley Featherstone
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“Centenary Delivery Executive, Civil Service Sports Council. For services to Civil Service Sport and Volunteering”
Officer (OBE)
Madeleine Desforges
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Chief Executive Officer, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action. For services to Volunteering and to Charity”
Lady Jane Alison Gibson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
York, North Yorkshire
“Chair, Spirit of 2012. For services to Volunteering, to Heritage and to the Arts”
2021
2020
Medal / BEM
2019
Medal / BEM
Brendan McINERNEY
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Gloucestershire
“For services to Volunteering, the Public Sector and the community in Gloucestershire.”
Naeem Ahmed
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
London
“Consultant Radiologist, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Founder, Selfless. For services to volunteering and Healthcare.”