Topic
Literacy
31 people were recognised in the UK honours for Literacy.
Recognition over time
31 people recognised for Literacy from 2008 to 2026, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
honoria.co.ukRecipients by sub-topic
Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Literacy bar (31) is those tagged Literacy directly, shown against its 2 sub-topics. The same person can appear in more than one.
Within Literacy
The more specific topics beneath Literacy — click to explore.
Recipients
People recognised for Literacy
31 people
2026 · 4
Allison Potter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guisborough, North Yorkshire
“Manager, National Literacy Trust Middlesbrough Hub. For services to the community in Middlesbrough”
Imran Hafeez
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“Head, National Literacy Trust Bradford Hub. For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Paul David Nisbet
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Director of Communication Access Literacy and Learning Scotland, School of Education and Sport, Edinburgh University. For services to Education and the Development of Assistive Technology”
Joanna Melancy Lyndon Prior
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, Pan Macmillian. For services to Publishing and Literacy”
2025 · 2
Claire Riley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Chester-le-Street, County Durham
“Chair, Seven Stories. For services to Children 's Literacy and to Health”
Charlotte Clark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Southwold, Suffolk
“Manager, Community Library. For services to Literacy and to the community in Reydon and Southwold”
2024 · 2
Nicholas Stephen Leland Lyons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
“Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the Financial Sector, to the Growth Economy and to Financial Literacy”
Ruth Miskin
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2024
West Sussex
“Children's Reading Expert, Read Write Inc. For services to Education”
2022 · 2
Sonja Huxham
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Winchester, Hampshire
“Basic Skills Development Manager, Army Training Regiment. For services to Military Education”
Deborah Bullivant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grimm and Co. For services to Children and Young People's Literacy in Rotherham, South Yorkshire”
2020 · 3
Michelle Paul
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“Chair of Trustees, Turn Around. For services to Literacy and Numeracy”
Ahmereen Reza
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“Founder and Trustee, Developments in Literacy Trust, and Director, Conservative Friends of Pakistan. For public and political service, and Interfaith Work”
Jonathan David Douglas
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, National Literacy Trust. For services to Education”
2019 · 2
Elizabeth Alana Williams
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Portsmouth, Hampshire
“Director, Digital Society, BT. For services to Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion.”
Lucy Margaret Juckes
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Edinburgh
“Chair, Barrington Stoke Publishing. For services to Education and Literacy.”
2017 · 4
Andrew McNAB
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Cornwall
“For services to Literacy and charity.”
Sharon Elizabeth Anne McMURRAY
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Down
“For services to Children with Literacy Difficulties and to those with Special Educational Needs.”
Francis Askew
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2017
East Riding of Yorkshire
“Lately Literacy and Phonics Adviser, Department for Education. For services to Education.”
Ruth Marie Truelove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2017
East Riding of Yorkshire
“Reading Assistant and Governor, Stepney Primary School, Hull and Volunteer, National Literacy Trust. For services to Education.”
2016 · 2
Helen Fowler
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2016
Buckinghamshire
“Volunteer Reading Assistant, St George's Infant School and Woodside Junior School, Amersham. For services to Children and Reading.”
Vivian June Isoult French
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Edinburgh
“Author. For services to Literature, Literacy, Illustration and the Arts.”
Linked data: /id/topic/literacy