New Year Honours List 2025 awardees in Scotland
110 recipients from Scotland recognised in the New Year Honours List 2025.
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Medal / BEM
Diana Sykes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Anstruther, Fife
“Lately Director, Fife Contemporary. For services to Visual Arts and Craft in Fife”
Kathleen Stout
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lerwick, Shetland
“Lunch Club Volunteer, Royal Voluntary Service. For Charitable Services”
James Burns Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Librarian, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Fire and Rescue in Scotland”
Belinda Louise Rowlands
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
“Founder, Manager and Trustee, The Seed Box. For services to Adults and Children with Additional Support Needs”
Anne Rooke
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Castle Douglas, The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
“Cleaning Supervisor, Castle Douglas High School, Dumfries and Galloway. For services to Education and to the community in Castle Douglas”
Robert John Philips
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Banff, Banffshire
“For services to the community in Portsoy and District”
Mavis Margaret Paterson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire
“Fundraiser. For services to Charitable Fundraising”
Charles Bruce Nicolson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Stornoway, Western Isles
“For Voluntary and Charitable Service in the Western Isles”
Andrew Nisbet
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lerwick, Shetland
“Community Volunteer. For services to the community in Yell”
Wendy Patricia Murray
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Carnoustie, Angus
“For Voluntary Service”
Alexandra Munro
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Oban, Argyll and Bute
“Volunteer. For services to the community in Ardchattan, Argyll”
Maureen Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Board Member, Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau. For services to the community in Easterhouse”
Susanne McEwan McKENZIE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer. For services to the community in Pollokshields and Glasgow”
Stuart McKENZIE
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer. For services to the community in Pollokshields and Glasgow”
Barclay Keith McINTOSH
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Kirkcaldy, Fife
“Advocacy Volunteer. For services to the community in Fife”
Lorraine McINNES
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer Fundraising Campaigner, Maggie's Glasgow. For services to Charity”
Elizabeth Devlin McCLURG
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“Volunteer. For services to Wildlife and the community in Merkinch”
Anne McARTHUR
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Banff, Banffshire
“Committee Member, Banffshire Branch, Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society. For services to Scottish Country Dancing and to the community in Portsoy, Banffshire”
Alexandra MacLEOD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Founder, The BIG Project. For services to community in Broomhouse, Edinburgh”
Morag Mackay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Volunteer. For services to Children Living with Disabilities”
Alexander John Mackintosh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Nairn County Football Club”
William Macfarlane Lawson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Isle of Harris, Western Isles
“Genealogist. For services to the community in the Western Isles”
Karen Mary Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lanark, Lanarkshire
“Head Coach, Lanark Amateur Swimming Club. For Voluntary Service”
John David Goulder
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Lairg, Sutherland
“For services to Dry Stone Walling and to the community in Rosehall, Sutherland”
Susan Dorothea Gourlay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Castle Douglas, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
“Volunteer. For services to the community in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright”
Ian Francis Gibb
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Earlston, Roxburghshire
“Volunteer. For services to the community in Earlston”
Yvonne Davidson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
“Beekeeper. For services to Beekeeping in Scotland”
Audrey Mutongi-Darko
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Alexandria, City of Glasgow
“Founder, The No1 Befriending Agency. For services to Tackling Loneliness and Isolation in Older People in Scotland”
Anne Croucher
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Dumfries, Dumfries
“Community Champion Tesco and Volunteer. For services to the community in Dumfries and Galloway”
Margaret Clark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Stevenston, Ayrshire and Arran
“Emergency Laparotomy Nurse Specialist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. For services to the NHS in Scotland”
Mary Catherine Cattanach
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Oban, Argyll and Bute
“Volunteer. For services to the community in Ardchattan, Argyll”
David Young Forrester Christie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Cupar, Fife
“For services to Cricket and to the community in Freuchie, Fife”
Alison Bunce
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Greenock, Renfrewshire
“Founder, Compassionate Inverclyde. For services to the community in Inverclyde”
Joyce McNaughton Anderson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Cupar, Fife
“Leader, School of Dance. For services to Schools and to the community in Fife”
Christopher Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Pipe Major. For services to Music”
Member (MBE)
Michael Jonathan Brett Young
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Lairg, Sutherland
“For services to Veterans and to the Vulnerable in Sutherland”
Jacqueline Weir (Jackie Bird)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Journalist and Presenter. For services to Broadcasting and to Charities in Scotland”
Vivian Wallace
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
“Ageing Well Coordinator, Midlothian Council. For services to Older People in Midlothian”
Melissa Terras
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. For services to Digital Humanities”
Ian Stevenson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cyacomb. For services to Online Safety Technology”
Janet Elizabeth Rogers
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Huntly, Aberdeenshire
“Volunteer. For services to Cats and Wildcats in the North East of Scotland”
Gerard Samuel Saddler
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Head of Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture and Chief Plant Health Officer for Scotland. For services to Scottish Plant Health and to Biosecurity”
Chris Robinson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire
“General Practitioner and Volunteer. For services to the community in Lochaber, Inverness-shire”
Ruth Robertson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Linlithgow, West Lothian
“Head of Programme, Health Protection, NHS Education for Scotland. For services to Public Health and Health Protection in Scotland”
David Rickman
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
St Andrews, Fife
“Executive Director, Governance and Chief of Staff, Royal and Ancient Golf Club. For services to Golf”
Romano Petrucci
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Stranraer, Wigtownshire
“Café Owner and Volunteer. For services to the community in Stranraer”
Norman Niven
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Burntisland, Fife
“Chair, Aberdour Royal National Lifeboat Institution Committee. For services to the community in Aberdour, Fife”
Stephen Hugh Neilson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Troon, Ayrshire and Arran
“Chair, British Handball. For services to Handball”