Fundraisers and charity leaders among Queen’s New Year’s Honours List award recipients

The 2021 New Year Honours List, announced last night, includes 1,239 recipients, recognised for "their extraordinary contributions in all four nations of the United Kingdom". Of these 65% have been recognised for their community work, including fundraisers and charity leaders. Oldest awards recipients The oldest recipients this year are both fundraisers. Anne Baker from Salisbury in Wiltshire, who is 106, receives an MBE for fundraising for the NSPCC. She is closely followed by 104 year old Ruth Saunders, who receives an MBE for walking a marathon to raise money for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.   Fundraising leaders Carol Akiwumi and Paul Amadi have both been awarded MBEs in recognition of their fundraising achievements and for their service to fundraisers and the fundraising profession, in particular through the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. https://twitter.com/BritishRedCross/status/1344570379466141701   Peter Lewis, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, said:  “I’m delighted that Carol and Paul have been awarded MBEs in recognition of their great achievements as fundraising leaders.  They have been great servants to the fundraising community over the years. Not just a fantastic fundraisers raising millions for amazing causes, but also as long-time volunteers and Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, Paul as a former Chair and Carol, our current Vice-Chair.  “As founders of Black Fundraisers UK and as members of our EDI Committee, they have both driven the agenda on equality, diversity and inclusion within the profession and these honours are hugely deserved and merited.” Indeed, the Cabinet Office's announcement of this year's award recipients claimed that the New Year Year Honours List "is the most ethnically diverse honours list yet, with 14.2% of recipients coming from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background". 603 women are recognised in the list, representing 49% of the total; 6.9% of the recipients consider themselves to have a disability (under the Equality Act 2010); and 4% of recipients identified as being LGBT+. Carol Akiwumi, together with Fozia Irfan of BBC Children in Need, took the occasion of their awards to support calls for the honours system to break with Britain's colonial past and instead confer the awards in the name of 'British Excellence' and not the 'British Empire'. They each shared an image of a joint letter to The Times calling for this change sent by fellow charity and public sector leaders who have received honours.   https://twitter.com/AmickyCarol/status/1344587472433508359   Charity leaders The Small Charities Coalition was quick to spot lots of leaders at large and small charities last night and to congratulate them in a Twitter thread. https://twitter.com/sccoalition/status/1344418337825169412   https://twitter.com/irfan_fozia/status/1344551346587004929   https://twitter.com/caronlb/status/1344422888737275909     Actor Sheila Hancock receives a damehood for services to drama and charity.   Other recipients and responses https://twitter.com/JavedKhanCEO/status/1344426773006659586   https://twitter.com/vidhyaalakeson/status/1344561896410800128   https://twitter.com/AndyGoode10/status/1344415413514498051   https://twitter.com/nicola_tallett/status/1344571314611376134?s=27     How to nominate someone for an honour You can nominate someone for an honour online on the gov.uk site. Given how many fundraisers, charity and community leaders, volunteers and supporters deserve recognition for their outstanding work, UK Fundraising has twice featured how to nominate someone for an honour. It is a straightforward process. • How to nominate someone for a Queen's Honour (26 January 2011) • How to nominate someone for a MBE or honour (31 August 2017)     Main image: Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE. Crown copyright – used under Open Government License.       

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