Lieutenancy of South Yorkshire

The awards

The honours system rewards people who have made achievements in public life. It highlights the people that have committed themselves to serving and helping Britain.

People can receive honours for achievements such as:

  • making a difference to their community or field of work
  • enhancing Britain’s reputation
  • long-term voluntary service
  • innovation and entrepreneurship
  • changing things, with an emphasis on achievement
  • improving life for people less able to help themselves
  • showing moral courage and doing difficult things

Honours are given to people involved in fields including:

  • community, voluntary and local services
  • arts and media
  • health
  • sport
  • education
  • science and technology
  • business and the economy
  • civil or political service

The honour someone gets is decided by an Honours Committee. The committee’s decisions go to the Prime Minister and then to The King, who awards the honour.

Types of awards

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Awarded for a ‘hands-on’ service to the local community. This could be a long-term charity based or voluntary activity, or work of a shorter duration. This would be fore around three to four years.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Awarded for an achievement or service to the community. This will have had a long-term impact and stand out as an example to others.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Awarded for having a major local role in any activity. This includes people whose work has made them known in their chosen area.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Awarded for having a vital but lesser role at national level, or a leading role at regional level. You can also get one for contribution to any area.

Knight/Dame (KBE/DBE)

Awarded for recognising a pre-eminent contribution in any field of activity. This is normally at national level, or some way which will be recognised by peer groups as inspiring.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Awarded to both men and women for military service or great civil merit. The Companion of the Order of the Bath is second only to a damehood or knighthood.

Companion of Honour

Awarded in the UK in recognition of a pre-eminent and sustained contribution in the arts, science, medicine, or government. Only a limited number of people can hold the honour at any one time.



Recipients of the Kings' Birthday Honours 2023

Recipients of the MBE

Recipient To recognise
John Michael Marren DL Founder, Company Shop Group. For services to alleviating food poverty
Ian Malcolm Rogers Athletics Official. For services to athletics
Jacqueline Ann Sawdon Co-Founder, The Exodus Project. For services to young people and to charity in Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Martin Harold Sawdon Co-Founder, The Exodus Project. For services to young people and to charity in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Recipients of the BEM

Recipient To recognise
Catherine Bailey Lately Nurse Director for Musculoskeletal Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to nursing
Kenneth Eliot Volunteer. For services to table tennis
Paul Stead Leader, 9th Doncaster Scout Group. For services to young people in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

 

Recipients of New Year Honours 2023

Recipients of the DBE

Recipient To recognise
Professor Cathryn Elizabeth Nutbrown Professor, School of Education, University of Sheffield. For services to early childhood education

Recipients of the CBE

Recipient To recognise
Professor Andrew David Curran Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research, Health and Safety Executive. For public service

Recipients of the OBE

Recipient To recognise
Mr William Alan Beckett Chairman, International Trade Forum. For services to manufacturing and to exports

Recipients of the MBE

Recipient To recognise
Ms Louise Davies Lately, Director, Christians on the Left. For political and charitable services
Mr Charles James Ritchie Co-Founder, Gambling with Lives. For services to charity and to the families bereaved by gambling related suicides
Mrs Elisabeth Ritchie Co-Founder, Gambling with Lives. For services to charity and to the families bereaved by gambling related suicides
Ms Victoria Schofield Service Director, Children’s Social Care, Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to children and young people
Mrs Cynthia Shaw JP For services to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Recipients of the BEM

Recipient To recognise
Mr Maxwell Apaladaga Ayamba Founder, Sheffield Environmental Movement. For services to the environment and to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Mrs Jacqueline Higginbottom For services to the community in Deepcar, South Yorkshire

 

 

 

Nominating someone for an honour

Anyone can nominate someone for an honour. The person you're nominating must still be actively involved in what you’re nominating them for.

You should fill in an 'Honours nomination form' and return it to the Honours and Appointments Secretariat (address below). They can answer any questions you might have about the nomination process. You can also read GOV.UK's How to write a nomination.

Honours and Appointments Secretariat Cabinet Office
Ground Floor
1 Horseguards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
Telephone: 02072762777
Email: honours@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

The Lieutenancy has a vital part to play in helping South Yorkshire adopt a positive and inclusive way of life.

What happens after a nomination

The Honours Committee will review your nomination. You’ll get an acknowledgement but you may not hear anything else for 12 to 18 months. Nominees are checked by various government departments to make sure they’re suitable for receiving an honour. This may include checks by HM Revenue and Customs.

An award isn't guaranteed; you shouldn't tell the person that you’ve nominated them for an honour in case they’re not awarded it.

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