The 30 brilliant Bristol and Somerset figures on King’s New Years Honours List 2025
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The figures come from a wide range of backgrounds, including education, healthcare and tourism.
Included in the list are Councillor Helen Holland, who served as a Bristol City Councillor for over thirty years and Park Knowle Football Club coach and manager Michael Timothy Alden.
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Professor Florence Susan Thim Peck Wong, CBE
- Professor of Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiff University and Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes, University Hospital of Wales
- For services to Diabetes and Metabolism
- Bristol
Margot Cooper, OBE
- Founder and President, Limbs and Things.
- For services to 3D Medical Simulation Training
- Bristol
Lucy Driver, OBE
- Executive Headteacher, St Paul's Nursery School and Children's Centre, Bristol, Lead at Bristol and Beyond Regional Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, and Early Years Consultant.
- For services to 3D Medical Simulation Training
- Bristol
Professor Nicholas Jenkins, OBE
- Professor of Renewable Energy, Cardiff University.
- For services to Renewable Energy and to Smart Grid Technologies
- Bristol
Dr Julie Vanessa Blake, MBE
- Co-Director, Poetry by Heart.
- For services to Education
- Bristol
Desmond Maximillian McGrath Brown, MBE
- Founder, Growing Futures UK and Chair, Independent Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel, Avon and Somerset Police.
- For services to the community in Avon and Somerset
- Bristol
Margot Cooper, MBE
- Founder and President, Limbs and Things.
- For services to 3D Medical Simulation Training
- Bristol
Helen Holland, MBE
- Lately Local Councillor, Hartcliffe and Withywood.
- For services to Local Government and to the community of Hartcliffe and Withywood
- Bristol
Dr Demelza Elsbeth Mae Holmes, MBE
- Strategic Director, National Children's Bureau and Director, Research in Practice.
- For services to Improving Social Care Practice
- Bristol
Jane Elizabeth Jackson, MBE
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- For services to Older People in Bristol
- Bristol
The Reverend Andrew Paget, MBE
- Senior Force Chaplain, Avon and Somerset Police.
- For services to Policing and to the community in Avon and Somerset
- Bristol
Dr Timothy Francis John Shortis, MBE
- Co-Director, Poetry by Heart.
- For services to Education
- Bristol
David Irvine Addis, BEM
- For services to the community in Long Ashton, Somerset
- Bristol
Michael Timothy Alden, BEM
- Football Coach and Manager, Park Knowle Football Club.
- For services to Grassroot Football and to the community in Bristol
- Bristol
Fiona Ann Pollard, CBE
- Board Member, VisitEngland Advisory Board.
- For services to Tourism
- Bath
Nicola Beauman, OBE
- Founder, Persephone Books.
- For services to Publishing
- Bath
Timothy Charles Cantell, MBE
- For services to Heritage and to the Environment
- Bath
Roy Gibson, BEM
- For services to Space
- Bath
John Barry Hardy, BEM
- Volunteer, Blind Veterans UK and the Bridgwater Community Hub.
- For services to the Veteran Community
- Bridgwater
Beverley Higgs, MBE
- Magistrate Avon, Somerset and Gloucester Bench and Magistrates' Association Volunteer.
- For services to the Administration of Justice
- Bruton
Douglas Sidney Allen, BEM
- Police Support Volunteer, Avon and Somerset Police.
- For services to Policing and to the community in Somerset
- Chard
Julie Anne Devey, OBE
- Campaigner and Co-Founder, Killed Women.
- For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence and their Families
- Frome
Elizabeth Caroline Ann Toll, BEM
- Local Ambassador Volunteer, Carers UK.
- For services to Unpaid Carers
- Frome
Sarah Ann Bucks, MBE
- Member, South Somerset Bridleways Association and the British Horse Society.
- For services to the Public Rights of Way Network
- Ilminster
Neil Liam Halford, MBE
- Co-Founder, Time is Precious.
- For services to Charitable Fundraising for Children with an Illness in the South West of England
- Radstock
Nicola Clare Halford, MBE
- Co-Founder, Time is Precious.
- For services to Charitable Fundraising for Children with an Illness in the South West of England
- Radstock
Carolyn Jane Griffiths, OBE
- Chair, Rail Group, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety.
- For services to the Rail Industry, to Transport Safety and to the Engineering Profession
- Shepton Mallet
David Hugh Fellows Odgers, MBE
- Consultant and Researcher, Historic Building Conservation
- For services to Heritage
- Somerton
Angela Elaine Clarke, BEM
- Chair and Founder, Somewhere House Somerset.
- For services to Mental Health and to Sufferers of Substance Misuse and Trauma
- Wedmore
Sally Anne Strchey, MBE
- Founder and Technical Lead, Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Ltd.
- For services to the Repair and Conservation of Heritage Buildings
- Wells
Gordon Alastair McFarlane, OBE
- Lately Consultant General Surgeon, Gilbert Bain Hospital, Shetland.
- For services to Rural Healthcare in Scotland
- Yeovil
A full list of all the incredible people recognised in this year’s King’s New Year’s Honour List can be found at https://fave.co/40eVBOX
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