2013 New Years’ Honours List

One East Midlands would like to congratulate to all those individuals in the East Midlands who were honoured in the 2013 New Years’ Honours List, including Lisa Vernon, former Chief Executive of our full member Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium, who received an MBE.

On receiving the news of her MBE, Lisa said "It was lovely to find out that I had been included in the New Years Honours list. It’s been a great privilege for me to represent the fantastic work of the voluntary and community sector. Charities, community groups and volunteers make a significant contribution to learning and skills, particularly for those most in need of support or furthest away from learning. I am really grateful for the nomination and I would like to say a huge thank you to all the members of Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium, Proactive East Midlands, the Third Sector National Learning Alliance and the Learning & Skills Improvement Service for all the support I have received. I'd also like to acknowledge the important contribution that DLDC's partners in the Derby Community Learning Trust, Derbyshire Public Service Compact and One East Midlands have made to raising the profile of third sector learning provision and meeting the learning needs of our communities."

Other individuals in the region who were honoured in the 2013 New Years’ Honours List for their services to communities, volunteering or charity work, include:

  • Neelam Aggarwal-Singh for services to community cohesion
  • Robert Buller-Barker for services to the community
  • Barry Buxton for services to the community
  • Martin Cahill for services to the community
  • Colin Clarke for charitable services
  • Jean Curtis for service to the community
  • James Dixon for services to the community
  • Jayne Field for services to the community
  • Janet Gaskell for services to the community
  • Margaret Jessop for charitable services
  • Mary Jones for services to the community
  • Jean Pendlebury for services to the community
  • Rita Rhodes for services to the community
  • Jean Slater for voluntary service
  • Geraldine Wardle for services to the community
  • Nicholas Warren for services to the voluntary sector
  • Penelope Weston-Webb for the services to the community
  • Geoffrey Winter for services to the community
  • Ernest Wyer for services to the community

Please accept our apologies if we have missed anyone off this list. If you or someone you knew in the region was honoured for your community, voluntary or charity work and have been missed off our list, please email information@one-em.org.uk and we will update the list accordingly. For a full list of everyone honoured in the 2013 New Years’ Honours List visit www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/new-year-honours-2013.