New Year's Honours for fundraisers?

Submitted by howardlake on 31 December, 2007 - 08:43.

Looks like Gordon Brown has been trying to increase the proportion of awards going to voluntary sector workers in this year's Queen's New Year's Honours List.

BBC News has featured several:

Maureen Ainsley receives MBE for fundraising for the Battle Museum of Local History in East Sussex
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7163482.stm

Lilian Mina, who helped raise £2.7m in her role as chairman of the Royal Hall Restoration Trust, has been appointed MBE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7163180.stm

Muriel Poisson, of St John, has been appointed MBE for charitable services in Jersey
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7163642.stm

John Butterworth, editor of the Shrewsbury and North Shropshire Chronicles, who has helped raise £4m for charity, has been appointed MBE for services to journalism and charity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7163499.stm

Anyone care to blow their trumpet about their award in this year's List for fundraising? Or perhaps one of your fundraising colleagues, or one of your charity's volunteer fundraisers?

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