People in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough on New Year Honour's List 2024

Those who have selflessly served their local communities across Cambridgeshire have been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list.

Here's a list of those in our county that have been awarded:

BEM (British Empire Medal)

• Lorna Evelyn Woor (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: for services to the community)

• Sheila May Betts (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: chair and volunteer at The Jarman Centre, Girlguiding Cambridgeshire East - for services to young people)

• John Frederick Sharman (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: for services to the community)

MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire)

• Sharon Louise Livermore (Ely, Cambridgeshire: founder of Domestic Abuse Education and director at Kameo Recruitment - for services to the victims of domestic abuse)

• Helen Mary Pain (Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire: lately chair of the board of trustees, Science Council and chief executive at the Royal Society of Chemistry - for services to science)

• Maxine Jane Ficarra (Purdie) (Ely, Cambridgeshire: lately CEO of PraxisAuril - for services to knowledge exchange)

• Julia Helen Fentem (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire: executive vice-president of safety, environmental and regulatory science, Unilever - for services to human health and animal welfare)

• Joan Harris Winterkorn (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: archive and manuscript consultant and member of Acceptance in Lieu Panel at Arts Council England - for services to heritage and culture)

• Mike Anthony Frankl (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: for services to charity, homeless people and the Jewish community in Cambridge)

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