Bereaved Wiltshire mother awarded OBE in New Year's Honours
Carole Gould set up Killed Women to support families affected by male violence
Several people from Wiltshire have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list - including a bereaved mother working to end violence against women.
Carole Gould has been handed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the Victims of Domestic Violence and their Families, after she set up support group Killed Women.
Ms Gould created the group after her daughter Ellie was murdered in 2019 to support families affected by male violence.
She co-founded the group alongside Julie Devey, who's daughter Poppy Devey Waterhouse was killed in 2018.
In a statement, the pair said: "By accepting the OBEs it will continue to shine a light on our campaigning and will keep the many unjust issues surrounding violence against women and girls in the spotlight.
"Getting this far has been really hard and emotionally draining and, of course, will not bring our darling daughters back, but as we learn more and more about the injustices, and more and more families reach out to us, we are fired up to continue our work.
"A bereaved mother is not to be messed with."
The women hope to see an increase in the starting tariff for murders in the home, from 15 years to 25 years, the same as for killings outside the home.
They say it is "insulting and disrespectful to those women to say that their lives are worth 10 years less".
Ms Gould's daughter, Ellie, 17, was stabbed to death at her home in Calne, by her boyfriend, Thomas Griffiths, after she ended their relationship.
Griffiths then staged the scene to make it appear as though she had inflicted the fatal wounds herself.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years and six months.
Poppy, 24, was murdered by her ex-partner, Joe Atkinson, in Leeds in 2018, after the end of their three-year relationship.
Atkinson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 15 years and 310 days.
Four recognised from Salisbury
National Physical Laboratory CEO Dr Peter Thomson, , has been handed an OBE, for services to Science and Technology.
MOD Scientific Adviser Richard Livesey, has also got an OBE for services to defence, while Dr Petra Oyston also receives an OBE for services to Science and Defence.
EXEAT founder Laura Ward-Ongley has been given an MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire ) for services to International Trade, to Sustainability and to Women in Business.
Further Wiltshire recognitions
Chippenham's Peter Clegg, Senior Partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has received an OBE for services to Architecture.
Rachel Yates, from Swindon Director of Clinical Improvement at GIRFT Programme gains an MBE for services to Clinical Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.
Melksham Town FC President Michael Perrin has been given a BEM (Medallists of the Order of the British Empire) for services to Grassroots Football and to the community in Melksham, Wiltshire.
Wiltshire's Lord-Lieutenant Sarah Troughton has also been made a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.