NHS workers, a church minister and those who have dedicated their lives to charitable community work are among those recognised across Nottinghamshire this year in the New Year's Honours list for 2023.
Clive Daniel Foster, senior minister of the Pilgrim Church, The Meadows, and Patricia Jean Cargill, chair of the Patient Partnership Group, a Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) group, are among those have been recognised, for services to the Windrush generation and NHS patients respectively.
Ms Cargill, who gets a British Empire Medal, or BEM, has been a "driving force" at NUH, working passionately to improve health care for patients. She said: "It's a voluntary position but I became involved through the NHS. I had a son with severe complex needs, he had various disabilities and he has now passed - he was a star.
"I think it was because of that care that he was given meant I wanted to give something back. So I started on some of the patient groups and then became a member of the Patient Partnership Group. It is such a privilege to be chair with such fantastic people in that group from all different walks of life and who want to give back exactly the same amount as myself."
Clive Foster has been awarded an MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire - for services to the Windrush generation and says he was "humbled" to be awarded. When the scandal broke, he and his congregation at the Pilgrim Church began supporting members of the community affected by it. He was "astonished" by the response.
He said: "Being a descendent from the Windrush generation it's particularly meaningful and poignant for me. When the Windrush scandal broke we gave an announcement back in April 2018 to our congregation saying 'you might be hearing stories, if you've got any concerns then come and speak to some of the ministers'.
"We were astonished how many people came up to us about their concerns. When we heard that we decided we had to act, so we set up very quickly a community-led response to support people.
"I do see this as not just tribute to me personally but a great team of people around the church and the Nottingham community who have rallied round to make the Windrush generation feel respected. What happened was a terrible injustice and I'm glad we've been able to reclaim some dignity and respect to the Windrush generation. It was very humbling and satisfying [to be awarded]."
Jonathan Mark Hammond has also been honoured for voluntary and charitable services to the community in Bingham. Mr Hammond has dedicated a lot of his life to charitable services in his community. Among sponsoring scout groups, football teams and other community groups, he created a quiz in 2007 for Childline. It has since raised more than £30,000.
He said: "I'm just following in much larger footsteps that have been set ahead of me by my mother, who also awarded an MBE back in 2011, for services to Nottinghamshire. Putting back whenever you can is essential to a community.
"It's very easy in a market town for people to know you if you do things the right way. It's very easy to get help and sponsors if you give back to the community, so any chance go sponsor anything I'm there.
"I started back in 2003 making up all the road names in Bingham and giving them a cryptic clue and I sent it around Bingham and the entries started to come in. Didn't ask for any money for it, I've just always been interested in crossword puzzles and quizzes.
"We got 83 entries in the very first one. It was expanded and we began charging for it. We've made over £30,000 from when it began to 2021."
Wendy Elizabeth Peace, 83, gets a British Empire Medal, or BEM, for services to visually impaired people and the community in Newark. She is a founding member and vice-chair of the Newark and District Talking Newspaper for the blind since 1982. The organisation provides an audio spoken version of the local newspaper for blind and partially-sighted people. This service has catered for up to 300 people at a time.
Here is the list of recipients living or working in Nottinghamshire:
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Katherine Ann Faulkner OBE
Chair, The Home Buying and Selling Group
Newark, Nottinghamshire
For services to the Home Moving Industry
Saika Jabeen OBE
Assistant Chief Officer, Nottinghamshire Probation Service
Littleover, Derbyshire
For Public Service
Professor Terry Moore OBE
Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham
Belper, Derbyshire
For services to Satellite Navigation
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Clive Daniel Foster MBE
Senior Minister, Pilgrim Church
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
For services to the Windrush Generation
Natalie Olivia Gasson-McKinley MBE
Development Manager, Federation of Small Businesses
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
For services to business in the East Midlands
Sally Ann Gillborn MBE
Chief Executive, North Notts Business Improvement District
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
For services to business and the economy in Nottinghamshire
Jonathan Hammond MBE
For voluntary and charitable services to the community in Bingham
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Patricia Jean Cargill
Chair, Patient Partnership Group, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
For services to NHS patients
Pamela Jane Jefferson
For services to the Women's Institute in Nottinghamshire
Ranskill, Nottinghamshire
Angela Mary Painter
Chair, Sevenoaks District Voluntary Sector Forum and Trustee, Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
For services to the voluntary sector in Kent
Wendy Elizabeth Pease
Vice-Chair, Newark and District Talking Newspaper for the Blind
Newark, Nottinghamshire
For services to visually impaired people and to the community in Newark
*Certain recipients from Nottinghamshire were put forward by the Government as willing to speak to the media
