Greater than 70 folks from Wales have been recognised for his or her contributions to their group and nation within the King’s Birthday Honours checklist
Greater than 70 folks from Wales who’ve made important contributions to their group and nation are being recognised in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours Listing 2025.
A complete of 1,215 recipients have been honoured for his or her extraordinary accomplishments, with a particular emphasis this yr on these devoted to public service. This yr’s honourees embody dedicated group leaders, sporting function fashions, innovators within the arts, devoted well being staff, and advocates for youth. Welsh recipients represent 6% of the entire variety of folks receiving honours this yr.
Notable Welsh recipients embody Cardiff-born rugby league legend Billy Boston, who turns into a Sir, and Llanelli-born billionaire Doug Perkins, who alongside along with his spouse based Specsavers in 1984.
After the honours had been confirmed, Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned: “This yr’s Birthday Honours Listing is a strong reminder of the extraordinary dedication, compassion, and repair that exists in each nook of our nation.
“From group champions to cultural icons, every recipient displays the perfect of Britain. I lengthen my heartfelt congratulations and gratitude to all of them.”
The secretary of state for Wales, Jo Stevens, added: “Big congratulations to the unbelievable people from Wales who’ve been recognised in The King’s Birthday Honours Listing.
“Every award recipient has demonstrated dedication, ardour, and dedication to their communities, making important contributions that resonate far and broad.
“Your work in supporting susceptible folks, championing the humanities, growing entry to sport and enhancing lives in numerous methods, serves as an inspiration to all. Thanks to your distinctive service.”
One particular person to have been recognised is 42-year-old outdated Sabrina Cresswell. She has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her providers to the group in Cwmbran.
She is the founder and driving drive behind the success of Tasty Not Wasty, an organisation that collects surplus meals from completely different grocery store shops and prepares nutritious meals for take away at low price, utilizing a community of dedicated volunteers.
Sabrina coordinates disaster meals provision throughout Torfaen through the Christmas season and ensures that people and households going through hardship can entry important help throughout this vital time.
She additionally organises a Christmas lunch for remoted and food-insecure residents, providing them not solely a heat meal but additionally companionship and festive cheer on Christmas Day. Along with Tasty Not Wasty, she has arrange arts and crafts periods working with volunteers and linking with group providers.
“I used to be very excited to have been nominated and really completely satisfied after I acquired the decision to say I used to be going to be recognised,” mentioned Sabrina. “Our volunteers have put loads of effort into Tasty Not Wasty and it has grown into one thing actually wonderful for the group.
“I used to be doing issues to assist out through the first Covid lockdown and realised that it was turning into a little bit of a factor, so in August 2020 I requested the group to provide you with a reputation after which I registered it and it grew to become a Group Curiosity Firm.
“I had a five-year plan however at no level did I ever assume it was going to go anyplace aside from serving to out folks in Cwmbran and wider afield in Torfaen.”
One other particular person to have been awarded a BEM is Karen Irene Morgan, the Nationwide Lymphoedema Training and Analysis Lead at Lymphoedema Wales, primarily based in Cimla Hospital in Neath.
“I used to be and nonetheless am very shocked and emotional about receiving the notification about this prestigious award,” she mentioned. “I’ve labored inside SBUHB since I first certified as a nurse in 1989 and as the Nationwide Lymphoedema Group are hosted by the well being board.
“I’m very pleased with the well being board so to lift its profile and that of Lymphoedema Wales Medical Community (LWCN) is wonderful.”
Different notable recipients from throughout Wales embody:
- Oliver Sykes, who receives an MBE for providers to Entry to the Arts for Underprivileged Younger Folks. His work main the Tales for Care programme has empowered over 5000 younger folks from low revenue backgrounds, and given them entry to literary works not usually out there to them.
- Muriel Morgan, who receives an MBE for providers to the group in Wrexham. On the age of 88 years outdated she has solely lately retired from her 50 yr profession within the Royal Voluntary Service. Throughout her time in RVS she coordinated volunteer drivers to take aged and susceptible folks to medical appointments they won’t in any other case be capable of make. She labored tirelessly all through the pandemic to make sure the service was maintained and that even in one of the crucial difficult instances for the service, their service customers had been nonetheless in a position to attend vital medical appointments.
- Modupeola Obilanade is awarded an MBE for providers to the group in Newport. Her work main the St Pauls Clinic has remodeled the clinic right into a beacon of hope locally, throughout her time operating the clinic, she has launched a number of group well being initiatives specializing in preventative care and power ache administration. In her spare time she continues to work for charities, offering free medical consultations and well being recommendation to these most in want.
Under is a full checklist of Welsh individuals who have been recognised in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours 2025:
Knights Bachelor:
- William John Boston MBE, for providers to Rugby League Soccer
- The Rt. Hon. Mark Richard Tami MP, Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside, for Political and Public Service
CBE:
- Professor Meriel Evelyn Mary Jenney, Paediatric Oncologist, Cardiff and Vale College Well being Board, for providers to Most cancers Remedy and to Analysis in Kids and Younger Folks (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Douglas John David Perkins, co-founder and chair of Specsavers, for providers to Enterprise and Commerce (initially from Llanelli)
OBE:
- Professor David Vincent Ford, Professor of Informatics, Swansea College, for providers to Social
- Science (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
- Susan Ann Horne MBE, These days Head of Area Exploration, UK Area Company, for providers to Area
- Exploration (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
- Mohammed Umar Hussain MBE, Police Employees, Chief Finance Officer, South Wales Police, for providers to
- Policing (Newport, Gwent)
- David Wyndham Lewis, Founder, Younger Voices, for providers to Music (Haverfordwest, Dyfed)
- Lynne Mills Cluster Supervisor, Felony Courts, HM Courts and Tribunals Service Wales, for Public Service (Newport, Gwent)
- Professor Brian Morgan, Director of the Artistic Management and Enterprise Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan College, for providers to the Welsh Financial system (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Ian Worth Director, Confederation of British Business, Wales, for providers to Enterprise and to Charity (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
- Ruth Elizabeth Taylor, for providers to Victims and Survivors of Home Abuse (Cowbridge South Glamorgan)
- Professor Iain Stuart Whitaker, Professor of Plastic Surgical procedure, Swansea College Medical Faculty and the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgical procedure, for providers to Plastic Surgical procedure (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
MBE:
- Steven John Amor, These days Watch Supervisor, Mid and West Wales Hearth and Rescue Service, for providers to the group in Mid Wales (Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys)
- Iain Keith Ashcroft, Operations Officer, North Wales Mountain Rescue Affiliation, for providers to Mountain Rescue (Mould, Clwyd)
- Rebecca Denise Ashcroft, Chair, North East Wales Search and Rescue, for providers to Mountain Rescue (Mould, Clwyd)
- Ann Elizabeth Atkinson Sharp, Opera Singer and Creative Director, North Wales Worldwide Competition, for providers to Music (Corwen, Clwyd)
- Dr Ian Bowler, Chair and Medical Lead, Medserve Wales, for providers to Nationwide Pre-Hospital Emergency Medication (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Paul Bromwell, Founder, Valley Veterans, for providers to Veterans and to Susceptible Folks (Pentre, Mid Glamorgan)
- Anwen Butten, for providers to Garden Bowls, to Most cancers Care and to the group in Wales (Lampeter, Dyfed)
- Christopher Norman Davies, for providers to Operating and to Well being and Wellbeing (Newport, Gwent)
- Louise Margaret Harries, Co-Founder and Chief Govt Officer, Tramshed Tech, for providers to Digital Entrepreneurship (Cowbridge, South Glamorgan)
- Riazul Hassan, Head of Anti-Racist Wales Motion Plan, Welsh Authorities, for providers to Group Relations and the Imaginative and prescient of a Racism-free Wales (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
- Dr Roger Lloyd Morris, These days Basic Practitioner, Cardiff and Vale College Well being Board, for providers to Healthcare, to Charity and to the group in Cardiff (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Dr Modupeola Obilanade, Principal Basic Practitioner, St Paul’s Clinic, Newport, for providers to the group in Newport, Wales (Newport, Gwent)
- Michael Charles Parry Head of Evaluation, TARIAN Regional Organised Crime Unit, South Wales Police, for providers to Policing (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
- Dr Glen Peters Eco Entrepreneur, for providers to Inexperienced Power and Eco Housing (Cardigan, Dyfed)
- Victoria Poole, These days Deputy Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales, Welsh Authorities, for Public Service to Social Care (Prestatyn, Clwyd)
- Dr Alastair John Roeves, These days Nationwide Medical Lead for Main Care and Group Companies for Wales, NHS Wales Govt, for providers to Healthcare (Dinas Powys, South Glamorgan)
- Dr Tracey Fiona Sandom, These days Chair, British Affiliation of Dental Therapists, for providers to Dental Remedy and to the NHS in Wales (Amlwch, Gwynedd)
- John Trevor Scott, These days Chair, South East Wales Department, Troopers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Households Affiliation, for providers to Veterans (Abergavenny, Gwent)
- Kelvin Eusabio Shorte, Deputy Director, Particular person and Small Enterprise Compliance, HM Income and Customs, for Public Service (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Peter Clive Stanley, Senior Specialist Advisor on Deserted Mines, Pure Sources Wales, for providers to Geoscience and Metallic Mines (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
- Oliver James Sykes, Kids’s Creator and Lead Artist and Producer, Tales of Care, for providers to Entry to the Arts for Underprivileged Younger Folks (Denbigh, Clwyd)
- Clive Edward Thomas, Assistant Head of Estates Wales and the West Midlands, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, for providers to Defence and to Reservist Troops (Brecon, Powys)
- Shaun Edward Tobin, Race Director, Richard Burton 10K, for providers to the group in Afan Valley, West Glamorgan (Port Talbot, West Glamorgan)
- Annette Ware, Volunteer and Trustee, The Samaritans, for providers to the Samaritans (Newport, Gwent)
BEM:
- Maureen Anne Butler, for providers to Folks with Disabilities, to Younger Folks and to Charity (Llanfyrnach, Dyfed)
- Idwal Davies, Member, Llanelli and District Hospital Associates, for providers to Veterans and to the group in Llanelli (Llanelli, Dyfed)
- Louis William Hiatt, Watch Supervisor, North Wales Hearth and Rescue Service, for providers to the group in Aberdyfi and Tywyn (Tywyn, Gwynedd)
- Alan Stephen Hubbuck, for providers to Skilled Forestry in Wales (Neath, West Glamorgan)
- Glen Kelsall Johnson, for providers to Heritage (Cardigan, Dyfed)
- Susan Jones, for providers to Folks with Cerebral Palsy (Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan)
- Richard Charles Knight, for providers to Nature Conservation in Rhayader and Powys (Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
- Karen Irene Morgan, Nationwide Lymphoedema Medical and Training Lead for Wales, Swansea Bay College Well being Board, for providers to Lymphoedema Care (Swansea, Gwent)
- Roberta Morrall, for providers to the Arts in Nefyn, Wales (Pwllheli, Gwynedd)
- Jennifer Mary Mountstephens, Welfare Administrator, 14 Sign Regiment, for providers to Service Personnel and the group in Brawdy (Haverfordwest, Dyfed)
- Dr John Anthony O’Connor, Director, Angling Cymru, for providers to Leisure Angling in Wales (Narberth, Dyfed)
- Sandra Wyn Owen, Director, Sandville Self Assist Centre, Porthcawl, for providers to Charity (Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan)
- Norman Parselle, Chief Govt Officer, County within the Group, for providers to Sport and to the group in Newport, Wales (Newport, Gwent)
- Derek Alfred Picken, Chair, Rogerstone Welfare Cricket Membership, for providers to Cricket in South East Wales (Newport, Gwent)
- Diane Lorraine Powles, Strategic Training Adviser, Well being Training and Enchancment Wales, for providers to Nursing and to Training (Caldicot, Gwent)
- Tara Rees, Superior Nurse Practitioner, Cardiff and Vale College Well being Board, for providers to Nursing (Caerphilly, Gwent)
- Santosh Sharma. Volunteer, Oxfam. For Charitable Service (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
- Joan Mary Vaughan, for providers to Older Folks and to the group in Conwy (Conwy, Clwyd)
- Christopher David Williams, for providers to the group in Anglesey (Anglesey, Gwynedd)
