Blesma is proud to celebrate two inspiring members of our community who have been awarded MBEs in recognition of their exceptional service to veterans: Fiona Morrison, Blesma’s Northern Ireland Outreach Officer, and Colin Thackery, Chelsea Pensioner, Blesma supporter, and Britain’s Got Talent winner.
Read moreThe RAF Association’s Charity Director, Rory O’Connor, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Read moreClive Ward, a Colonel of the British Army and dedicated volunteer for SSAFA, the Armed forces charity, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025
Read moreTrevor Scott, a stalwart volunteer for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2025.
Read moreThe Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is proud to announce that their Vice President, Dick Goodwin, has been awarded the distinguished title of Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
Read moreOn 10 December 2024, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Benevolent Fund volunteer Events and Fundraising Manager, Nicola Norville received her MBE from His Majesty King Charles III at Windsor Castle.
Read moreAuthor, publisher, academic, and charity founder, Alison Baverstock, has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to military families in the recent King’s Birthday Honours List.
Read moreOn Friday 6 September, veterans and volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans gathered at the Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague for a reception, at which UK Ambassador to the Netherlands Joanna Roper CMG presented Taxi Charity Dutch Adviser Frans Ammerlaan with an honorary MBE.
Read moreOur volunteer Events and Fundraising Manager Nicola Norville was awarded an MBE for services to Armed Forces Personnel.
Read moreHe took over as treasurer of the South Atlantic Medal Association (1982) in 2005 and has worked tirelessly to see the organization transformed from an unregulated members’ club to a registered charity and a charitable company which is now backed by a reliable income, healthy reserves and a governance system that achieves highly on the compliance scale
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