Charity stalwarts receive New Year honours

THREE charity stalwarts from Warrington have each been awarded an MBE in the New Year honours including well known MENCAP campaigner Dorothy Pritchard.
Dorothy from Padgate, who is pictured with members of her MENCAP group at Disability Awareness Day, received her award For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities in Warrington, Cheshire
Meanwhile Mrs Hilary Thomson who has helped co-ordinate the Fair 4 All stall on Warrington Market was honoured For voluntary service to Fairtrade, Warrington, Cheshire.
Former police officer Christopher Upham, BEM, well know for his charitable work in the local community with groups like Warrington Lions and a volunteer with the National Association of Retired Police Officers, Cheshire Constabulary, was honoured for services to the Police. (Warrington, Cheshire). More recently he has been actively involved in Help for Heroes.
A fourth Warrington person, Jefferson Welsby, a Physical Education Senior Officer at HM Prison Kennet, also received an MBE for services to the Ministry of Justice. (Warrington, Cheshire)

Here are the full list of awards for Cheshire:

CBE

Ms Denise Coates. Founder and chief executive bet365. For services to the community and Business. (Betchon, Cheshire)
Charles William Holroyd, DL. Philanthropist. For services to Young People and to the community in the North West. (Northwich, Cheshire)
Richard Jones. Director, Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council. For services to Adult Social Care. (Wilmslow, Cheshire)
John Raymond Syvret. Chief executive Officer, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd. For services to the UK Maritime Sector. (South Wirral, Cheshire)
Malcolm Whitehouse. Formerly Deputy chief Information Officer and Group Applications director, Department for Work and Pensions. (Chester, Cheshire)

OBE

Clive Christian. Designer. For services to the Luxury Goods Industry. (Nantwich, Cheshire)
Darren Christopher Clarke. For services to Golf. (Rostherne, Cheshire)
Peter Gerald Collinge. Chairman, Andrew Collinge Hairdressing. For services to the Hairdressing Industry. (Neston, Cheshire)
Professor Rachel Cooper. Director, Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts and Professor of Design Management, University of Lancaster. For services to Education. (Poynton, Cheshire)
James Stuart Hall. Sports Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting and Charity. (Wilmslow, Cheshire)
Jack Livingstone. Philanthropist. For charitable servicesin Greater Manchester. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Nicholas Milne Payne. For services to the Arts and Heritage in the North West. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
John Whitham Stafford. Chief executive, Merseyside Probation Trust. For services to Ex-Offenders. (Hollingworth, Cheshire)
Dr John Frederick Stageman. Vice president, UK Science Affairs, Astra Zeneca. For services to the UK Biotechnology Industry. (Altrincham, Cheshire)

MBE

Carl Bailey. Governor F, HM Prison Styal, Ministry of Justice. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Mrs Barbara Cooper. For services to the community in Mobberley, Cheshire. (Knutsford, Cheshire)
Mrs Julia Crookall. Volunteer, Samaritans, Crewe. For voluntary service to Mental Healthcare in Cheshire. (Cheshire)
Mrs Pamela Anne Dixon. Councillor. For services to the community in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Miss Christine Ann Gaskell. Chair, North West Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. For services to Training and Apprenticeships. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Peter Hickson. Chairman, Petty Pool Trust, Cheshire. For services to Young People. (Middlewich, Cheshire)
Professor Leonard Wareing Hill. For services to Fencing. (Dukinfield, Cheshire)
Norman Jarvis, JP. For services to Road Safety. (Ellesmere Port, Cheshire)
John Jones. For charitable service. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Mrs Susan McTaggart. Policy and Reform manager, Police Staff, Merseyside Police. For services to the Police. (Wirral, Cheshire)
Mrs Valerie Mellor. For services to swimming in the North West. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Mrs Olive Muriel Anderson Minors. For services to the community in Chester. (Chester, Cheshire)
Mrs Jean Margaret Moore. For services to the voluntary sector in Cheshire. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Geoffrey Malcolm Oakes. Formerly Clerk to the Board of Governors, Reaseheath College. For services to Further Education. (Crewe, Cheshire)
Mrs Dorothy Pritchard. For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities in Warrington, Cheshire. (Warrington, Cheshire)
Mrs Josephine Mary Rogers. For services to the community in Macclesfield, Cheshire. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Michael Smith, JP. For services to the community in Netherfield, Nottingham. (Congleton, Cheshire)
Mrs Hilary Thomson. For voluntary service to Fairtrade. (Warrington, Cheshire)
Mrs Margaret Proudfoot Timpson. For services to Older People in Knutsford, Cheshire. (Knutsford, Cheshire)
Christopher Bernard Upham, BEM. Volunteer, National Association of Retired Police Officers, Cheshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Warrington, Cheshire)
Robert Ward. Volunteer Driver, North West Ambulance Service. For services to the community in Merseyside and Cheshire. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Jefferson Welsby. Physical Education Senior Officer, HM Prison Kennet, Ministry of Justice. (Warrington, Cheshire)