Lancashire figures recognised in the New Year Honours List

A number of figures across Lancashire have been recognised in the 2025 King’s New Year Honours List.

The honours celebrate individuals whose contributions to society, their field, industry or community had a positive impact on life in the UK.

Local recipients include:

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Dr Fazal Dad, Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Blackburn College - For services to Further Education.

Catherine Malloy Hollern, lately Member of Parliament for Blackburn - For Parliamentary, Political and Public Service. (Blackburn)

Purnima Murthy Tanuku OBE, Chief Executive, National Day Nurseries Association - For services to Early Years Education. (Blackburn)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Karen Alty, Headteacher, Holly Grove Special School, Burnley -  For services to Education. (Preston)

Lisa Mary Broadhurst, Programme Director, Social Security Programme - For services to Public Service Reform. (Burnley)

Christine Cort, Managing Director, Manchester International Festival - For services to the Arts and to Culture. (Blackburn)

Ian Lamont Cosh, Assistant Chief Officer, Greater Manchester Police - For services to Policing. (Preston)

Mark Richard Mills DL,  Businessman and Philanthropist - For services to Business and to Charity. (Preston)

David William Moyes, lately Manager, West Ham United Football Club - For services to Association Football. (Lytham St Annes)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Hannah Christina Broughton, Co-founder and Creator, Twinkleboost CIO and Therapeutic Forest CIC, and Climbing Calm CIC - For services to Children and Young People and their Families. (Blackburn)

Kevin Camplin - For services to Mountain Rescue in Lancashire. (Lancaster)

Michael Thomas Crowther, Chief Executive, Empowerment -  For services to the community in Blackpool (Preston)

Shaun Malcolm Gash, Ambassador, Hollister Inc Ltd - For services to Charity and to Disabled People. (Lancaster)

Catherine Jennifer Hitchen, Professional Adviser, SEND, Department for Education - For services to Education and SEND. (Preston)

Gregg Stevenson - For services to Rowing. (Colne)

Pamela Ann Swain, Chief Executive, British Association of Dental Nurses - For services to Dental Nursing (Fleetwood)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Barbara Brook. Volunteer, Girls Friendly Society - For services to Girls, Young Women and to the community in Layton, Blackpool. (Poulton -le-Fylde)

Andrew David Clarke, Team Manager, Department for Work and Pensions - For services to Cancer Charities. (Thornton-Cleveleys)

Scott Robert Fisher, Ambassador and Fundraiser, MAST Cell Action - For services to Charitable Fundraising for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. (Lancashire, Lancashire)

Nicholas Richard Hartshorne-Evans, Founder and Chief Executive, Pumping Marvellous Foundation - For services to People with Chronic Heart Failure. (Burnley)

Barry George Hyde - For services to the community in Rossendale, Lancashire. (Bacup)

Oliver Winston Wood, Lately UK Youth Commissioner - For services to Young People. (Preston)

King's Fire Service Medal (KFSM)

Steven John Healey, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. (Lancashire)