The New Year Honours list for 2023 has been released - but who are the community heroes from Suffolk who have been recognised?
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Joanna Hilary Todd, founder and chief executive officer, Respect. For services to victims of domestic abuse (Felixstowe)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Fiona Jane Ellis, chief executive officer, Survivors in Transition. For services to survivors of childhood sexual abuse (Ipswich)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- James Matthew William Alexander, volunteer. For services to the natural environment (Aldeburgh)
- Dr Catherine Lee, professor of inclusive education and leadership and deputy dean for education, Anglia Ruskin University. For services to equality in education (Acton)
- Jenifer Jane White, historic landscape adviser, Historic England. For services to heritage and to historic parks and gardens (Saxmundham)
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
- Malcolm Ian William Finch, forestry machine operator, Forestry England. For services to forestry (Brandon)
- Richard Henry Hanley, music teacher, Thomas Mills High School, Framlingham. For services to education (Ipswich)
- Eric Hopes, police support volunteer, Suffolk Constabulary. For services to policing (Bury St Edmunds)
- Sylvia Mary Knights, trustee, Suffolk Libraries. For services to public libraries (Bungay)
- Ian Richard Toulson, for services to the community in Walsham-le-Willows (Bury St Edmunds)
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