Hutchinson rewarded in Queen’s Birthday Honours

The former director of social services at Portsmouth Council Rob
Hutchinson has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours,
writes Clare Jerrom.

Rob Hutchinson

At the same time it emerged that Ruth Fasht, the former director of
the Adoption Register for England and Wales, was awarded and OBE
for services to children and families.

For a full list of honours:-

OBE

Rodney John Brotherwood, director Brotherwood Automobility, for
services to disabled people

Patricia Cole, actress, for services to drama, older people and
mental health charities

Bernadette Duffy, head of centre at the Thomas Coram Early
Excellence Centre, for services to early years childcare

Euan Ferguson Eddie, director of programmes at the National
Association of Clubs for Young People, for services to young
people

Ruth Fasht, former director Adoption Register for England and
Wales, for services to children and families

Gill Frances, children’s personal development unit at NCB,
for services to young people

Colin Glover, chief executive of The Connection, for services to
homeless people London

Brenda Green, compliance manager at the Child Support Agency,
for services to children

Stephen Hames, chief executive of Compass, for services to
people who misuse drugs

Cheryl Rosalind Harnott, adoption manager at Portsmouth Council,
for services to children and families

Peter Heginbotham, chief executive of Apex, for services to the
rehabilitation of offenders

Donald Hoodless, chief executive Circle 22 Housing Group, for
services to social housing

Harry McConnell, commissioner at the Equality Commission for
Northern Ireland, for services to disabled people

Brenda McFarlane, head-teacher at Bothwellpark High School in
Motherwell, for services to special needs education

Hilary Mounfield, former chief executive of Epilepsy Scotland,
for services to people with epilepsy

Jean Pardoe, chief executive of Connexions Nottinghamshire, for
services to young people

Rachel Phillips, chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, for
services to disabled people

Patrick Webb, general secretary of Social, Emotional and
Behavioural Difficulties Association, for services to special needs
education in Scotland

Robert Woodward, former deputy chief inspector of Social
Services Inspectorate for Wales

CBE

Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, professor of social policy at
University of York, for services to child poverty

Robert Hutchinson, former director of social services at
Portsmouth Council, for services to children and to families

Hilary McEwan, principal at West Oaks School, for services to
special needs education

MBE

Robert Stokes, executive director of The Pathfinders Careers
Charity, for services to young people

Adrian Sumption, chair of Richmond Youth Partnership, for
services to young people

Julia Trotter, chair of the Scottish Dyslexia Trust, for
services to children with dyslexia in Scotland

Maxine Wrigley, national co-ordinator of A National Voice, for
services to children and young people in public care

Gabrielle Young, youth work co-ordinator at Great Horton, for
services to young people

Kalsoom Nawaz, joint services manager at Early Years and
Childcare Services in Bradford, for services to families

Mary Newstead, guider, for services to disabled young people in
Surrey

Kenneth Old, county scout child protection officer at Poole West
Scout District, for services to young people in Dorset

Ada Potter, for services to young people and people with special
needs in Dudley and Wolverhampton

Roger Potter, founder and director of Worldwide Volunteering for
young people, for services to young people

Linda Regan, senior research officer at Child and Women Abuse
Studies Unit, for services to women and children

Marian Rhodes, higher executive officer at Child Support Agency,
for services to children

Janet Ridewood, foster carer, for services to children and
families in Birmingham

Suneil Sharma, independent member of Northern Ireland Policing
Board, for services to minority ethnic communities in Northern
Ireland

Anne Simpson, head of disability service at University of
Strathclyde, for services to disabled students in higher
education

Jeanette Skiggs, for services to youth justice in west
London

John Wallace Groome Howes, for services to youth and community
justice in Dorset

William Lewis, for services to people with learning difficulties
in the West Midlands

Irene Long, former scheme manager at Maidstone Home Start, for
services to children and families in Maidstone

Freda Martin, foster carer, for services to children and
families in west London

Gladys Mcfadden, care worker at Craigavon and Banbridge
Community Health and Social Services Trust, for services to older
people in Northern Ireland

Geoffrey Miller, for services to education and to autistic
people in Sussex

Shirley Ann de Gruchy, for services to the Jersey Society for
Deaf Children and young adults

Christine Devine, foster carer for services to children and to
families in Bridgend

Kathleen Dowgun, for services to social care in Anglesey

James Gallacher, unit manager of Mithchell Street
Children’s Unit, for services to children in care

Billie Gardner, for services to young people in Blackfordby in
Leicestershire

Norma Gregory, chair of Redbridge Foster Care Association, for
services to children and families in Essex

Hilary Henriques, chief executive at the National Association
for Children of Alcoholics, for services to children and
families

Roy Hintin, youth worker, for services to young people with
special needs

Isobel Allan, for services to carers in Scotland

George Anderson, chair of Children’s Panel
Chairman’s Group, for services to the children’s
hearing system in Scotland

John Anderson, chair of Edinburgh Children’s panel, for
services to the children’s hearing system in Scotland

Margaret Ayres, warden at Jessop House, for services to older
and disabled people in Chiswick

Richard Bailey, for services to young people in Norfolk

George Benson, chair of Haxby and Wiggington Youth and Community
Association and Youth Centre Support Committee, for services to
young people in North Yorkshire

Councillor Culdipp Singh Bhatti, for services to children in
Leicester

Margaret Bisset, community nurse at Swindon PCT, for services to
disabled people

Susan Blacker, foster carer, for services to children and
families

Marion Bryant, for services to young people in Llandysul

Sally Bunday, director of Hyperactive Children’s Support
group, for services to children

Ellen Bungard, for services to Hickleton Hall Care Home,
Doncaster

Jan Casson, Sure Start programme manager, for services to
children and families

Carol Chilcott, for services to youth justice in Bristol

John Cunningham, youth worker at Seaforth Youth Centre, for
services to young people

Carol Daniel, head of service, early years and childcare
services at Rhondda Cynon Taff, for services to children and
families