Sir Robert Balchin, President, and the Trustees of the League of Mercy have announced that the Badge of the Order of Mercy is to be conferred upon the following individuals for distinguished voluntary service:

Dr Malcolm Booth, The Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury

Mrs Sheila Brown, St Nicholas Hospice, Suffolk

Dr Louise Clowes, Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation, Surrey

Miss Ruth Daniells, The Thalidomide Trust, St Neots, Cambridgeshire

The Reverend Brian Fitzpatrick, Saint Catherine’s Hospice, North Yorkshire

Mrs Margaret Geoghegan MBE, Springhill Hospice, Rochdale

Mrs Millie Gresham, Abbeyfield Society, St. Albans

Mrs Louise Hanen, The Acorn Committee, Leeds

Mr George Hexter, Freedom Wheels (Exeter Disability Transport Service), Exeter

Mrs Audrey Holland, Leonard Cheshire, Norwich

Mrs Angela Houston, Home From Hospital Care, Birmingham

Mrs Ellen Hutt, The League of Friends, Mental Health Services, Warwickshire

Mrs Jacqueline Kippen, Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle

Mrs Joan Matthews, Saint Francis Hospice, Romford, Essex

Ms Julie Maynard, Special Educational Needs, London

Professor The Lord McColl of Dulwich CBE, Mercy Ships UK Ltd, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Mr Kevin Mehmet, 1475 (Dulwich) Squadron Air Training Corps, London

Mr John Midgley, Home-Start Shepway, Kent

Mr Christopher Morgan MBE, The Shannon Trust, East Sussex

The Reverend Elizabeth Packham, High Peak Hospice Care, Derbyshire

Mrs Jill Pearson, Nottingham Oasis Breast Cancer Trust, Nottingham

Mr James Poile, The League of Friends of Pembury Hospital, Kent

Mrs Carol Rees, Kemp Hospice, Worcestershire

Mr Francis Rigby, Wigan & Leigh Hospice, Wigan

Mrs Gretta Sharkey, The Prince of Wales Hospice, West Yorkshire

Mrs Karen Sorab, The Rainbow Charity for Children with Autism, London

Mr David Strachan, Toynbee Hall, London

The Companion’s Badge has been conferred upon Alderman John Stuttard (The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London) and Dr Kenneth Scott OBE for services to the League of Mercy.