New Year’s Honours given to SCS Patrons and Medical Adviser

New Year’s Honours given to SCS Patrons and Medical Adviser

A massive congratulations to our patrons who received honours from the Queen on New Year’s Day.

We are so grateful to receive the support that we do from our patrons. Our patrons are notable people who dedicate their time and resources to raising awareness of our work and support the sickle cell community in a range of different ways.

Five of our patrons were included in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours 2020 and we want to wish all of them a huge congratulations!

Knights Bachelor
Clive Hubert Lloyd, CBE. For services to Cricket. (Greater Manchester)

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Professor Dame Sally Davies, DBE. Formerly chief Medical Officer for England, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to Public Health and to Research. (London)

Dame – Order of the British Empire
Floella Karen Yunies The Baroness Benjamin, OBE, DL. For services to Charity. (London)

CBE – Order of the British Empire
Rudolph Walker, OBE. For services to Drama and to Charity. (London)

MBE – Order of the British Empire
The Right Reverend Rose Josephine Hudson-Wilkin. For services to Young People and to the Church. (Kent)

Find out more about our patrons here: https://www.sicklecellsociety.org/about-us/#patrons