 Mary Randell on the soup run in Bournemouth |
A woman's commitment to working with homeless people in Dorset has seen her recognised with an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Mary Randell has spent 12 years helping with the weekly Salvation Army soup run in Bournemouth. The 64-year-old is one of eight people in Dorset made an MBE. Robert Braithwaite, chief executive of yacht firm Sunseeker International, is made a CBE with Andrew Freemantle, chief executive of the RNLI. Washing feet Mrs Randell, a member of the Salvation Army "all her life" said she was "amazed" to gain the honour. "I've been part of the soup run for probably 12 years," she said. "I also wash [homeless] people's feet - it's not that important on the face of it but it makes a difference when you are on the streets." She added. "It is a joy to help my friends on the street and I am blessed with an excellent team of volunteers who must share in this honour with me." Dorset honours: CBE Robert Braithwaite, MBE. chief executive officer, Sunseeker International. For services to business and to charity in Poole. Andrew Freemantle, MBE, chief executive, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to maritime safety. Paul Lester, chief executive, VT Group. For services to the defence industry. OBE Richard Campbell, JP, for services to the pig industry. Adrian Dwyer. Counter-terrorism risk adviser, for services to the Police. MBE Richard Tonge Backwell. For services to Dorset Expeditionary Society. Ronald Emett, for services to the community in Beaminster. Norman Holloway, Chairman, Poole Cancer Treatment Trust. For charitable services in Dorset. Dr Robert Huggins. For services to the environment. Professor Peter Jones, for services to the hospitality industry. Mary Randell. For services to the community in Bournemouth. Annie Sinnott, for services to social care. Noel Spreadbury, for services to education.
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