BVSC Staff Spotlight: Congratulations Matt! We're proud to share that Matt Daniels, BVSC’s Head of Children, Young People and Families has been appointed an MBE for services to the LGBTQ+ community. Matt Daniels was named among the recipients on the New Year Honours list, having volunteered for causes since his early 20s. He was recognised for his work with groups including Birmingham LGBT, for which he served as a board member for five years, helping to create its health and wellbeing centre. Mr Daniels, from Birmingham, said: "It's a huge honour and I recognise I'm one of many, many people who have been doing this kind of work for many years." Read a BBC article covering the award below: BBC article We are also pleased to celebrate some other local honours recipients from the VCFSE sector: Dr Harjinder Singh Lallie, from Birmingham, is appointed OBE for services to musical heritage, faith communities and integration John Edward Fry, from Birmingham, is appointed MBE for services to roller speed skating and to the community in Birmingham Pritesh Pattni, from Aston, is awarded a BEM for services to the community in Birmingham and to charity Laurence Richard Beard, from Birmingham, is appointed MBE for services to social enterprise and to the community in Birmingham Sarah Ellis, from Birmingham, is appointed MBE for services to technology in the arts Jonathan Patric Gilchrist, from Birmingham, is appointed MBE for services to theatre James Joseph Sullivan, from Sutton Coldfield, is awarded a BEM for services to refugees and asylum seekers and to the community in Birmingham Manage Cookie Preferences