ASSISTANT District Commissioner Anne Lewis has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list.
Anne, 71, has been part of Scouting in Leicestershire for about 38 years and has taken on just about every role in the County that there is.
She was awarded the Silver Wolf award about two ago, and still remains active in the Scouts, co-ordinating the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme and Adult Leadership training.
Majority of the big honours in the list were given to many of the British Olympians from London 2012.
Cyclist and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was awarded a knighthood, along with Champion sailor Ben Ainslie, while Paralympic gold medallist cyclist Sarah Storey was made a dame.
CBEs were given to athlete Mo Farah, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, rower Katherine Grainger, cyclist Victoria Pendleton and paralympian David Weir.
OBEsforCyclistsLauraTrott and Jason Kenny, Wimbldon tennis champion Andy Murray and gold medallist Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds.
Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams, triathlete Alastair Brownlee, gymnastic Louis Smith and athlete Greg Rutherford with Paralympic athlete Jonny Peacock all get MBEs in the list.
Away from the Olympics and Paralympics, veterans Quentin Blake and Margaret Beckett get knighthoods and damehoods in their fields of illustration and politics, respectively.
Lord Coe is made a Companion of Honour, as he joins an exclusive list of 65 people at any one time, a special honour of national importance.
Cherie Blair gets an CBE for her services to women’s issues, while Tracy Emin, Kate Bush and Arlene Phillips also join her for their services to the arts, musicanddance,respectively.
OBEs were given to Stella McCartney and Ewan McGregor, while cricketer Mark Ramprakash is given an MBE.
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