Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 4
Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 4
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| Date of Publication | 7th January 2016 |
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THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday, January 7, 2016 herefordtimescom J\‘vt.L. ,,.. ,. .. -i...t‘.k..l..i. ~,»L_.‘LIJ. 1:... umqueey Terms and Conditions apply _~\sl\ about our unique 7. guarantee and our unique '3 “ customer charter J Ii Tel: 01432 263976 E '-.-/ww_uniquecarpetsandflooringcouk , .. ,- , : i . ., v , . . / Find us on !:W/ A wealth of fmowiedfea and expertise to help you choose the right stair/iii for you and your home. E E Tel: 01432 264333 1 Ravenswood Court Rotherwas Hereford HR2 6JX i Win/w.hereiordmobility.co.uk l l lnfo@here‘fordmobilityco.uk New Year Honours Among all the musicians, sports stars and Government advisers gaining royal recognition in last week’s New Year's Honours list were a number of less well- known but equally deserving recipients. Hereford Times reporters have been speaking to some of those who, some may argue, merit more for going above and beyond the call - not for financial gain, but simply for the good of others within their community. Roger Brigh Councillor proud to pick up award A TOWN councillor has been awarded a British Empire Med- al for his service to Knighton. Roger Bright. 84. was recog- nised in the New Year Honours for his voluntary service to the community in Knighton and District Powys. He has been a town councillor for 23 years and mayor five times. Councillor Bright said: “I feel honoured and proud to receive this award.“ He first became a commit tee officer in the mid 19405, when he was joint secretary of Knighton youth club with about 80 members. In the 1950s he became vice chairman of Knighton Scout committee and went on to serve on Knighton show and carnival committee for 25 years. He has served with many other groups in the town and chaired many committees. Cllr Bright was born in Knighton and has lived there all of his life, except when he was called into the RAF in 1949. An MBE honour for choir stalwart Jeremy Wilding Photo: Sally Corrick A MAN who has been involved with the Three Choirs Festival since he was a boy has been awarded an MBE. Jeremy Wilding, who is cur- rently chairman of the Three Choirs Festival Society. was given the award for services to music through the Three Choirs Festival in Herefordshire, which this year celebrated its 300th anniversary He has been associated with the event almost his entire life as he was a boy chorister at Her- eford Cathedral when he partic- ipated in the festival, going on to sing as an adult in the festival chorus. He was chairman of the Her- eford Three Choirs Festival in 2006, 2009 and 2012. Mr Wilding said: “I am thrilled and delighted by this wonderful news." + Foster given M parents BES ._ John and Shirley Hanson were awarded MBEs in the New Year’s Honours list after fostering hundreds of children at their lvington farm. Photo: James Maggs By Ian Morris I31<i32 84-5878 imsuherefordiimescom Titri’tter I'I‘HT Newsroom MANY people would be too busy running a live stock farm to do much else but John and Shirley Hanson have found the time to help 300 children at their lvington home. The couple were last week given MBEs in recognition of the four decades they have spent fostering some of the county’s most vulnerable. And despite being over the Government‘s retire- ment age, the pair are still looking after youngsters. MBE honou ‘57..» . ,5... Greta Beresford A WOMAN was awarded an MBE for her work over- seas improving midwifery practices. Greta Beresford, from Almeley, was recognised in the diplomatic ser- Shirley, 69, even man- aged to help deliver one of her foster children’s babies last year when an ambulance failed to reach their house in time. She said that was just one of many amazing moments to happen at the livestock farm they call home. John, who is 73 and was born on the farm, and Shirley have two boys of their own and adopted a daughter. It was the adop- tion, Shirley added, that triggered the whole “fos— tering” process. “We‘ve had some really troubled youngsters com- ing here from Hereford and at first they would always tell us how they weren’t going to like it on a farm," she said. “But after staying here for a day they settle in and really like it. Anyway, we always say it doesn’t mat- ter where you live, but who you live with.” Many of those fostered by the Hansons credit the couple with saving them from a life of drugs — and an even larger number are still in contact with the couple now. And Shirley, who admits life gets pretty busy dur- ing lambing season, has no plans to stop fostering anytime soon. “As a farmer you can be a bit of a hermit,” she add— ed. “But there’s no chance of getting lonely here.” Interested in foster caring? Call the council team on 01432 383240. r for overseas worker vice and overseas list for Services to improving midwifery principally in Russia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. The safe childbirth co- ordinator said: “I was delighted. You just go through life not expecting that anything is going to happen.” Mrs Beresford has worked overseas since 1995 for HealthProm, a UK international devel- opment charity which works to ensure vulner— able children get the best startinlife. In the former Soviet countries all professional associations had been dismantled and the state dictated the parameters of clinical care, which included outdated prac- tices. in 1995, HealthProm ex- panded its activities in Russia to include a safe childbirth programme, mtroducing seminars for doctors and midwives with the aim of improv- ing skills and knowledge. Mrs Beresford said: “It was about the promotion of health in the former Sov1et Union. I was invit— ed to go to Russia first of all. Baby death was very high.” “Mrs Beresford added: Somehmes the places we had to stay in were less than salubrious. We were a char1ty and we had to raise money. I worked in the places that wanted us and did the job.” A mic-r. 04.. _ ,_, 1&7 |
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