The King’s Birthday Honours list of 2023 has been officially unveiled, celebrating the achievements and services of people across the UK – and here’s everyone in the North East that has been recognised.

The Birthday Honours are one of two annual honours lists, along with the New Year Honours.

They have been awarded by the monarch since 1860, with few exceptions, and aim to recognise the achievements and service of people across the UK. This is the first Birthday Honours list to be announced by King Charles III.

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Take a look below for all those recognised in the North East for this year’s Birthday Honours list:

Teresa Chaytor MBE, 51, Durham. Artistic Director, TIN Arts - For services to the Performing Arts for People with Learning Disabilities.

Teresa co-founded TIN Arts to address the lack of provision for people with a learning disability to participate in dance and the performing arts. TIN Arts is a nationally recognised leader in best-practice inclusive dance delivery.

Selwyn Arthur Leslie Morgans MBE, 62, Newton Aycliffe, Lately Manager, Aycliffe Secure Children's Home, Durham - For services to Children's Social Care.

Selwyn has dedicated more than 40 years to working with vulnerable looked-after children. He was Senior Manager at Aycliffe Secure Children’s Home between 2015-2022, which is the largest SCH in the country caring for vulnerable children, and Cres for young people with complex needs.

Emma Louise Petrucci MBE, 41, and Sergio Petrucci, 47, Sunderland, Co-Founder, Red Sky Foundation - For services to Health and to the community in North East England.

Emma and Sergio set up Red Sky Foundation (RSF) to support the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. They have now raised over £950,000 to support the unit and fund the provision of defibrillators for community use across the region.

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Lynne McKenna MBE, 59, East Boldon, Dean, Education and Society, University of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - For services to Education.

Lynne is an “inspirational educational leader” who has a steadfast dedication to improving the teaching profession, with a particular focus on initial teacher training (ITT).

William John Barnes MBE, 85, Newcastle upon Tyne, Governor, St Cuthbert's Walbottle Catholic Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - For services to Education and to the community in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Since 2001, William has occupied the role of governor at St Cuthberts School, 12 of them (2007 - 2019) spent as chair. He is a key figure in the school, well-loved by students and teachers alike, and has kept the school in good financial health.

Jean Verona Trewick MBE, 63, Wallsend, Business Management Lead, Department for Work and Pensions - For services to Voluntary Organisations.

Jean is very proud to be involved with the Girls’ Brigade in Newcastle, (First Wallsend Company) of which she became lead secretary/treasurer.

She spends several hours every week working with girls aged from 5 to 18, and organises regular outings for the group, including an expedition to Zambia to build a school.

Tara Mackings BEM, 41, Sunderland - For services to the community in Tyne and Wear, particularly during Covid-19.

She is known for her voluntary work, fundraising and being a positive role model to others and is very well respected by many in her village of Whitburn. Most notably, she has created a fitness programme, ‘Sit to be fit at home’, which is tailored to meet individual abilities, and has served over 300 clients.

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Julia Robinson BEM, 47, Hebburn - For services to Public Libraries and to the community in North East England.

Julia has advocated libraries, arts and culture regionally and nationally, and has had a huge impact on libraries in South Shields, creating welcoming, inclusive places and services.

Ian Pattison BEM, 50, Gateshead, Lately Chair, NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group - For services to the NHS.

Since becoming Chair of NHS Sunderland CCG, General Practice, GPs have been given a unified voice in the city and local system, with practices supporting each other locally and city-wide.

Karolynne Anne Hart BEM, 51, Gateshead. Cultural and Arts Programme Manager, Gateshead Libraries - For services to Public Libraries and to the Arts.

Karolynne has made an outstanding contribution to the development of Gateshead Libraries as a place for accessible, diverse, and creative activities.

Thomas Pringle Robson BEM, 61, Newcastle upon Tyne Fundraiser - For charitable services to the community in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Thomas is a prolific philanthropist and businessman from Newcastle. He has been running events and donating to charity for some 30 years, in doing so countless people have benefitted.

The main benefactor has been the Great North Air Ambulance Service which plays a vital role in saving lives in the North East. To date, he has helped raise more than a quarter of a million pounds for the service.

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Lewis Thomas Potter BEM, 34, Newcastle upon Tyne, Founder, Geeky Medics and GP Registrar - For services to Higher Education and Medicine.

Lewis founded Geekymedics.com, a free online medical education platform in 2010 when he was a medical student at Newcastle University, to improve on the limited resources then available to students learning clinical skills.

He has continued to work on this project for the past 13 years, balancing it with his own medical training. It has become perhaps the best example of global Free Open Access Medical Education. It is accessed regularly by people from more than 150 countries.

Vikki Ewen BEM, 56, Rothbury - For services to the community in Coquetdale, Morpeth, Northumberland.

Vikki founded the Coquetdale Lunch Club in her local area in Thropton, Northumberland, helping to provide meals to older and vulnerable people in her area.