Dozens of charity volunteers and public sector workers from Essex have been recognised for their time and effort in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
Anne Mitchell, chief riding instructor at Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled, based near Chelmsford, has been appointed an MBE.
The purpose built facility in Highwood caters for youngsters and adults who see riding as a confidence booster and a form of physiotherapy.
Dream Factory founder Avril Mills, former fundraiser and events manager at Haven House Children's Hospice, has been made a medallist of the order of the British Empire for charitable services to children and young people.
She set up the charity,based in Hainault, following the death of her nine-year-old son Oliver from leukaemia.
Clive Stobbs, chief executive of Autism Anglia, from Colchester, has been made a OBE, for his services to people with autism, as has, prosecutor Karen Jane Jones has also been appointed an OBE for services to law and order, particularly counter terrorism.
Other notable recipients include University of Essex senior lecturer Roy Bailey has been appointed MBE for services to economics education.
Katherine Barker, already a CBE, has been made a Dame for her services to the economy.
Also among those named as MBEs was Chelmsford man Clive Rippon, for services to tennis, and Leigh-on-Sea foster carers Edna and Edward Pratt, for services to children and families.
