HB4X4R's former vice-chair Mike Sutton has been recognised with a BEM in the Queen's New Year Honours 🏅🎉
The award is for his ‘services to emergency response in Hampshire, particularly during Covid-19’.
During the UK’s first lockdown, HB4X4R assisted with the setup of an emergency PPE warehouse and provided logistic support to Hampshire’s Local Resilience Forum (LRF). Mike oversaw the HB4X4R volunteers involved and played a key role in setting up the distribution channels that ensured vital equipment was available to those who needed it most.
Throughout the pandemic, HB4X4R deployed over 70 responders who covered 60,000 miles and completed 2,232 deliveries of PPE and vaccines around the county. The charity was also involved in administering swab tests to 890 lorry drivers at Portsmouth International Port and spent three months testing 2,500+ staff at Hampshire Constabulary.
Mike said, ‘I am truly honoured to receive this recognition, but in reality this is for the entire HB4X4R team that worked so hard during the pandemic. They are undoubtedly the best bunch of volunteers that I have ever had the privilege of working with and they should all be very proud.’
Congratulations. NW902
Very well deserved, congratulations
Congratulations 🎉
Fantastic achievement for all, good to see recognition 👏 👍
Nice one Mike, well deserved for your hard work
Congratulations!!! NW052
Congratulations Mike! This is thoroughly well deserved recognition for all you have done to bring together our team and more laterly, what has enabled HB4x4 to provide the support that has proven essential in the fight against this pandemic! Well done and enjoy the big day when you pick up your award..... it'll be a day to remember!!
Congratulations Mike, great achievement 👍
Congratulations
Congratulations Mike. You thoroughly deserve this for everything you have done in HB4x4 R and also because of you help and encouragement to the volunteers at any time. Hope you enjoy your day when you go pick this up xx
Excellent, well deserved. 👍
Congratulations Mike
Congratulations Mike!
Congratulations 👏
Brilliant stuff 🙂👍
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When I were a lad we used to dream of snow like that
With today being national volunteers day - we just want to send a massive thank you to all our volunteers - without you the charity couldn’t provide the sometimes life saving support we provide! #InternationalVolunteerDay
Over the weekend our volunteers participated in training to keep their skills top-notch 🌟
They practiced general driving on slippery surfaces and recovery 🚙💦
📸| Mark Butler #volunteers 4x4 Response UK
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Smiles and waves all round 👋☀️
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I beive you have our colleagues from Sharp up there too