A HAMPSHIRE woman who has raised more than £180,000 for charity over the past three decades has been named in the New Year's Honour's list.

Caroline Husain was one of several men and women from the county to be honoured this year.

The 66-year-old received a BEM for her services to charity and charity and the community in Chandler’s Ford.

The former secretary, now retired, has dedicated her life to raising awareness and money for CLIMB.

Daily Echo: BEM: Caroline Husain honoured for services to the community and charities in Chandler's Ford

The charity supports those affected with inherited metabolic disorders – genetic and inherited disorders of the metabolism that can lead to an imbalance of chemicals in the body and can ultimately result in organ damage and disabilities.

Both Caroline’s daughter Rebecca and her son Christopher died of the disorders.

Caroline said Rebecca was only six days old when she died in 1979 while Christopher was two-years old and died in 1985.

Caroline has fundraised for the charity since and supported dozens of families.

She said: “It’s very nice to have my effort appreciated. I was amazed and surprised. I wasn’t expecting it.

"It is a great privilege and it’s an opportunity to spread the words about metabolic disease.

"But I couldn’t have kept going without my friends who helped me a lot. I could not have done it on my own.”

The honours awarded to people in Hampshire this year reflect the area’s connections to the sea and the area's strengths in education and science.

ABP Southampton harbour master Captain Martin Phipps, from Swanmore, received an MBE for services to UK exports.

Daily Echo: MBE: Southampton Harbourmaster Martin Phipps.

He said: “I’m absolutely delighted to receive this honour. It is a great privilege to serve as harbour master for the Port of Southampton, the nation’s gateway to the world.

“I am deeply grateful for the support of the great team at the port who work so hard to keep trade and people moving safely 24/7, 365 days a year.

“This honour is also testimony to their tremendous skill and dedication.”

Richard Wilson of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has received the OBE for services to transport.

Mr Wilson, from Lordswood, joined the civil service in 1982, working in the Departments of Employment and Education before joining the Department for Transport.

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The 54-year-old had headed the Office of the Chairman of the Chief Executive of the Maritime Coastguard Agency, based in Southampton, since 2008.

He also chairs a national charity which supports visually impaired people, the Nystagmus Network.

Previously, he was chair of governors at Oakwood Junior School in Southampton.

He has lived in Southampton his whole life, attending Redbridge Secondary School from 1975 to 1979 – becoming head boy.

Mr Wilson said: “I am so humbled by this award, which I see as recognition for the many thousands of hard-working and long-serving civil servants across the UK, many of whom give their time, energy and skills to support their communities and good causes.”

The Reverend Deacon Roger Stone, 59, serves the Apostleship of the Sea Port Chaplain in Southampton and has now been recognised with a BEM (British Empire Medal) for services to seafarers.

Daily Echo: MBE: Port chaplain Reverend Roger Stone

He has been offering practical and spiritual support to seafarers for the past eight years and said the news of being on the honour came as a shock: “ I had no idea it was going to happen. I was shocked when I got the letter and a tear came to my eyes.”

The majority of the seafarers he deals with are foreign nationals from impoverished backgrounds simply seeking to support families.

“The desire of helping them is what makes me get up in the morning. It’s important to make them feel they are actually loved. What they do is really hard, they are away from their homes for 10 months, they never have a day off.”

Rev Stone has also studied foreign languages like Tagalog to increase the effectiveness of his work and made several voluntary trips overseas.

Gosport's Derek Weaver of curator of the Marine Engineering Museum at HMS Sultan received the MBE for services to Naval Heritage.

Margaret Heller has been recognised for her services to the Magistracy and to vulnerable families throughout Southampton with an MBE. She spent 27 years on the bench at Southampton Magistrates’ Court.

Mrs Heller, held the positions of deputy bench chairman and deputy youth panel chairman.

When she retired in May, she reflected: “It has been a great experience and I have learnt so much. There have been times of frustration, sadness and satisfaction and hundreds of unbelievably hilarious experiences.”

Daily Echo: Photo Stuart Martin - Magistrate Margaret Heller retiring from the bench after 28 years -.

She is also a trustee for The Avenue Centre, which supports families under pressure with children under eight, which includes healthy eating schemes, parenting skills, money management, education and caring for the children.

Former Hampshire county council chairman Michael Woodhall, from Stockbridge has been awarded a BEM for for services to the community.

Mr Woodhall said: “I’m absolutely delighted, it’s a great honour to be recognised for the work I have been doing for the past 50 years or so.”

He was honoured for his work for various groups and charities, in the areas of building preservation and heritage, as well as helping to set up the Hampshire Farmers’ Market.

Mr Woodhall said that the work dates as far back as the 1970s, when he began setting up new homes for rent to fill the void he thought would be left by councils.

Also in the Test Valley, there was an MBE for Jean Beauchamp for services to young people in Lockerley.

Daily Echo: Jean Beauchamp

The long-serving Scout stalwart called time on nearly half a century with Lockerley Cub Scouts in 2013, but has remained working as a Romsey District Cub Scout leader. Jean was chairman of Lockerley Scout Group from 1972-1976 and she was the driving force behind fundraising for the Scout HQ at Lockerley, which was opened by Lord Mountbatten in 1976.

Professor Philip Nelson, University of Southampton researcher and chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, from Romsey, received a CBE.

A spokesman for the university said: “Professor Nelson has an outstanding track record in engineering, as a researcher and senior manager at the university, as chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and as an ambassador for British ingenuity around the world. He is richly-deserving of his honour.”

New Milton’s Professor Margaret House has been rewarded with an OBE after working her way through the ranks at Leeds Trinity University to become vice-chancellor. She is a professor in water quality management and her other many roles include chairing Higher Education Access Rewarding Transforming – a new partnership of 12 higher education providers in West Yorkshire which provides a central point of contact for schools and businesses.

Professor Mike Tipton from Gosport has been honoured with an MBE for his services to Physiological Research in Extreme Environments.

Mr Tipton who is a Professor of Human and Applied Physiology at the University of Portsmouth joined the University from Surrey in 1999 and has spent more than 30 years working in the areas of thermoregulation, environmental and occupational physiology.

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Along with his colleagues in the Extreme Environments Laboratory at the University, Michael has also undertaken research to examine the physiological and psychological responses to adverse environments and the selection, preparation and protection of those who enter such environments.

Professor Maria Stokes has been honoured with an OBE for her services to physiotherapy research.

Professor Stokes joined the University of Southampton in 2004 and leads the Active Living Technologies Research Group in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Her research interest is in musculoskeletal health specifically in exercise to maintain healthy joints and mobility.

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She is currently undertaking a study which will monitor the muscle health of astronauts on longduration miss

Other Hampshire recipients were Winchester University’s vice chancellor Professor Joy Carter, who received a CBE for services to higher education. Jonathan Spencer, head of planning and environment at Forest Enterprise England, an MBE for services to woodlands, nature conservation and the environment; Allan Reid, MBE for services to the community in Winchester, Lynn Codling executive head of of Portswood Primary and St Mary's CE primary schools received the OBE for services to education.