Welcome to our Winners at this years English Veterans Awards 2025!!
Massive thanks to everyone who attended this year’s English Veterans Awards hosted by Richard Wyeth and held at the 4*De Vere Cotswolds Water Park on the 2nd October. The Awards were sponsored by Company X Consulting Ltd and in Support of The Army Benevolent Fund and The Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity! It was such a fantastic event with a great atmosphere in the room!
A special thank you to Thales UK who are our group main sponsors across all our Awards in England, Scotland, Wales and they also support the Northern Irish Awards.
Well done to everyone who was nominated and shortlisted as finalists, we had a huge amount of applications and the shortlisting process was extremely difficult. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who put forward nominations, you are all doing amazing things in your relevant fields and you should be so proud of your achievements!
Extremely thankful and very honoured to have in attendance and hear from His Majesty the King and Gloucestershire Lieutenancy Deputy Lieutenant, Air Marshall David Walker KCVO CBE, Air Commodore Polly Perkins CBE, Head Quarters South West Assistant Commander Col John Penhale and the Wessex RFCA Chief Executive Col Neville Holmes MBE during the evening.
A special thanks also has to go to the British Army and the Royal Navy who have been extremely supportive since the inception of this awards evening and also our amazing Volunteers both Civilian and from from the Reserves and regulars who were there to help deliver this truly inspiring evening – It is greatly Appreciated!
We want to Inspire our future service leavers that great things can happen. It’s you who will act as role models and in some cases mentors, remember Positivity breeds Positivity.
Our Winners are :
Veterans Awards Champion: Darren Blanks
Role Model of the Year- Sponsored by Print Inc:
Gold: Ger Fowler
Silver: John Stephenson
Bronze: Benjamin Parkinson MBE
Bronze: Fiona Horner
Inspiration of the Year Award – Sponsored by CS PM Consultancy
Gold: Darren Blanks
Silver: Mark Ormrod MBE
Bronze: Edward Mackenzie
The Community Award – Sponsored by Strongmind Resiliency Training
Gold: Andy Heath
Silver: Nick Wilson
Bronze: Stuart Bratt BCA
Military Charity Fundraiser of the Year – Sponsored by Forces Support Ltd
Gold: Anthony Frith
Silver: Sally Orange MBE
Bronze: Tony Murray
Health & Well-being Award – Sponsored by Company X Consulting
Gold: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Silver: Men Walking and Talking
Bronze: The David Ellis Charity
Leader of the Year Award – Sponsored by Leader Connect (The Leadership Book)
Gold: Alistair Scott
Silver: David Everiss
Bronze: William Holloway
Bronze: Stuart Hide
Entrepreneur of the Year- Sponsored by Hugh James
Gold: Dean Wormleighton
Silver: Nicola Hamlet
Bronze: Mark Hill MBE
Employer of the Year- Sponsored by Veteran Trees
Gold: The Royal British Legion
Silver: UK Power Networks
Silver: BAE Systems
Bronze: Allan Webb Ltd
Veteran Owned Business of the Year- Sponsored by Serica Energy
Gold: CHEXS
Silver: Kaizen Summit
Bronze: Nik n Mix
Veterans Group of the Year – Sponsored by Thales
Gold: Veterans’ Self-Build Scheme
Silver: ARK at Egwood CIC
Silver: The David Ellis Charity
Bronze: East Durham Veterans Trust
Volunteer of the year – Sponsored by NAFESE
Gold: Sally Orange MBE
Silver: Mark Hill MBE
Bronze: Phil Rood
Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by DXC Technology
Gold: Steve Bentham-Bates
Silver: Jeff Williams
Bronze: Patricia Prior
Reservist of the Year Award – Sponsored by Ethos
Gold: David Everiss
Silver: Tasha Randall
Bronze: Jon Edwards
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Shortlisted Finalists, remember its you who inspire our future service leavers – Keep an eye out on Facebook and our social media sites for pictures and videos of the evening coming soon!
