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Feb 2022
Last Updated: 16/02/2022
Harrogate charity chief executive Frances Elliot receives MBE
Frances Elliot, chief executive of Harrogate and District Community Action, received the accolade yesterday from Princess Anne.
A Harrogate charity chief executive has been awarded the MBE at Windsor Palace.
Frances Elliot, who leads Harrogate and District Community Action, received the accolade yesterday from Princess Anne.
It was awarded in the 2021 Queen’s birthday honours for services to the community in Harrogate during the pandemic.
Ms Elliot said:
"It was good to have the opportunity to be able to tell her about the crucial role our volunteers and staff have played in supporting our community here in Harrogate and Ripon.
"Whilst it was slightly nerve-wracking when I first got there, I was put at ease and made to feel very welcome by everyone at Windsor Castle."
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Ms Elliot has been involved in the district’s voluntary sector for 10 years. For nine of these years, she led HADCA’s Harrogate Easier Living Project, which offers practical support services assisting people to live safe and well at home.
In May 2020, she took over as HADCA chief executive from Karen Weaver and spearheaded the charity’s response to covid.
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HADCA supports other charities in the district as well as providing services.
It coordinated more than 250 volunteers to help local people on over 8,000 occasions with practical and emotional support when they were shielding or self-isolating during the pandemic.
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