Meet our award-winning citizens In March, we announced the winners of
walks and church services for residents free
our Honoured Citizen awards. There were
of charge. She is also a longstanding trustee
many worthy nominees, but two
of local children’s bereavement charity,
candidates stood out from the rest. These
Nelson’s Journey.
were Anne Beckett-Allen in the Honoured
Roella Trudgill, who nominated Anne, said:
Citizen category and Lily Mills in the Junior
“Anne works tirelessly… and is an
Good Citizen category.
inspiration to everyone to try and keep positive.”
Anne Beckett-Allen
Finding out she had won was a moving moment for Anne.
Anne Beckett-Allen receives the Honoured
“When I heard the news, I was really
Citizen Award for her work promoting
emotional, because it was just four years
mental health first aid in the workplace and
ago that I was watching my late father,
for all she does to support our town’s
Harold Rackham, receive the exact same
bereaved residents, particularly children.
award,” said Anne. “And I know that he
Anne has led on the delivery of mental
would have been so proud of me. Through
health first aid courses and training to
my work at Rosedale, we have won many
employees all over the local area. A
regional and national awards. But this one,
founding funeral director, and one of the
being closer to home, is somehow even
most qualified funeral directors in the
more special.
country, Anne runs bereavement groups,
“In these difficult times, it’s more important
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