Nicola Shaw and Rowlie McBeath, with their guests, will attend the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in May.
Nicola is clerk to Hurn Parish Council, in the BCP Council area. She has been in post for more than 18 years and throughout that time has supported parish councillors in representing the interests of the residents of Hurn.
Rowlie is a councillor for Queen Thorne Parish Council, in the Dorset Council area. He has served as a councillor for over 20 years, 11 of those as chair until 2024. Rowlie remains a council member representing Sandford Orcas, part of Queen Thorne Parish Council.
There were another 25 very worthy nominees - we're glad the selection process was 'names out of a hat' as otherwise it would have been impossible to choose. The other nominees and their nominating councils were:
- Alf Bush (Lytchett Matravers Parish Council)
- Alison Burnal (Wool Parish Council)
- Alison Harp (Symondsbury Parish Council)
- Andrew Reid (Chickerell Town Council)
- Caroline Barnes (Knowlton Parish Council)
- Celia Wright (Hinton St Mary Parish Council)
- Clive Evans (Lytchett Minster and Upton Town Council)
- Fiona Cullen (Gillingham Town Council)
- Gina Logan (Alderholt Parish Council)
- Guy Reynolds (Holt Parish Council)
- Helen Cudamore (Broadwindsor Group Parish Council)
- Jeff Hart (Wimborne Minster Town Council)
- John Cox (Piddle Valley Parish Council)
- Linda Scott-Giles (Blandford Town Council)
- Lisa Tuck (Charmouth Parish Council)
- Marion Walbridge (Hilton Parish Council)
- Nigel Bridle (Colehill Town Council)
- Rachel McNamara (Shillingstone Parish Council)
- Rebecca Cady (East Stoke Parish Council)
- Richard Green (Puddletown Area Parish Council)
- Sandra Grove (Verwood Town Council)
- Sarah Wise (Wimborne Minster Town Council)
- Suresh Jeganathan (Sherborne Town Council)
- Susan Burroughs (Wool Parish Council)
- Virginia Edwyn-Jones (Shaftesbury Town Council)
