Ealing Well Represented in King's Birthday Honours List

Awards go to Chloe Kelly, Kabir Kaul and Jennie Truman

Kabir Kaul and Chloe Kelly

June 15, 2026

Several people with Ealing connection have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list this year.

Lioness and Euro 2022 hero Chloe Kelly, who grew up in Hanwell, has been awarded an MBE for services to Association Football. 

Chloe's rise from kicking a ball around the pitches of Windmill Park to scoring the winning goal in the Euro 2022 final is well known. She began her footballing journey with Queen’s Park Rangers before joining Arsenal’s academy at the age of 14. Her senior career has included spells at Arsenal, Everton and Manchester City, as well as becoming a regular for England.

Her achievements have been recognised locally on several occasions. She has already been awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Ealing, the council’s highest civic honour, in recognition of her role in inspiring young people—particularly girls—to take up sport. She has also been celebrated at community events, school visits and local sports programmes, where she has spoken about the importance of grassroots football and access to facilities for young players.

Chloe has previously been named in the BBC’s Women’s Footballer of the Year shortlist and has received multiple club awards for her performances. .

Environmental campaigner Kabir Kaul, Special Adviser to the Brent River Park charity, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to nature.

Kabir's honour recognises his advocacy since 2018, much of it centred on the Brent River Park and the campaign to protect Warren Farm Nature Reserve in Southall. His work helped secure over 26,000 signatures for the petition to designate the site as a Local Nature Reserve—a status granted by Ealing Council in March this year.

In 2023 he appeared on Chris Packham’s 8 Out of 10 Bats, highlighting Warren Farm’s ecological importance, including its role as home to more than a quarter of London’s breeding skylark population. Last year, at the Brent River Park’s 50th anniversary celebrations, he unveiled a commemorative sign alongside the Mayor of Ealing.

He is also contributing to the development of the proposed West London Regional Park, a major initiative linking green and blue spaces from the Brent River Park to the Thames. The project has secured £2.5 million in funding, including £1.5 million from the Mayor of London.

He has previously served on the RSPB Youth Council and the Mayor of London’s Rewilding Taskforce, and is currently studying geography at the University of Birmingham.

Kabir said he hoped the honour would “draw even more attention to the importance of nature in cities”, adding that the success at Warren Farm showed “the sheer commitment of the charity and our supporters”.

Jennie Truman, Project Co-ordinator for Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforces (APST) and a Youth Justice Worker for the London Borough of Ealing, has been awarded an MBE for services to vulnerable young people and families.

She works with young people who are outside mainstream education or involved with the Youth Justice Service. She collaborates with the Ealing Alternative Provision (EAP) team and multiple agencies to create support plans for students.

Her work includes safeguarding responsibilities, attending professional meetings on behalf of families, providing guidance when police are involved, and supporting home visits, food bank schemes and holiday activities. Colleagues describe her as a vital link between schools, families and support services, ensuring that young people at risk do not fall through the gaps.

Acton resident Sarah Hamilton-Fairley, CEO of the UK Sepsis Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to sepsis awareness.

She joined the charity in 2015 and has played a central role in national campaigns that have transformed public understanding of sepsis as a medical emergency. During her tenure, public awareness rose from 27% in 2012 to 91% in 2024. Sepsis affects around 245,000 people in the UK each year and is linked to an estimated 48,000 deaths. The trust’s work has focused on early recognition, improved clinical responses and public education.

She said she was “hugely grateful for the recognition”, adding that “there is still so much more work to be done” to save lives and improve outcomes.

Sarah Hamilton-Fairley. Picture: UK Sepsis Trust

If there were other people from Ealing who received an award and have not been given due credit, please let us know by emailing editor@ealingtoday.co.uk.