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Carolyn MacLeod at the opening of Colinton 'Room to be'
18 June 2015
MBE for Forces children's champion
Scottish Armed Forces champion is awarded MBE in the Queens honours list 2015
Royal Caledonian Education Trust education programme advisor Mrs Carolyn MacLeod is among the extraordinary people in the UK to be recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Former teacher, Mrs Carolyn MacLeod joined the Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET) in 2008 to spearhead the Trust’s Education Programme in Scotland. The Trust’s education programme provides advice, educational resources, and training to help professionals recognise and support children and young people who are struggling to cope in school. Research collaborations and partnerships between the RCET and Armed Forces communities, education professionals and other military charities are also a large part of the charity’s work in Scotland.
“Carolyn is an inspirational colleague who gives so much to supporting the educational needs of Armed Forces children in Scotland…”
James McBain, RCET Chief Executive
As a result of her knowledge and breadth of experience in this area, Carolyn MacLeod was invited in 2012 to take up a secondment as National Transitions Officer for the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) with responsibility for creating a blueprint for education policy affecting the movement of Forces children in, out and within Scotland. She remains seconded to ADES and continues her role as advisor to the RCET’s education programme.
Carolyn MacLeod said, “I am surprised and absolutely thrilled to receive this award. I am delighted that the needs of Armed Forces Children have also been recognised with this award. Our education programme in Scotland has achieved so much thanks to the dedication and support of lots of people and they are very much a part of what this award means to me.”
RCET Chief Executive, James MacBain said “Carolyn is an inspirational colleague who gives so much to supporting the educational needs of Armed Forces children in Scotland as well as to the work of the Trust and ADES. It is tremendous that her incredible contribution has been recognised in this way.”
RCET Chairman, Malcolm Noble said “We are all very proud of Carolyn and as the Trust celebrates its bicentenary this month, it couldn’t be a more fitting occasion for such a prestigious award.”
Jen Nash