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aLlison williams MBE

Penryn Town Councillor

Suggested by Paul Williams and Mandy Richard

Paul says, “Allison does a lot for the community of Penryn including St John Ambulance, Penryn Primary School where she was a teaching assistant, Guides, Memory Cafe, Active Plus and choir. She has lived in Penryn all her life and is a member of the town council and gets involved with everything with great community spirit.⁠”

Allison is a long standing member of St John Ambulance in Penryn and Helston and in 2005 was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) and received the Penryn Saracen Award. In 2015 Allison was made a member of the Order of St John, and presented with a serving sister award at a ceremony in the Priory Church of St John, Clerkenwell in London and afterwards visited No.10 Downing St.⁠

Mandy says, “Allison has dedicated her life to others with special needs. She is a special, dear friend who has supported me so much and kept me going constant through Covid as I worked as a carer”