Cherie Booth QC has been a practising barrister since 1976 and is a member of the Queen’s Council. In 2000 she co-founded Matrix Chambers,
a practice which focuses on human rights law. Cherie is Emeritus Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University and is a governor of the London School of Economics and the Open University.
As the President of Barnardo’s, a trustee of the Citizenship Foundation, Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association and Patron of other charities including Refuge, Breast Cancer Care and CLIC Sargent (cancer care for children), she has extensive involvement in the charity sector. She is well known as the wife of the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
Debbie Stone, a specialist osteoporosis nurse from the rural Welsh county of Ceredigion, found that many sufferers of osteoporosis had to travel long distances for treatment and care. Despite a lack of funding, Debbie was instrumental in setting up a service that covers nearly 1,000 square miles of ‘Wild Wales’! She has raised awareness of osteoporosis, a condition that causes many people to break bones, and has won national recognition for her work - including a trip to the Queen's birthday.
Other award-winning women previously involved in Girlguiding UK include:
Erica Handling, the Lawyer Awards, Partner of the Year.
Claire Davidson, Teaching Award, School and Community Involvement (Head
teacher)
Lady Hazel Cosgrove OBE (Judge)
