A PIONEER of South Cheshire-based charity Railway Children has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Stan Judd, 71, from Northamptonshire, has been made an OBE for Services to Children and Young People for
his role in halting the abuse and exploitation of street children around the UK and other parts of the world.
Railway Children was established in 1995 by David Maidment, a former controller of Safety Policy for British Rail.
Mr Judd was the charity's first trustee and vice-chairman, as well as treasurer.
His working life has been based around the railway, working as a clerk for British Rail before being appointed as a station manager.
He spent much of his time in Crewe when the charity was founded, before it relocated to Sandbach.
Railway Children provides a safe haven for children, with their work extending to family liaison and mediation services, access to healthcare, education and vocational training, drug prevention and rehabilitation services and stronger legal rights for children.
Mr Judd said: 'This tremendous honour is for Railway Children as much as it is for me. I am thrilled at the prospect of going to the palace to receive the OBE and I will do so on behalf of the dedicated staff in Cheshire and India.'
