HM Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
Interview with Mrs Louise Fleet
Can you give us an overview of what the Lord- Lieutenant’s role is within The King’s Award scheme exactly? Lord-Lieutenants are encouraged to support various activities in their counties, including businesses, and we have a core duty to promote the UK’s public honours system, which recognises excellence across all aspects of community life. The Kings Award for Enterprise (KAE) is an important pillar of the honours system, and our role is to raise awareness and to actively promote and encourage businesses to apply. One of the nicest parts of our role is when we get to present awards to winners. It is delightful to see the wonderful reaction from recipients as they receive their Award. The King’s Award has been around since 1966. Do you remember when you personally first became aware of the scheme? I was aware of the Awards prior to becoming Lord-Lieutenant, but I only truly started to understand the gravity of what it means to be nominated and to become a recipient upon taking office.
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