Both England Patriots Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling have each been appointed MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for their outstanding work for charity and fight against racism.

According to officially information published by the Premier league on twitter,Liverpool captain Henderson was honoured for his services to charity having played a huge role in fundraising for the National Health Service (NHS) throughout the coronavirus pandemic. 

Henderson helped form the “Players Together” initiative that encouraged professional footballers to donate to the NHS, later becoming an ambassador for the NHS Charities Together organisation which supports the staff, patients and volunteers of the 240 NHS charities in the UK. 

He has also supported Cybersmile’s anti-cyberbullying campaign “People Not Profiles” by handing over control of his social media accounts to the foundation to raise awareness of the impact of online abuse.

“It’s important for me to state that although the honour has been issued to me personally, the credit must be shared to a far larger group of people and I accept this in the knowledge I was part of something special, rather than the reason for it,” Henderson told Liverpool’s official website.

Meanwhile, Manchester City’s Sterling was honoured for his services to racial equality in sport. The 26-year-old has worked tirelessly to highlight racial inequality in sport, showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the Premier League’s No Room For Racism Initiative, as well as launching his own foundation aimed at helping disadvantaged young people.

“My motivation regarding racial equality is trying to get the general public and people as a whole to understand the difficulties that certain diverse backgrounds face and just try to create an environment where everyone are equals because at the end of the day we all are,” he told Man City’s official website.

“That’s been my motive from day one and I can slowly see progression and we are making a step in the right direction.

“If you want to make a change, it has to start from within. I’ve launched my foundation with the idea of giving back to kids from less privileged areas and give them something else as a motivation. If I can help to change one or two lives then I’ve done a massive thing there.” Sterling added.

Also recognised in the Queen’s Honours List is John Shiels of the Manchester United Foundation, who has been appointed an MBE for his services to young people through football, as well as Crystal Palace’s former manager Roy Hodgson, given a CBE for his services to football, based on information gotten from Premier league twitter officially page.

An MBE is an order of the British Empire award. It is the third highest ranking Order of the British Empire award, behind CBE which is first and then OBE.
It stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire (as opposed to Commander or Officer).

It is also awarded to someone for making a positive impact in their line of work.