Steven Carr MBE, Dnipro Kids

[KdyHby]

Congratulations

MBE

Steven Carr. Founder, Dnipro Kids. For services to Children in Ukraine and support to the Ukrainian Community in Scotland.

[Septimus]

Well done.

[BILLYHIBS]

Congratulations

MBE

Steven Carr. Founder, Dnipro Kids. For services to Children in Ukraine and support to the Ukrainian Community in Scotland.

:top marks

Well done well deserved a credit to us all and a great guy as well

GGTTH

[The Harp]

Congratulations Steven.
If ever an award was deserved, I reckon it's this one. Very well done.

[Northernhibee]

Completely deserved for an absolutely superb human being.

[adam middlemass]

Richly deserved, couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy :thumbsup:

[scuttle]

Fantastic and well deserved

[HibbyDave]

Richly deserved. Congratulations Stevie.

[CallumLaidlaw]

Tremendous but fully deserved [emoji122]


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[EdinMike]

Phenomenal! And I’m sure he probably didn’t want it…

[Trinity Hibee]

Well deserved 👏🏻👏🏻

[Billy Whizz]

Congratulations Stevie

[green day]

Yes, very richly deserved.

In an honours list stacked with politicians mates and donors, its great to see recognition for someone who genuinely deserves it.

[Stuarty1875]

Well done. Fully deserved :flag:

[One Day]

Well done, richly deserved

[Hibernia&Alba]

Fully deserved recognition. To take the time and effort to help children like that is just amazing. It’s people like Stevie who truly deserve these awards. :agree:

Sir Stevie one day :greengrin

[Bostonhibby]

Very well deserved, a standout for recognition amongst this round of honours.



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[oconnors_strip]

Well done Stevie! 👍🏻

[surreyhibbie]

Great news and thoroughly deserved.

Congratulations Stevie ! :thumbsup:

[bordergreen]

Well done Stevie. Delighted to hear this.

[Gmack7]

Brilliant, well done mate 👏

[Glory Lurker]

Take a bow, Stevie. Congratulations.

[Green Man]

This is what the honours system should be about, recognising “ordinary” people (though what Stevie does is far from ordinary) who achieve great things to help others. I’ve never been so happy to hear about someone getting an honour, it’s so richly deserved. Congratulations Stevie, you are a genuine hero.

[whiskyhibby]

Well done to Steven , that’s brilliant news and thoroughly deserved, credit also goes to the many of us who also continue to support the charity through monthly donations it makes you proud to be a Hibby that we are making a difference

[Benny Brazil]

Well done Stevie - truly deserved award

[Eyrie]

Well deserved recognition for many years of good work.

[He's here!]

Yes, very richly deserved.

In an honours list stacked with politicians mates and donors, its great to see recognition for someone who genuinely deserves it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511l0j4l2po

Not seeing any politicians mates and donnors in this round-up. Maybe a bit different seeing it's the King's birthday honours list?

Alan Bates is another especially well deserved award.

[Renton1875]

This is what the honours system should be about, recognising “ordinary” people (though what Stevie does is far from ordinary) who achieve great things to help others. I’ve never been so happy to hear about someone getting an honour, it’s so richly deserved. Congratulations Stevie, you are a genuine hero.

Exactly this. Well done Stevie, hugely deserved.

[danderchook]

As someone has already said this is what the honours should be about , congratulations Steven, well deserved doesn't even scratch the surface ,fantastic achievment .

[TrinityHFC]

Not something I believe in but seeing as they are there then this is one that is very well deserved.

[blackpoolhibs]

Well deserved. :top marks

[hibees 7062]

Superb and deserved. Hibs class

[DarlingtonHibee]

Congratulations. Very well deserved 👏

[matty_f]

Brilliant! Congratulations Stevie.

[banchoryhibs]

Brilliant! Extremely well deserved!

[ano hibby]

Great to read this. Congrats to Stevie

[Jim44]

Delighted for Stevie. So richly deserved.

[Joe6-2]

Congratulations, so well deserved

[jacomo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511l0j4l2po

Not seeing any politicians mates and donnors in this round-up. Maybe a bit different seeing it's the King's birthday honours list?

Alan Bates is another especially well deserved award.


Just wait until you see Rishi’s resignation list. It will be packed with Goldman Sacks bros and other disreputable characters.

[Ardenttwo]

Congratulations

MBE

Steven Carr. Founder, Dnipro Kids. For services to Children in Ukraine and support to the Ukrainian Community in Scotland.

Well done Steven. So rightly deserved for your great work with the Ukrainian kids

[Hibby Gav]

So very well deserved.

ggtth

[Moulin Yarns]

One Stevie Carr, there's only one Stevie Carr.

[Houston7]

This is what the honours system should be about, recognising “ordinary” people (though what Stevie does is far from ordinary) who achieve great things to help others. I’ve never been so happy to hear about someone getting an honour, it’s so richly deserved. Congratulations Stevie, you are a genuine hero.

I agree 100% with this!

[capitals_finest]

I agree 100% with this!

Likewise. Well done, well deserved.

[SON OF PADDY]

Not something I believe in but seeing as they are there then this is one that is very well deserved.


Likewise,I don't believe in the honours list!
But if anyone deserves recognition, it's Stevie Carr, congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[StevieC]

Thank you all for such kind words .. I’m truly humbled 🤗

[duffers]

Thank you all for such kind words .. I’m truly humbled 🤗

Congratulations! Echoing everyone else’s words, it really is truly deserved

[Hibrandenburg]

This world needs more Stevies. Inspirational!

[hibbie02]

Thank you all for such kind words .. I’m truly humbled 🤗

Congratulations Stevie. Great to see you get the recognition you deserve!

[Scouse Hibee]

Thank you all for such kind words .. I’m truly humbled 🤗

Congratulations, well deserved recognition for the fantastic work you do.

[Victor]

Well done, much deserved. Keep up the good work.

[Bobo]

Very well deserved recognition for the work you've done Stevie, congratulations.

[Juice-Terry]

Hibs class. Well done!

[theonlywayisup]

For our younger fans, can someone summarise the evolution of Dnipro Kids through to the years leading up to and including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Preferably from someone who was involved.

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Or maybe provide a link to the story.

[s.a.m]

Congratulations, Stevie. It's great to see your work work recognised, and equally great to see how your original goodwill gesture has evolved over time into an organisation that has been able to relocate and support a community living under grave threat. Hats off to you and everyone else who have made it happen over the years. :top marks

[Moulin Yarns]

For our younger fans, can someone summarise the evolution of Dnipro Kids through to the years leading up to and including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Preferably from someone who was involved.

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Or maybe provide a link to the story.

https://dniprokids.com/about-us/

[Andy Bee]

Well done Stevie, FWIW and putting the fantastic work you and your colleagues did with the Dnipro Appeal to one side, the trip back into Ukraine to get those kids out at that time deserves a Knighthood, you literally saved kids lives without any shadow of a doubt.

[StevieC]

For our younger fans, can someone summarise the evolution of Dnipro Kids through to the years leading up to and including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Preferably from someone who was involved.

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Or maybe provide a link to the story.

I’ve done guest speaker talks about the history of Dnipro Kids, and the evacuation, and I struggle to squeeze that in to allotted 30-40 minutes .. I’ll try and give a short summary.
04/05 season - European qualification
FC Dnipro in the draw (where?? 🤷*♂️)
Talk of doing something for kids/school/orphanage ala Tartan Army
I get the ball rolling with others and we make contact with TB Sanatorium in the city.
What follows is a coming together of Hibs supporters to deliver something in 2 weeks that might normally take over a month .. turnstile collection (£2,500), donations, food, drink, travel bags, football strips, airplane hold space (free), and much much more.
Supermarket sweep on arrival, to spend the £2,500 on much needed items
Presentation on the morning of the game, with supporters/organisers, club officials and media present.
On to the game .. pumped out the cup .. on the bevy .. flight home.

Now that is where the story was meant to end .. but ..

A combination of circumstances, luck, and an amazing grassroots Hibs support .. the story continued ..

The Dnipro Appeal Charity was born (officially registered in November 2005) and the story of Dnipro Kids began.

For more than 16 years this Hibs supporters charity supported hundreds of Ukrainian children, making real differences in their lives and giving them lasting memories.

Initially at the TB Sanatorium, then onto some large orphanages (50-100 children) and through the countries transition from large state orphanages to the smaller “family type” orphanages of today.

Thanks to the generosity of supporters, some fantastic individuals that helped with committee and fundraising over the years, and a feeling amongst supporters that this was OUR charity, the work of Dnipro Kids took us right up to the full scale invasion in February 2022.

Once again, when the backs were to the wall and time was against us, the Hibernian family stepped up and evacuated Ukrainian children from a city under attack from missiles and on the brink of a siege. The fight moved from Ukraine to Westminster as we fought to get our Ukrainian children to our city. Up against an anti-immigration stance, and no willingness to change that, we applied pressure through media, House of Commons (Ian Blackford), and Home Office.

Eventually government caved and the Dnipro Kids were the very first group of displaced Ukrainians to enter the U.K. (a couple of weeks later they announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme).

A lot more to it than that, it’s an amazing story when told in full, but that should be enough for the time being 😉

[hibeerealist]

Well deserved and well done Steven GGTTH

[Swedish hibee]

I don't fully understand the honours system, but recognition for everything you do is wonderful.
Well done Stevie.

[Mark05]

Well done Steve,and all involved. Makes you proud to be a hibs fan,to see the smiles on the kids faces we'll it's priceless 👍

[Tambo]

Congratulations to Steve and everybody involved, a great cause which continues to run.

[JoeT]

Not all superheroes wear capes, sometimes they just wear jeans and a Hibs top.

[aljo7-0]

Very well deserved 👏

[Scottie]

Great to see someone so deserving get the recognition they deserve. Well done Stevie & his team for all the hard work that you have done. :applause:

[babahibs]

Get in Stevie. Top boy.

[JimBHibees]

Hugely deserved. At a time when it seems so little is going right in the world an absolute bastion of a story to raise spirits that there are heroes in the world

[son of haggart]

Congratuations to you (and your organisation)

Direct help, and your actions in response to the war situation were exemplary

[Rob]

Well deserved recognition for a fantastic job Steven has been doing. We can all get hung up on the performance of our club, and rightly so, but things like this put things into a bit of perspective. In the grander scheme of things, we could all be in a far worse place and have a lot more to concern us than how our football team is performing.

[Crazyhorse]

Congratulations

MBE

Steven Carr. Founder, Dnipro Kids. For services to Children in Ukraine and support to the Ukrainian Community in Scotland.

Many congratulations Steven!
This is truly well deserved for your fantastic work over the years on such a worthy cause.

[Stairway 2 7]

Immensely well deserved

[Hibiza]

Well done Steve, congratulations.

[Keith_M]

Good recognition for the charity and those that have put in some much time and effort.

[scm70nyd1973]

We need a book about this with proceeds going to charity - hope it will happen - Stevie Carr = Legend 👍

[hibee]

Congratulations on collecting the MBE today, well deserved.

[JimBHibees]

Fantastic achievement hugely deserved.

[Northernhibee]

Simply a brilliant human being. Well deserved.

[CanonHannon]

Fantastic achievement and thoroughly deserved. Many years of hard work and time.

[Pretty Boy]

Well deserved.

Obviously Steve and the wider Dnipro Kids work has come more into the wider public consciousness in the last couple of years but it's been 2 decades of dedication that has literally changed lives.

[Joe6-2]

Brilliant, so well deserved