A devoted former trainer who grew up in West Lothian has been awarded an MBE within the Queen’s Platinum Honours.
Claire Lavelle was awarded an MBE within the Queen’s birthday honours for providers to the wellbeing of scholars, academics and workers in training.
Claire grew up in West Lothian in Kettilstoun Mains in Linlithgow.
She attended St Joseph’s Main and went on to St Mary’s in Bathgate, the place she was head woman. She additionally was gala queen of Linlithgow in 1986 and dowager queen in 1987.
Claire stated that she is “delighted to be recognised, as she feels she is receiving this honour on behalf of all of the educators who had been working tirelessly proper across the clock in the course of the pandemic, to coach youngsters”.
Claire left St Mary’s Academy and went on to review psychology at St Andrew’s College the place she gained a bursary for distinctive achievement representing West Lothian.
She graduated with MA (Hons) and went on to do a Postgraduate Qualification at Glasgow College.
After finishing her research, Claire went on to show in Madrid, then returned to show in West Lothian, Edinburgh and East Lothian, finally turning into a head trainer, graduating from Edinburgh College with the SQH diploma in Management and Administration, and finally turning into a High quality Enchancment Officer.
She left the UK to expertise educating strategies overseas and have become head of a college in Abu Dhabi owned by the Royal Household.
She returned after three years and determined to arrange her personal enterprise, supporting academics with their wellbeing and psychological well being known as The Hive of Nicely-being, which grew to work with, tons of of educating institutions all through Scotland together with the Common Educating Council and Schooling Scotland.
In addition to operating her enterprise on-line, Claire has been appointed to St Andrew’s College as an assistant director in Scholar Providers, while additionally about to finish a two-year Masters diploma at Kings School, London.
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