Police officer Shamza Butt is the youngest recipient named in the King's Birthday Honours list.
A police officer who moved to the UK as a teenager unable to speak English is the youngest recipient named in the King's Birthday Honours list this year.
Ms Butt said she joined the programme to learn English after moving from Italy to Bradford at the age of 16 and had since become a "prolific volunteer". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: "I got a letter through the post and I didn't know what it was, so I had to Google it.As part of her role with the NCS, Ms Butt has been involved in a number of community projects and has campaigned against knife crime with project Peer Action Collective.
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