A pioneering cancer doctor, CBSO violinist and a famous musician and actor are among the West Midlands people to be recognised in the New Year Honours list.
Professor Charles Craddock, a consultant haematologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital who co-founded the charity Cure Leukaemia, has been made a CBE for services to medicine and medical research.
Catherine Arlidge, a violinist who joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 25 years ago, has been made an MBE for services to music education while drum and bass pioneer and former EastEnders actor Goldie has also been made an MBE for services to music and young people (scroll down for full list).
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Prof Craddock co-founded Cure Leukaemia in 2003 with one of his former patients, Graham Hampson Silk, with the aim of bringing pioneering drug and transplant treatments to blood cancer patients throughout the Midlands.
It now has a team based in the Jewellery Quarter which raises funds to support the Centre for Clinical Haematology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to fund life-saving clinical trials.
Prof Craddock is also a professor of haemato-oncology at the University of Birmingham and whom he treated for leukaemia, on raising funds and awareness.
Catherine Arlidge joined the CBSO in 1990 as sub-principal second violin orchestra since when she has dedicated her professional life to performing, touring and recording with the orchestra.
In addition, she has carried out a busy programme of educational activities off the concert platform.
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She works regularly in schools, exploring creative music making and composition, through collaborations with teachers, actors, composers, visual artists, authors and dancers.
In 2013, along with three colleagues from the CBSO, she formed The Stringcredibles, a string quartet dedicated to inspiring creativity, supporting instrumental learning and extending the school curriculum.
Her citation said the group had quickly become a leading light in music-making and music pedagogy in the Midlands and, without her work, there would be an entire generation of young people whose experience of music would be vastly diminished.
Black Country musician Goldie, whose real name is Clifford Price, has been honoured for his services to the music industry and TV and work with a number of charities.
The 50-year-old was born in Walsall and grew up in the care system before getting involved in music and street art across the West Midlands.
He rose to fame during the 1990s jungle and drum and bass scenes and is considered one of the pioneers of the genre, helping to take it from underground clubs to mainstream radio play.
He later took acting roles in EastEnders and James Bond movie The World is not Enough. On being made an MBE, he said it was the beginning, not the end of achievements for him.
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"I turned 50 in September and I've always felt there's more work to do," he said.
"From where I've come from, I look back at everything, all these people that influenced my life as a kid growing up in a really bad environment, it just makes it all worthwhile in terms of the recognition.
"We have choices in life when we're young and I think a lot of things were stacked against me."
Also being recognised from the city's medical profession is Professor Deirdre Kelly, a consultant paediatric hepatologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital for services to children and young people with liver disease.
She founded the paediatric liver unit in 1989 and, when it first opened, the survival rate was extremely low because surgeons were unable to perform liver transplants but today it is now at 90 per cent.
She said: "I'm particularly pleased that my commendation will bring attention to the rare and complex disease that I deal with.
"Although the award is for me personally, it's really a reflection of the excellent work the whole team has done.
"I think my proudest moment is seeing those children who would have died in 1989 going on to university, to have families and live full lives."
Other people honoured from the West Midlands include community leader Abdullah Rehman who famously developed a friendship with Prime Minister David Cameron.
He has been made an MBE for his tireless work over more than 20 years to transform Balsall Heath from an area blighted by drug dealing and prostitution to a thriving, diverse inner-city community.
The former grocery store worker was a founder of the Balsall Heath Forum in 1992 and has been its chief executive for the last two years.
He also established the street watch scheme which has seen prostitution driven out of the area.
Mr Rehman has raised funds for community schemes and worked with police and political leaders of all parties to improve Balsall Heath, a first for the city which is designed to guide development and investment in the area.
Mr Cameron famously spent a night with Mr Rehman and his family in 2007 to find out how the area had been transformed and gain an insight into life for an British Asian family.
The experience was an inspiration for his Big Society policy.
Since then, Mr Cameron has stayed in touch and regularly consulted Mr Rehman over community building and radicalisation.
Mr Rehman dedicated the award to the forum members, saying: "I'm really proud. But it is because of the people I work with, they make me look good. It's good for the forum and Balsall Heath."
Also recognised was Aftab Chughtai with an MBE for business and community relations in Birmingham.
For the past 14 years, he has served the deprived communities of Washwood Heath and Saltley through his service to local business and race relations.
Since 2001, he has been a member of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and, between 2002 and 2013, was a member of the enterprise and communities board of Birmingham City Council.
He has been involved in shaping regeneration strategies in the area along with organising local events as well as playing a strong role in assisting the speedy delivery of the local health centre.
Since 2007, he has strove to forge links between his community and the West Midlands Police in an area which has had a history of serious racial tension and has acted as an adviser to Operation Gamble, a strike against counter-terrorism from Muslim extremists.
WEST MIDLANDS NEW YEAR HONOURS 2016
Professor Charles Craddock
Professor of haemato-oncology University of Birmingham and consultant haematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
For services to medicine and medical research
Professor Deirdre Kelly
Consultant paediatric hepatologist Birmingham Children's Hospital
For services to children and young people with liver disease
OBE
Eugenie Adams
Headteacher, Baskerville Special and Residential School, Birmingham
For services to special educational needs and disabilities
Roger Atkinson
Assistant director counter-avoidance, HM Revenue and Customs, Solihull
For services to taxpayers
Carolyn Pike
Director of legal services, University of Birmingham
For services to higher education and legal services
Sandra Samuels
Councillor at Wolverhampton City Council
For political service and services to local government
MBE
Catherine Arlidge
Violinist with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
For services to music education
Clifford Bennett
Foster carer with Wolverhampton City Council
For services to children and families
Jacqueline Bennett
Foster carer with Wolverhampton City Council
For services to children and families
Carol Bottomley
Higher executive officer, West Midlands regional team, academies group, Department for Education
For services to education and voluntary service to sport in darlington
Stuart Chapman
Development manager, Walsall Tenants and Residents Federation
For services to tenants in Walsall
Aftab Chughtai
For services to business and community relations in Birmingham
John Clemson
Chairman of Music Therapy Works
For services to music in Birmingham
Jane Davies-Slowik
Associate dental dean health education England, West Midlands, and special care dentist, Wolverhampton NHS
For services to improving the oral health of disadvantaged people
Ian Eva
Apprentice manager at Jaguar Land Rover
For services to vocational education
Jeanette De Beir Jarratt
For services to the community in Birmingham
Michael Judge
For services to charity, Coventry University and the community in Dunchurch
Arnold Kaplan
For charitable services, particularly through the Gentlemen's Night Out, Solihull
Patricia Leadbeater
For voluntary service to first aid through St John Ambulance in the West Midlands
Paulette Osborne
Headteacher of St. Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Birmingham
For services to education
Clifford Joseph Price (aka Goldie)
For services to music and young people
Abdullah Rehman
Chief executive of Balsall Heath Forum
For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Darren Share
Head of parks at Birmingham City Council
For services to the environment in Birmingham
Heather Tobin
Formerly a detective inspector with West Midlands Police
For services to public protection
Helen Wilcox
Vice-chairman of Skills for Care and Network Chair (West Midlands)
For services to social care
BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL
Michael Beard
Water polo coach and chairman of Solihull Swimming Club
For voluntary service to swimming and water polo
Bridget Cameron
For services to young people and families of offenders in the West Midlands
Peter Chambers
For voluntary service to music in Coventry
Darren Daniels
Chief executive of 海角视频 Sepsis Trust, Sutton Coldfield
For services to improving services for sepsis sufferers
Dennis Davison
For services to Second World War commemoration and memorialisation, Coventry
Keelie Hill
Teaching assistant at Sherbourne Fields School in Coventry and Sherbourne Stars Coach
For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities
Jacqueline Humphries
For services to the community in the West Midlands
Anthony Linger
For services to the community in Sutton Coldfield
Maureen Meehan
For voluntary service to crime prevention in Birmingham
Ian Northcott
Formerly a constable with West Midlands Police
For services to the community, particularly homeless people in the West Midlands
Habib Rehman
For services to business and community relations in Birmingham
Pearly Reid
For services to the community in West Bromwich
QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL
Steven Craddock
Formerly a detective superintendent West Midlands Police