St Mungo’s Chief People Officer Kerry McCafferty has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
The award recognises Kerry’s incredible contribution to people leadership and colleague wellbeing over the last 35 years, most recently at St Mungo’s where she champions colleague engagement and inclusion for more than 2,000 colleagues and volunteers.
Since joining St Mungo’s in November 2022, Kerry has led the development of a new People and Culture Strategy, which reflects the charity’s commitment to ensuring that every colleague feels valued, empowered and connected to the organisation’s central purpose of ending homelessness and rebuilding lives.
During her tenure, Kerry has spearheaded several initiatives to create an inclusive, engaging and supportive workplace culture. Earlier this year, St Mungo’s was recognised as a Trailblazer organisation by Stonewall, which placed the organisation firmly among the UK’s leading organisations for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
More recently, an innovative programme that Kerry has co-developed to support Global Majority colleagues to develop their careers was Highly Commended in the 2026 Homeless Link Excellence Awards as an outstanding workforce development scheme.
As a champion for workplace inclusion and wellbeing, Kerry is also a senior sponsor for the St Mungo’s Women’s Action Network and chairs the organisation’s Anti-Racist Action Plan steering group.
With a career in human resources which spans more than 35 years, Kerry also spent more than a decade leading People Teams for organisations including the British Transport Police and Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service.
Reacting to the news of her MBE, Kerry McCafferty said: “I am honestly blown away by this honour. Every day, I see the commitment and significant impact made by colleagues across St Mungo’s as they support people experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives.
I’m incredibly proud to be a part of St Mungo’s and I love working in the People profession. In recent years, we have implemented many positive cultural changes and workplace initiatives to improve working life, and to build an empowering culture where colleagues feel motivated and supported to thrive. I hope to see these changes continue and I share this honour with everyone across St Mungo’s.”
Emma Haddad, Chief Executive of St Mungo’s, said: “I am thrilled to see Kerry recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for her immense contribution to our workplace culture. Kerry’s commitment to driving colleague engagement and embedding equity, diversity and inclusion across St Mungo’s is tangible.
We are committed to delivering the best possible services for those we support out of homelessness, and making St Mungo’s an ever greater place to work directly impacts the people we support. This honour is so well deserved.”
