User:Danmarkturner/JOHN MONK MBE

John Monk is a community leader in the seaside town of Sutton on Sea on the Lincolnshire Coast. John was born just 4 years before the East Coast Floods of 1953.

In 1965, a group of young men including John got together to form Meridale Youth Club in Sutton on Sea and today, 45 years on, the club still exists and is thriving under John's leadership. For more information on Meridale Youth Club go to www.meridale.co.uk.

In 2002, John recieved an MBE for services to the community and 2 years later, The Meridale Organisation, which is what the Youth Club has evolved into, won the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service.

Mr Monk is the current incumbent Chairman of Sutton on Sea Horticultural Society, Sutton on Sea County Primary School Governers Board and the Meridale Crime Prevention Panel.

All the above is carried out by Mr Monk in his free time. By trade he is a self employed painter and decorator.