George Leonard Ellis, better known as Len, was named in the New Year Honours List 2021. Mr Ellis, of St Michael’s Church in Abergele, has been an active member of the Abergele community all his life. Aside from receiving the honour for services to young people and the community, he has been praised for his work with the Urdd movement and Eisteddfod. In 2017, he was presented with the Conwy County Urdd award mainly for accompanying folk dancing teams within the county and National Eisteddfod. Len, who is married to Eirlys, said: “I am delighted and humbled to have been nominated for this award. When I was first contacted by email and then by telephone, I assumed it was a scam. It took a lot of convincing by the cabinet office for me to believe them.