Fundraiser dedicates MBE to all supporters of Eilidh Brown home

Earlier this month, Johnny, 57, completed a 2,500-mile charity cycle from iconic Stirling Castle to Morocco in aid of the Eilidh Brown respite home

- CHRIS MARZELLA

A retired police detective who has taken on multiple gruelling charity efforts was celebrating this week after receiving an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List.

Johnny Dreczkowski was named as a recipient of the prestigious award for his services to a local charity.

Earlier this month, Johnny, 57, completed a 2,500-mile charity cycle from iconic Stirling Castle to Morocco in aid of the Eilidh Brown respite home.

The respite home is run by the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund - set up by the family of the tragic Stirling schoolgirl.

Eilidh sadly lost her battle with a rare germ cell cancer on March 25, 2010, just nine days shy of her 16th birthday.

Her dying wish was to have a respite created close to her home in Stirling.

That became a reality back in 2023, when her family oversaw the opening of the respite home in Thornhill.

Johnny - a former Detective Inspector who served as the Head of Counter Terrorism and Covert Specialist Training - has undertaken several huge efforts to raise much need funds for the charity.

Prior to his cycle to Morocco, Johnny, from Bridge of Allan, he embarked on a bike ride stretching 875 miles - from Land's End to John O'Groats - in May 2021.