Carney has been involved in the club for more than 40 years of its 95-year history. The lodge runs nights for 11 to 17-year-olds (YPN, 16-22 April, p12).
"Boxing is not the sort of thing that gets recognition," he said. "It's great to see young people achieving something."
Deryk Mead, chief executive of children and young people's charity NCH, was made a CBE, while Peter Boyle, county director at BABC Clubs for Young People, in Buckinghamshire, becomes an OBE.
Already an MBE, Susan Campbell, the chief executive of the Youth Sports Trust, was made a CBE.
Margaret Mary Kelly, director of youth affairs at Crime Concern, received an MBE.
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