Bill has received the Archbishop of Canterbury’s inaugural Hubert Walter Award for “outstanding services” to reconciliation. The newly-created award was conferred on Bill by the Archbishop, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, at a ceremony at Lambeth Palace on Thursday 31st March, 2016. The citation recognizes Bill’s pioneering commitment to conflict resolution and reconciliation in the national and international sphere, both within and beyond the church.