Eleven special Devon residents have received awards in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours, among them young Max Woosey from Braunton, for services to fundraising.
Max, who aged 10, decided to camp out in a tent to raise money for North Devon Hospice, and ten more equally deserving individuals, received their awards from The Queen’s representative in Devon, the Lord Lieutenant for Devon, David Fursdon.
Max, who has been awarded the British Empire Medal, has raised over £638,000 for the North Devon Hospice, raising the money by sleeping in a tent gifted to him by his elderly neighbour, Rick Abbott, who died of cancer in 2020. Max’s outdoor adventure still continues, way beyond what he’d first envisaged.
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