14-year-old knits over 700 toy bees to raise money
By Jacob Paul
Amy Pocock, like all 14-year-olds, has been stuck at home for a few weeks but that hasn’t stopped her being a busy bee – a worker and a queen at the same time.
She has been baking cakes for St Thomas’s Hospital staff and knitting toy bees to raise funds for a group trip – and has picked up a charity award for her achievements.
The pupil of Stationers Crown Woods Academy, Greenwich, was recognised by The Jack Petchey Foundation as part of a digital award ceremony.
She has been knitting bees to raise funds for Camp’s International trip to Borneo in July, and has so far knitted over 700 bees.
Amy’s mum is a ward sister at St Thomas’ hospital and Amy has also been baking cakes for her mum to take to work to keep up staff morale.
Amy said: “I feel privileged to have got the Jack Petchey Achievement award, as it is an amazing achievement.”
She decided to spend her £250 Jack Petchey Achievement Award grant on a trip to take classmates to a cooking course.
Amy was one of a host of children in Greenwich who were recognised by The Jack Petchey Foundation for outstanding achievements.
The digital event celebrated Achievement Award winners aged 11-25 from Greenwich for their contributions to their school community.
All winners received medallions and framed certificates from the Foundation prior to the online event along with a £250 grant for them to spend to benefit their school or youth group.
Sir Jack founded the Jack Petchey Foundation in 1999 to recognise the positive contributions young people make to society and to support them in achieving their potential.
It has supported over 2,000 initiatives for young people, and Greenwich have received funding of £1,314,318 since it started in 2008.
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