Jonjo Heuerman
BEM (born 2 January 2002)
is an English charity fundraiser.
Inspired to start charity fundraising following the death of his grandmother in 2009 from
bowel cancer, by 2015 Heuerman, from
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
,
Kent had raised £235,000 for the
Bobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England natio ...
cancer fund. Aged 13 he was the youngest recipient of an award in the
2016 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2016 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...
list when he was awarded the
British Empire Medal
The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...
.
Fund raising achievements
In 2014 Heuerman, an avid
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
fan and supporter of
West Ham United,
dribbled a football for 50 miles from
Roots Hall the ground of
Southend United to the
Boleyn Ground, the home of West Ham.
In 2015 he cycled to visit all of the
Premier League football clubs in England returning to London for a walk between the Premier League clubs in London.
[ His efforts were rewarded by British Prime minister, ]David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
who awarded Heuerman Britain's 230th Points of Light award.
External links
Heuerman's page at Just Giving
References
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Living people
Recipients of the British Empire Medal
Charity fundraisers (people)
People from Dartford
2002 births