Big-hearted £2m fundraiser devoted to helping others

PAULA'S inspirational son Tony is the youngest-ever recipient of a New Year Honour and has raised nearly £2million by undertaking incredible challenges on his prosthetic legs.

- BY JAN DISLEY

PAULA'S inspirational son Tony is the youngest-ever recipient of a New Year Honour and has raised nearly £2million by undertaking incredible challenges on his prosthetic legs.

The bighearted youngster was just five when he began in 2020 - setting out to raise £500 for the Evelina Children's Hospital that had saved his life.

He planned to walk 10km on his new legs, using crutches.

But as donations flooded in, he decided to keep going. Twelve kilometres and £1.8million later, the youngster had smashed his fundraising target and got a taste for helping others.