Jonjo Heuerman honoured in Britain’s New Year’s Honour list for cancer campaign

Britain’s New Year’s Honour list 2016 sees a total of 1,196 people receive an award, more than three-quarters of whom are recognised for community work, either in a voluntary or paid capacity.

Among them is Jonjo Heuerman, who, at 13, is the youngest recipient on this list and receives the British Empire Medal (BEM) after raising £250,000 (€340,000) for the Bobby Moore Fund at Cancer Research UK.

In 2009, Jonjo lost his grandmother to bowel cancer, and in the same year his football hero Bobby Moore died from the disease.

“I decided I wanted to help others in their memory so I spent a lot of my spare time raising funds and awareness for The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK and help find a cure for cancer,” said Jonjo.

“I complete huge challenges every year for angels who have lost their lives to cancer.

If you want to hear me speak and how much it means for me to be on the 2016 New Years honours list go visit https://t.co/auYIBuXnvT #proud

— Jonjo Heuerman BEM BCyA (@JonjoHeuerman) December 30, 2015

"So far I have walked and cycled almost 1,000 miles to raise over £200,000 for the charity. I will not set a fundraising target because my target is a cure.”

The eldest recipient is Dorothy Start, 99, who is honoured in recognition of more than half a century of committed community work in Friern Barnet in Hertfordshire.

Also receiving a BEM is Richard Tyler, who was in charge of the Red Cross Team during the Shoreham Airshow disaster in August. Falklands veteran and tireless charity campaigner Simon Weston sees his OBE upgraded to CBE.