Sweet schoolboy Alfie nominated for award

Pride in Oldham nominee Alfie Barlow-Wood (7), who raised over £200 for the Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour charity by selling cakes, chocolates and other goodies outside his Royton home.

A SCHOOLBOY'S heart of gold has earned him a Pride in Oldham nomination.

Alfie Barlow-Wood may only be seven, but he already spends a lot of time thinking of others.

Alfie, who goes to Thorp Primary School, Royton, is determined to be a charity champion and has already helped out several causes with his ingenious fundraising efforts.

Stall

When it comes to raising money, he certainly sets out his stall.

He raised £215 for the Bury-based Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity ­- set up in memory of the teenager who died in 2014 ­- to help other families living with childhood brain tumours and post-operative complications by selling his books and toys and sweetie cones he made himself from a stall he set up outside his Royton home.

And when life deals other people lemons, Alfie makes lemonade!

The youngster hit on idea of setting up homemade lemonade stalls to help out others including fundraisers for the RSPCA.

His mum, Nicola Wood, said Alfie took an interest in the Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity through her involvement as a supporter and volunteer fundraiser at the Parklife Festival, in Heaton Park.

Running

"He heard about the Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity from myself as I volunteered at Parklife this year for them and am also running the Bury 10k," said Nicola, who nominated Alfie for a Pride in Oldham award along with his dad, Richard Wood. "He never met Josh but has seen pictures of him and the good work that the charity does helping others.

"He asked if he could help in any way and suggested a sweetie stall so we made sweetie cones and Alfie made signs for the stall, we advertised on Facebook.

"He also out some of his books and toys to sell.

"He set the stall up and stayed on it from 8.30am to 5pm and he raised over £200 on the day.

Powerful

"Dawn Fidler started the charity with her son Josh, sadly Josh passed away aged 14 but his legacy is more powerful than ever.

"Alfie is surprised that he has been nominated for an award and feels very proud to be helping poorly children."

Nicola says Thorp primary has played a big part in motivating Alfie through their drive to instil helping others into the children.