Hannah Speller collects her award from Christine Lester, assistant headteacher at Notley High School
A teenager has been awarded £200 for her charity fundraising efforts and intends to treat her tutor group with a trip to the cinema.
Notley High School pupil Hannah Speller, 13, was given the Jack Petchey award after she raised £200 for Sport Relief and £230 for Farleigh Hospice by organising a swimathon at Braintree Swimming and Fitness, in Charter Way.
Hannah, of Wood Way, Great Notley, decided to embark on the swim after her friend’s mum died of cancer.
She enlisted the help of her mum, Jodean, to swim 20 lengths each in 10 minutes.
See this week's Braintree and Witham Times for the full story.
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