Broadford Pupils Complete Charity Fundraiser!

Look carefully at the photo below and you will be able to spot two Broadford pupils. Jude Gore and Jacob Owsley (along with his brother Nathan) took part in the recent charity walk in memory of Paul Leeper.

Paul Leeper, who was district commissioner for the borough, died at St Francis Hospice, in Havering-atte-Bower, last August.

Scouts and leaders from the Romford district raised more than £5,000 for the hospice in his memory through a 19-mile hike taking in the clubs around the borough.

They started at Gooshays Drive, in Harold Hill, and were waved off by Frankie the Lion, the hospice mascot, and Andrew Rosindell, MP for Romford and vice president of Romford District Scout Association.

Paul’s wife Julie led the walkers with her two sons Robert, 13, and Matthew, 10, as hundreds wore “Walk for Paul” t-shirts.

Julie said: “Paul received excellent treatment from the staff at St Francis Hospice in the last weeks of his life and they have continued to support me and our boys since he died. We wanted to give something back.”

The route was put together by Alex Peatfield, a cub scout leader from Paul’s group, the 2nd Romford group. Well done to Jude, Jacob and Nathan for taking part in a very worthy event.