Girl, 9, fundraises £24,000 for charity selling plants in memory of grandfather
A young girl from Norfolk has captured hearts across the country by raising more than £24 000 for cancer research in memory of her grandfather through a plant stall outside her family home. Lucy, aged nine, began her charitable venture in Reepham in 2024, after the death of her grandad, Derek Easton, who died that year following a six year battle with retroperitoneal liposarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer. In his memory, she initially set up a wooden cabinet in her driveway to sell

A young girl from Norfolk has captured hearts across the country by raising more than £24 000 for cancer research in memory of her grandfather through a plant stall outside her family home. Lucy, aged nine, began her charitable venture in Reepham in 2024, after the death of her grandad, Derek Easton, who died that year following a six year battle with retroperitoneal liposarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer. In his memory, she initially set up a wooden cabinet in her driveway to sell
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