A real Honeypot Champion- John Lay-Flurrie

None of our work would be possible without volunteers helping us through their own fundraising initiatives. These fundraisers are the driving force that helps to pedal our goals and ambitions to the wider community, enabling Honeypot’s voice to be heard amongst the thousands of other charities asking for help.

We are so lucky that we have found such a fantastic group of fundraisers that are keen to get stuck into our work.

One supporter, John, has moved mountains for Honeypot. His generosity has extended over the course of five years, where he has made it his mission to spread awareness for the young carers that we support.

Within his role as a volunteer ambassador, John has explored various ways of volunteering, these include giving talks in school assemblies, visiting scout and cub groups, helping with bucket collections, running a fundraising pub quiz, and much more.

Assuming the role of Father Christmas for our Honeypot children’s tea parties, Christmas is his busiest time of the year! The children he visits particularly enjoy his storytelling, where he uses his extensive collection of puppets to weave a festive tale.

Aside from being a Honeypot supporter, John also dedicates his time to visiting Dementia and Alzheimer sufferers. He puts his historic collection of puppets to good use, where he evokes many happy memories through using music and memories from their past to help them to interact.

John also trained as a volunteer Citizen Adviser when he retired and is still actively helping people two days a week. These activities have led him into many other voluntary roles within his community, with his partner Jenny, acting as volunteer barman and quiz master for community groups. In adjacent to this, he writes and circulates newsletters for his neighbours, organising carol singing, street sales and quizzes in aid of local charities.

As an amateur genealogist, he has researched, written and given talks about his family’s origins and history. Being an active committee member of his local heritage society, he is seeking to establish a heritage centre in a disused stationmaster’s house in the town, with members of his group.

Honeypot could not be happier to have such a kind and inspirational person supporting us for this long. We hope that his volunteering journey will inspire more individuals to get involved with our work!