How celebrity stars from Dame Helen Mirren to Sir Quentin Blake came to back Yorkshire Brownies' bookmark project
Submitting... Among those backing the appeal are famous children’s author Jacqueline Wilson and illustrator Axel Scheffler, raising thousands for a school in Zimbabwe. Celebrities and authors support the 1st Burley Brownies Bookmark Project. Image by Simon Hulme. The initiative, which began five years ago in the Burley-in-Wharfedale Scout Hut, is changing the world for a group of children in Africa, and perceptions for those closer to home. “It’s about looking out for other people and doing things to help,” said primary school teacher Sharon Hattersley, who is Brownie leader. “It...
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