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An Andover woman has raised hundreds of pounds to ‘make a child’s dream come true’. Iris Andersen raised £342 for a pupil at Mark Way School to take part in their silver Duke of Edinburgh Award. As part of the fundraising, a giant toy unicorn was raffled at Burgo’s Pet World, drawing plenty of interest from users of the shop. Iris thanked the pet store for hosting her unicorn, saying: “I really appreciate Burgo’s help in letting me have it in the shop. If it hadn’t been for them it would have been very difficult to do it.

However, for one Andover resident, their fundraising attempt has taken a turn for the fantastic. Iris Andersen will be offering a giant stuffed unicorn as part of her efforts to raise money for a Mark Way School student to undertake their silver Duke of Edinburgh award, in addition to walking around her local green space. Iris told the Advertiser: “This is a great pleasure to do this for a young person for the Duke of Edinburgh award and I was pleased to support this with fundraising. Under the Covid restrictions, I will be going out again on the field, which is open space to raise th...

2020 may have been a tough year, but for one boy, it has come to a great end after an Andover dentist has raised hundreds of pounds for him after running the Clarendon marathon. James Mackenzie, who works at New Street Dental Surgery, garnered £571.23 in donations for Toby Pearce, a boy with severe epilepsy for whom Andover raised £14,544 for a specialist wheelchair. James’ funds will go towards providing accessories for the chair, such as a cover and rain hood. Speaking about his fundraising run, he told the Advertiser: “Running’s my thing and I’m happy to help raise money fo...