Lily cooks up a lockdown storm for Heart Foundation

Lily Armstrong, 11, put her spare time during lockdown to good use by baking mouth-watering treats for her neighbours and school pals to raise £170 for the research charity. Lily chose the charity as her father Nigel suffered a heart attack in September 2018, at the age of 38.

The Culcrow Primary School pupil said: “My dad had a heart attack nearly two years ago and everyone was raising money for the NHS but my dad explained that other charities still need our help during Covid.

“My dad set me a target to raise £100 so I started by putting out my flyers to tell people what I was doing. On the flyer there was a barcode so we didn’t have to exchange money. I enjoy baking and it was a good distraction during lockdown. I was baking from around 10am to lunchtime and then I would do my deliveries in the evening time.

“My twin sister Sine helped me and she loved icing the cupcakes. Some neighbours and people from my school ordered two or three times and I took around 28 orders altogether. I baked banana bread, muffins, chocolate cakes and brownies.

“My favourite to eat are the brownies. I tweaked my brownies with chocolate chips to make them really gooey so I think they’re my favourite to eat.”

Lily added: “I couldn’t believe that I beat dad’s target and raised £170.”