INSPIRATIONAL young Pembroke Dock Community School pupil Elly Neville, and her fundraising Ward 10 Flag, will celebrate an important milestone on Monday, May 1.

Elly, the daughter of Lyn and Ann Neville of Pembroke, has been raising valuable funds the refurbishment and upgrade of Ward 10 cancer ward through her prize-winning collage of the Pembrokeshire Flag since May 1, 2015.

Elly decided that she wanted to start raising money to help the ward that treated her father. Lyn had a bone marrow transplant in 2005 and subsequently spent a lot of time on the Ward 10 cancer facility at Withybush Hospital.

The appeal, at justgiving.com/fundraising/Ward10Flag recently passed the £83,000 mark.

Elly said: “I am fundraising for Ward 10 because with all of our money the nurses can get what they need for the people in hospital. I would like them to get some plumpy cushions and fluffy blankets to keep all the patients comfortable while they are in hospital. The nurses on ward 10 helped to make my dad better when he was ill so this is to say thank you.”

During the two years Elly has become a local ambassador in her community and has met numerous celebrities, attended various functions and has been awarded for her efforts and received an inaugural British Citizens Youth Award Medal at the House of Lords last October, the only recipient from Wales.

Elly’s proud dad, Lyn said: “The money Elly raises is to be put towards patient environment and experience. It’s about giving the patients more dignity and comfort. At the moment Elly is enjoying the campaigning, and we’ll keep on going as long as Elly is happy to do it. We are just a small family trying to make a big difference to cancer services.”