Schoolgirl, 11, raises £6k for Royal British Legion – after collecting charity donations since she was 4

RUBY SHEFFIELD whitethorn beryllium conscionable 11 years old, but she has already been collecting for the Royal British Legion for much than fractional her life.

The schoolgirl, whose dada Dan served arsenic a worker successful Afghanistan and Iraq, began fundraising for our biggest veterans’ ­charity aged FOUR.

And she was astatine HMS President adjacent London’s Tower Bridge yesterday to assistance motorboat this year’s Poppy Appeal, which aims to rise £50million for veterans and their families.

Ruby, from Shrewsbury, Shrops, has already collected good implicit £6,000 for the Legion.

She said: “Because my dada is simply a veteran, and helium fought with the Royal Logistics Corps for 8 years, driving each the large armoured vehicles, I decided to statesman ­raising money.”

Ruby, with her begetter by her side, started retired collecting glasses astatine her section pub to make wealth for the Legion.

Proud warfare leader Dan, 38, joked: “It was a unspeakable occupation — idiosyncratic had to beryllium determination supervising!”

Ruby past began selling poppy cards and coasters, offering them successful section buying centres each twelvemonth round.

Two years ago, she became an authoritative poppy seller and has since raised an awesome £6,237.

She said: “I privation to beryllium a vet for large animals erstwhile I turn up, but I americium going to support selling poppies for ­veterans.”

Dan added: “I’m immensely proud. It gives you anticipation for the adjacent procreation of servicemen and women that determination are radical retired determination that attraction — and astatine specified a young age. It’s inspirational.”

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Money raised during the yearly entreaty volition assistance the RBL foundation to proceed its captious enactment supporting the Armed Forces ­community, past and present.