Max Woosey began sleeping in his tent at the beginning of lockdown last year in memory of a family friend who gifted the youngster a tent to “have an adventure in” before dying from cancer.
Last year Max raised £500,000 for North Devon Hospice through sponsorship after hearing the hospice’s fundraising events had been cancelled due to Covid-19.
Max is now using his adventurous streak to support Action For Children’s Boycott Your Bed campaign which aims to provide food, shelter and emergency funds for struggling families.
The schoolboy kicked off the event at London Zoo where he helped staff take care of his favourite animals Madagascan ring-tailed lemurs before camping out next to the lion enclosure.
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