Gosport's citizen of the year is proud of the honour

By The Newsroom
Published 1st Jun 2016, 06:10 BST
Mayor of Gosport Cllr. Lynn Hook presents a Citizen of the Year Certificate and medallion to Les Heyhoe Picture: Malcolm Wells (160518-3851)Mayor of Gosport Cllr. Lynn Hook presents a Citizen of the Year Certificate and medallion to Les Heyhoe Picture: Malcolm Wells (160518-3851)
Mayor of Gosport Cllr. Lynn Hook presents a Citizen of the Year Certificate and medallion to Les Heyhoe Picture: Malcolm Wells (160518-3851)
FUNDRAISING champion Les Heyhoe has said how happy he is to have been named as Citizen of the Year.

The 59-year-old was given the honour at this year’s mayor-making ceremony in Gosport by Mayor of Gosport Cllr Lynn Hook.

He is known in the town as The Man Of Many Millions as he has raised more than £10m for charity.

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Les said: ‘With Gosport having a big population, I was very proud of being given the honour. I was invited to bring some people along to the mayor-making but I didn’t tell them why. I was a lovely surprise for them.

‘It was nice to be recognised and I was very proud of the fact that the local authority did it in this way.’

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