After losing her mother to a brain tumour, 10-year-old Angelina Pozzuto decided to hold a charity raffle – and raised nearly £2,000.

The Year 5 student at Oakthorpe Primary in Palmers Green, with the help of her teachers, got support from businesses, supermarkets and shops, as well as the community, to offer prizes to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity.

They had hoped to raise £500, but after the full generosity of Enfield was counted up, they had managed to raise £1,900.

Angelina said: “I’m pleased and proud, the amount just kept on going up and up. All my friends, they all wanted to help.

“It’s good I was able to do something like this for my mum. I want to do more stuff like this in the future.”

Angelina’s mum Athy died just before Christmas, leaving Angelina, her dad, and her three-year-old brother.

She was supported by pastoral carer Sarah Demetrios at Oakthorpe, who was the first person Angelina told about wanting to raise money, and who first set the wheels in motion.

Ms Demetrios said: “We went around loads of shops and companies, and got some amazing prizes. Parents and other community people clubbed together for a mini iPad, Hamley’s sent bears and swing sets, and all the children and teachers got on board.

“All the money will go to researching brain tumours, which is a great result.”

Angelina’s form teacher Jane Houlston said when it came to the prize draw, her hard work paid off as she managed to get the top prize on her own raffle.

She said: “When it came to the draw, Angelina was the one pulling the tickets out. The iPad was the first prize on offer.

“She pulled the ticket, and it was her own name. The shock on her face, you could tell it hadn’t been planned.

“Everyone thought it was so funny, and were so pleased for her. I think that was her mum helping her out, her way of saying ‘thanks love’.

“I think Angelina is amazing, she’s incredibly brave and modest, she should be very proud of what she has done.

“Telling the other children what had happened, why we were running the raffle, we obviously had to be very careful, and they were shocked. But all the kids have been sympathetic, supportive, and compassionate, and something good has managed to come out of it all.”

A representative of the Brain Tumour Charity, Abi Nichol, was supposed to collect the cheque from Oakthorpe, but was unable to due to illness.

Instead Ms Nichol sent a statement, which said: “We work on protecting the most important part of your body, the part which makes you, you. We can only do this with the support of amazing people like you, thank you.”