Seven-year-old fundraiser sells handmade crafts outside home to support the RAF Family

Fundraiser Logan Buckley has been crafting handmade bookmarks to sell to his local community to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.

Logan, 7, started creating the acrylic bookmarks at the start of the summer holidays and began selling them from a stall set up outside his house in Northallerton, Yorkshire.

Logan’s mother, Kayleigh Buckley, said: “Logan hand makes each one of his bookmarks. He spends hours going through designs, cleaning up and checking his acrylic and then transferring the designs onto them. He likes to make sure he’s got something for everyone who might cross his table. His bookmarks are acrylic with a vinyl decal and a tassel attached.”

She added: “Logan has never done this before, but he has always been a kid to give back. He would be the first to offer out his sweets, but this amazed us as Logan really struggles with social anxiety. Logan has autism which hugely affects his confidence to interact with people, and we have watched him blossom whilst sat outside with his table speaking to passersby. It’s been wonderful to watch people go out of their way to walk past his table and tell him how proud they are of him.”

Kayleigh said of his inspiration to give back to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund ahead of Remembrance Day: “Logan has always had a love for the armed forces. He looks up to service members and veterans with such gratefulness. It started from a very young age – he would stand tall with his poppy and explain to people why we respect service members and why it’s important to help and remember them.

“His passion focused onto the RAF – he loves watching the planes fly over our home. We introduced Logan to the RAF Benevolent Fund when he was learning about charities and how they help people. That was when he told us he wanted to make something to sell to raise money.”

Logan said: “It’s important to help and give back to the people who helped us and right now all I can do is raise money for them.”

Kayleigh continued: “I’m incredibly proud of Logan and the kindness he shows to others. Being autistic means he sometimes experiences the world differently, but that’s part of what makes his empathy and determination so remarkable. His decision to raise money for the Fund reflects his generous spirit and desire to help those who help others.

“The Fund does vital work supporting RAF families, and it means a great deal to see Logan giving back to a community built on care, service, and compassion.”