WHICH selfless youngster in your community deserves a huge ‘well done’ for their efforts in helping others?

The Young Community Star of the Year award recognises a young person under the age of 18 who has made a real difference in their community.

Your nomination could be about someone who has raised unbelievable amounts of money for charity or perhaps a young person who simply does the groceries for the elderly week-in-week-out.

The story of a conscientious, kind and caring schoolboy named Levi Spong is the kind of nomination we are looking for.

Levi, 10, from South Chailey, near Lewes, hit The Argus headlines this year for his contribution to raising cash for abandoned, orphaned and underprivileged children more than 6,000 miles away in Africa.

From long-distance swims to preparing for a triathlon, Levi’s generous and mindful nature has seen him raise more than £1,600 to help children his age living in some of the poorest parts of the world.

His incredible fundraising efforts started in 2010 after watching a TV documentary about African children who work in technology dumps.

Witnessing how kids his age were having to burn computer component boards in dangerous environments in order to survive, he set about trying to make a difference.

Jon, Levi’s father, said: “He was genuinely distraught when he saw what other kids had to go through.

“The children working in the technology dumps are risking their health and lives by trying to find reuseable parts and Levi was shocked. It all started from there.”

Levi, a pupil at Newlands School in Seaford, began by sponsoring a child called Jacob in Mombassa, Kenya and raised cash through sponsored swims - recently totting up an impressive 66 lengths of Wave Leisure Centre’s 25m pool in Lewes.

Levi said: “When I saw the programme about children having to work in the rubbish dumps it made me feel really sad.

“I knew I wanted to try to help so that’s when I started swimming to raise money and I sponsored Jacob as well. I am looking forward to the triathlon and hope I can raise even more money to help the children who need it in Africa.”

If you know someone with a big heart like Levi, get in touch using the details below.