An eight-year-old who continued to fundraise for other children despite battling a brain tumour has made it through to the final ten for a 'Brave Briton' award.

Elliott Furse from Gulval has reached the last ten selection stage in the Amplifon Awards for Brave Britons 2021 Young Hero category, after playing Father Christmas to other young hospital patients even when he was fighting his own health battle.

Elliott actually started his annual Christmas appeal, to donate bags of toys to young patients, two years ago before his visits to hospital even began. By last Christmas he had generated a high volume of toys for children at the Royal Cornwall Hospital over the years.

He came up with the idea himself while he was making his list for Santa and said he wanted to help others instead of receiving the latest toys.

Elliott has now undergone two major operations on a brain tumour since he collapsed in his bedroom a year ago. He underwent intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy and lost control of his arms, legs and speech.

But as soon as he was starting to talk again he immediately began planning his latest Christmas appeal.

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He reached the Young Hero selection stage out of 300 nominations overall chosen by the public. The other categories are Act Of Courage, Active Agers, Against All Odds, Charity Champion, Celebrity Hero, Coronavirus Hero and Hero Pet.

Four finalists will now be selected in each category and the winner will then be announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 5.

Elliott Furse with some of the presents he collected in December 2020 Picture: Furse family

Elliott Furse with some of the presents he collected in December 2020 Picture: Furse family

Falklands War hero Simon Weston chairs the judging panel and presents the awards.

Amplifon, which organises the awards, is a global hearing specialist operating in 26 countries with 105 stores across the UK.