Teenage fundraiser Jonjo Heuerman, who has raised more than £250,000 to help beat cancer, has received his British Empire Medal.

The 14-year-old from Wilmington was the youngest BEM recipient named in the New Year’s Honours for his efforts in supporting the Bobby Moore Fund and Cancer Research UK.

For the ceremony he wore a silk waistcoat made by Savile Row tailors Kent, Haste & Lachter, who have made clothes for the likes of Frank Sinatra and the Duke of Edinburgh.

They crafted a pinstripe, claret-coloured waistcoat which had the names of the people lost to cancer that Jonjo walks for every year sewn into the stripes.

His whole family watched him receive his medal, which was presented to him by Viscount De L’Isle, MBE, Lord Lieutenant of Kent, at Penshurst Place.

Jonjo, who recently completed an epic charity cycle ride from Dortmund in Germany to Wembley Stadium, said: “Wearing the waistcoat made it feel extra special and the Lord Lieutenant complimented me on it.”

Mum Donna said: “Jonjo is pretty laid back about it, whereas I am fussing over him looking right and saying the right thing.

“The three lovely gentlemen at Kent, Haste & Lachter saw Jonjo on TV and offered to make him a silk pinstripe waistcoat to go under his morning suit.”

West Ham fan Jonjo, from Wilmington, has walked and cycled thousands of miles to raise money for the cancer charities, inspired by his football hero, England’s World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore and beloved his grandmother, who died of bowel cancer in 2009.

Despite all the recognition, and £255,000 raised, Jonjo’s charity work shows no sign of slowing down.

On Tuesday, May 24 there will be a charity dog walk at Weald Country Park in Brentwood, Essex, and next month he is organising a junior World Cup at Wembley’s Powerleague Soccer Centre, to be contested between 32 teams on June 25 and June 26.

On September 24 he will host a World Cup gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, held in the same banqueting room in which England’s 1966 World Cup winners celebrated their triumph.

To find out more about Jonjo’s challenges, or to donate, visit www.justgiving.com/fornannyandbobby.