Hamza Yassin Picks the Winner!

Wildlife cameraman and  TV personality Hamza Yassin joined Anna-Louise, President of The Pollyanna Pickering Foundation, to draw the winning ticket in our Winter prize draw.

Hamza is a British wildlife cameraman and presenter, known for his role as Ranger Hamza on the children’s television channel Cbeebies and his work on popular shows such as Countryfle and Animal Park.  However he became known and loved by a much wider audience in  2022 when he lifted the coveted glitter ball trophy as the winner of the twentieth series of the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing!

Hamza was born in Sudan and moved to Northampton at the age of 8 after his parents – both doctors – were invited to work in the UK. At 21, he visited a friend in Ardnamurchan, a peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, in order to photograph stags. He loved it so much he packed his bags and relocated there two weeks later.For the first nine months, he lived out of his car, showering at a local campsite and washing his clothes at the local community centre. He progressed to staying in empty holiday homes while he built his photography business and guided tours, and eventually bought his own home. Ever since he has loved to share his passion for ornithology and wildlife, and was happy to support the Foundation by selecting the winning ticket.

Between the sales of prize draw tickets, donations and a percentage of sales from Pollyanna’s Summer exhibition the Foundation has raised £5,000.00 to build a bat rehabilitation unit at the Harper Asprey Wildlife Hospital here in the UK

Mrs I. Clayton of Sutton in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire is the lucky winner of a beautiful hand-embellished giclee picture.

A full list of winners is below :

Winter prize Draw 2023 2023

First Prize : 001464: Hand embellished giclee : Ms I. Clayton, Sutton in Ashfield

Second Prize : Lim Ed Stamps : 01221 : J. Ledger, Sheffield

Runner Up Prizes of a selection signed calendars and books :

00683 : Ms S. Adamson, Sheffield

01202 : Mr P. Horsfall, Sale

00812:  Mr G. Howarth, Derby

01445 Ms J. Jarvis, Nottingham

01474 : Mr D. Wright, Cambridge

00818 : C. Barker, Swadlincote

00831 : Mr E. Wylde, Oswestry

00762 : Mr Preston, Poynton

01429 : Ms C. Hull, Alconbury