Memorial walk for teenager

A WALK will be held in November in memory of a 13-year-old boy who was murdered in Emmer Green.

Olly Stephens was fatally stabbed in January 2021 after being “lured” to Bugs Bottom fields between Hunters Chase and Gravel Hill.

The walk, on November 2 from 2pm, will be hosted by St Barnabas Church in Emmer Green and will mark what would have been Olly’s 17th birthday.

It will start and finish at the church and participants will take in Bugs Bottom and a visit to “Olly’s Wall” at Emmer Green Primary School, which he attended.

A raffle will be drawn at 4pm and tea lights will be lit in Olly’s memory following a short speech at 4.30pm. Refreshments will be on offer at the church in the parish room at 3pm.

The event will raise money for Parenting Special Children, No5 Young People, which provides counselling and mental health support and the Ben Kinsella Trust in London which provides anti-knife crime education.

A spokeswoman for the event said: “Please join us if you can or buy a ticket so that you can donate to the charities. If you could bring cakes, cookies, sweets, anything that can be shared with a cup of tea, that would be great.

“Last year’s walk was absolutely beautiful and full of love and laughter, remembering Olly.”

Tickets cost £10 from https://tinyurl.com/2659cv4m