England`s youngest successful people

For many, young adulthood is a time of looking for your place in the world, sleeping late, partying and not having many responsibilities. But there have been some young adults who have changed this trend. Here are some of the young high-achievers in Britain.

Tom Davies was only 19 when he became the youngest person to cycle round the world - an 18,000-mile journey. When other school graduates were travelling by tuk tuk in India, Mr. Davies was getting on his saddle for up to 100 miles a day and collecting more than £50,000 for charity. During the six months he was away, he was chased by dogs in Albania and had a race with an emu in Australia. When he arrived back home in Battersea, south London, he said: “It’s amazing to finish.”

Francesca Gavin became the country’s youngest serving firearms officer in 2015 at the age of 19. She is now with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, which is an armed police service which protects the civil nuclear industry across 14 sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

Jonjo Heuerman, 14, from Dartford, Kent, became the youngest person to get the British Empire Medal in May 2016 because he helped a charity. He has raised more than £250,000 for Cancer Research UK with a series of walks and bike rides and wears a waistcoat that is special. On his waistcoat, Jonjo wrote the names of friends and supporters who died from the disease. Jonjo says on the day he collected the honor medal he was “quite nervous and shy”. “I didn’t want to look up at the Lord Lieutenant and start crying because of how proud I was. But the Lord Lieutenant actually complimented me on my waistcoat. It was a really good day.”

Jade Earley, 18, is the youngest ever competitor on the BBC programme The Great British Sewing Bee. She is an ambitious swimmer and she has been sewing shirts for her dad, dresses for her sister and tutus for her dogs. Jade doesn’t really enjoy night life unlike many of her friends, and she says she prefers sewing to nights out clubbing. She does most of her sewing in a log cabin in Uckfield, East Sussex.