Teenager’s winning design will appear on Lewes Pound 2020

The 13-year-old won a competition launched by the organisers of the Lewes Pound amongst local schools back before lockdown which gave pupils a brief of creating a picture that echoes the movement’s desire to highlight climate change.

Now Daisy’s dazzling depiction of a cyclist breezing through a floral landscape will be emblazoned across hundreds of notes of the currency.

The Lewes Pound was created with the aim to support local traders by keeping money circulating locally, promote social justice and support UN sustainability goals.

Lewes Pound CIC director Susan Murray said: “We felt that Daisy’s design would work well in the context of our aims.

“We also wanted to say something positive about climate change rather than being all gloom and doom and her combination of wildflowers and low carbon transport really fit that bill.”

Daisy said the design took six hours and she added: “I am excited and proud that my design won because lots of people will see a piece of art that I designed and I hope that it will inspire people to think about our environment and look after our lovely town.”