Paul Spiers, 63, has now won his dream holiday to Portugal (Picture: GoFundMe)
A street cleaner who was denied a £3,000 fundraising gift from those in his community has now won his dream holiday.
Paul Spiers, 63, has cleaned the streets of Beckenham, southeast London, since 2017.
His great work has not gone unnoticed by locals who love his cleaning so much that they decided to raise £3,000 for him on GoFundMe to help fund a dream holiday for him to Portugal.
But his employer Veolia banned him from receiving the money because it prohibits staff from taking monetary gifts or incentives beyond their regular salary.
In a lovely twist to the tale though, the lucky man has won a £3,000 holiday to his dream destination in Portugal courtesy of On The Beach Holidays.
The holiday company posted on X: ‘WE NEED YOUR HELP.
‘We’re looking for our competition prize winner who can be found keeping the streets of Beckenham clean and goes by the name Mr Spiers.
‘He’s snapped up a £3000 holiday to Portugal, please help us spread the word so we can find him and get him on his jollies!’
Underneath the caption is a photo that clearly shows the winner is Paul.
Some more information about him is also attached which says: ‘Help us find the winner of our totally non-specific £3,000 holiday competition to Portugal.
Loves Elvis Presley
Aged between 62 – 64
Loved by the local community
Street cleaner in Beckenham
Surname Spiers
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