Charity football match in memory of crash victim

Charlotte Hope planned to be a primary school teacher

A charity football match will be held in memory of volunteer and trainee teacher who died in a crash.

Charlotte Hope, 19, died when her car collided with another on the A53 at Astley, near Shrewsbury, on 9 April 2022.

Ms Hope's family set up Lottie's Way in her memory and will host the match on Sunday at Shawbury United FC's ground.

"Keeping the memory of Charlotte is very important to us," Ms Hope's father Neil Hope said.

Ms Hope had been driving with her mother when Ashley Kosciekowski's car collided with theirs.

Kosciekowski, from Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for six years and four months after admitting causing death by dangerous driving and for seriously injuring Ms Hope's mother.

Neil Hope (centre) said his wife Helen Hope (left) was seriously injured in the crash but was recovering physically

Ms Hope had been training to be a primary school teacher at Edgehill University and intended to teach in Kenya, in East Africa.

She had previously volunteered, both with her father on the Taking Football to Africa and Beyond Charitable Appeal and on her own at the Restart Centre in Gilgil, Kenya.

Entrance to the match is free or by a donation and the gates open at 14:00 BST and kick off at 15:30.

There will be stalls, food and a bouncy castles.

All the money raised will go to Lottie's Way, which aims to assist underprivileged children in education across the world.