A YEAR nine student from Joseph Rowntree School in York has won the Jo Cox Memorial Award in the Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) competition.

Molly Playford’s design was voted as the winner by the charity’s judges.

The award is named in memory of former Labour MP Cox, who was murdered in 2016 in Birstall, West Yorkshire.

SRtRC are an anti-racism educational charity which is highly prominent within football.

Ged Grebby, a director at SRtRC, said: “The judges were very impressed with Molly’s artwork and, as the winner of the Jo Cox Memorial Award, the artwork will feature prominently in our 2021 calendar.

“The memorial award is one of the ways we remember Jo Cox’s contribution to society and her tragic murder at the hands of a far-right fanatic.

“We are planning on printing 20,000 calendars and they are always one of SRtRC’s most popular resources.

“In these times of uncertainty and the rise of racism, the work of SRtRC is needed more than ever.”

York Central Labour MP Rachael Maskell lauded the New Earswick-based school for partaking in the charity’s competition.

Ms Maskell said: “Show Racism the Red Card’s Awards project is a brilliant way of engaging young people in understanding anti-racism campaigning.

“Through powerful creative work, young people are able to express their anti-racism messages to their communities and ensure that racism is kicked off the terraces and out of society.

“I commend Joseph Rowntree School for engaging with the programme and am delighted that a local pupil has won the Jo Cox Memorial Award in memory of my late friend and colleague, the inspirational Jo Cox MP.”