A young boy ran a mobile lemonade stand at Notting Hill Carnival to raise funds for his dream trip to Jamaica.

Amari Allen, 10, has been selling his homemade lemonade outside his local community hall in Brent, north-west London, for a year now.

But Amari often gets impatient so he decided to bring the stand to the people instead.

Notting Hill Carnival came as the perfect opportunity to test the idea out, so Amari and his mother Nikisha Powell, 30, set a plan into motion.

They bought a pack of drink pouches off of Amazon and roughly 80 lemons from the nearby shop, all of which Amari squeezed himself.

They then set off on Sunday (August 25) with a trolley carrying 80 pouches in an ice box to Carnival and Amari was met with great support and success.

Amari ended up selling out his stock - with each pouch costing £2.50 - and made a total £250 in profits.

Nikisha, a full-time carer, said: "He was just so overjoyed."

"The people we met were so lovely and supportive as well."

"Many people would tip him, come back for seconds or even just give him some money for the sake of it and not buy a lemonade."

"I can tell it has given him a bit of a boost in confidence with his lemonade business."

Amari wishes to spend a bit of the money on new headphones, but the majority of his profits will contribute towards a plane ticket to Jamaica.

Nikisha said: "He has been wanting to go to Jamaica for ages."

"It's part of his culture and we have family there but he's never been."

"I think he really just wants to feel more connected to that part of himself."

The young entrepreneur has plans to make his stand mobile more often after such a resounding success.

Nikisha said: "He wants to start taking lemonade to the park now."

"I've even been contacted by someone in our community who's holding an event next month and wants Amari to be there with his lemonade."

"He's in proper demand now!"