The Charity Art Raffle held on the 6th of March was a fun night and drew a good crowd of artists, friends, collectors and supporters of the charity. We had over 90 artists donate work, including two Turner prize winners and sold 97 tickets so the chances of winning were pretty high. The funds went to Stepping Stones Nigeria, an small grassroots charity that works towards the helping children stigmatised and abandoned as child witches. That charity was chosen after trying to find a sound, secular charity with a good reputation for keeping their overheads low and involvement with local community groups in Nigeria.
We had artists of all ages and stages donate and there were some really nice moments such as Boxing-Club member Jacob winning our friend Luke Dowds work and Renee Soo's work being won by young artist Dan Coopey who had been coveting it for weeks. Also one lucky guy behind the bar won both the David Noonan and the Pablo Bronstien. Retirement on the horizon perhaps?
We had a compare/ host who was Blackpool in style (so I was told! Is that a good thing?) giving it some and a busy bar and DJ's. Big thanks to all who helped out...including Sam for all his hard work and help cleaning, El and Jacob for donating work and Dhiraj helping, purchasing tickets and adding to the party atmosphere!
We have raised and donated £1911.51 which the charity are very happy with and raised awareness of this issue.
