The Prince’s Trust youth charity is backing the most famous of its ambassadors in a brand new fundraising initiative. This will give ordinary members of the general public the opportunity to own a piece of their favourite celebrity, be it a part of their lifestyle or something personal from inside their wardrobes.
The online auction site SELLEBRITY is the brains behind this great initiative, run by Prince’s Trust Ambassador and ex Norwich City footballer Darren Eadie. He has been joined in the launch of this charity venture by Gabby Logan the sports presenter and premier league footballer Robbie Savage. The London offices of the Prince’s Trust are the location for the launch.
Darren Eadie has explained the inspiration behind him setting up the SELLEBRITY auction site. He said that many famous people who have a large disposable income accumulate furniture, clothes and other possessions over time that end up in cupboards, lofts or garages. SELLEBRITY encourages them to have a spring clean in the name of charity.
When these stars denote their unwanted items for auction on the SELLEBRITY site, they give their fans the chance to bid on items belonging to their favourite celebrities, and raise much needed funds for charity at the same time. Darren Eadie is clearly very proud to be an Ambassador of the Prince’s Trust, the first charity to be officially named as a SELLEBRITY beneficiary.
Anne Lycett, the Head of Ambassadors, said that the new partnership with SELLEBRITY was highly significant and that all the funds raised through the auction site would allow the Prince’s Trust to change for the better even more young peoples lives in the UK. She added that the timing as perfect with youth unemployment being very high and the jobs market on the whole being very uncertain.
She added that the additional funding would help them to get more disadvantaged children into education, training and work. She also said that the Trust extended its heartfelt thanks to Darren Eadie and to all of their wonderful Ambassadors who have donated personal items to be auctioned for this extremely worthwhile cause.
Famous Ambassadors of the Prince’s Trust including Sir Richard Branson, Sharon Osbourne, Carol Vorderman, Jools Holland, Gary Lineker, Sir Ben Kingsley, Rob Brydon and Brenda Blethyn, along with many others, have joined Darren, Robbie and Gabby to support the SELLEBRITY partnership.
Gabby happily posed for pictures with her personal donation to the auction, a cream handbag by Mulberry, and joked that now she was looking at her Mulberry bag she didn’t think she could part with it! She added that she was delighted to donate the bag for such a good cause and that her husband Kenny has also donated a jacket. She also said that as an Ambassador of the Prince’s Trust it was great to support any initiative that was going to raise funds for the trust.
Soccer bad boy Robbie Savage also posed in his donation, a leather jacket by Dolce & Gabbana worth over £3,500. This is just one of many designer items that the hard man with a soft heart has generously donated for the SELLEBRITY auction. He spoke of his great desire to support such worthwhile causes and how he hoped many people would register and subsequently bid for the favourite items he had donated.
By logging onto the official SELLEBRITY website at www.sellebrity.org.uk you can keep up to date with all the latest news and see which of your favourite stars have made a donation.