I met Maggie during the first lockdown on a Skype meeting with regards to my artwork & how art therapy helps me. We spoke about how I create artwork may also be able to help survivors who are involved with The Maggie Oliver Foundation.
One particular piece I have created is very complex & visually describes trauma, Maggie has put this on the website for TMOF with its description & abit about myself. See link to blog http://loveartpix.co.uk/art-therapy-blog-15-02-21/
I love what Maggie is about & what she stands for so I was more than happy to donate a piece of my artwork to her ‘Pain into Power’ Gala Event at the end of November which has a silent auction.
The event was held at Hotel Football, opposite Manchester United’s world famous Old Trafford football ground in Manchester. I felt it only fitting to donate a new piece of artwork I had created featuring Man Utd’s own Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Room was beautifully decorated & arranged with each table seating 10. The staff at Hotel Football were all brilliant & did there best to cater for everyone who attended. Myself & my partner was seated with some great people which made me feel a lot more comfortable.
My artwork in the silent auction brochure had a minimum bid of £250 – but estimated price £950. There was lots of different artwork/signed pictures etc on display in the bar area & arranged around the entrance of the room which looked great.
I couldn’t see my artwork anywhere so I asked the auctioneer where it was. I was told that someone had been in during the day whilst the event was being set up, & had bought it for more than double the estimated price! I was taken back & really ‘chuft’ that my artwork had been snapped up in that manner & raised so much.
I feel really privileged to have been invited to such a great event & to meet Maggie & her amazing team. To hear Kelly, one of the survivors stories at the start of the night was very powerful & impacting. The Maggie Oliver foundation is such a great cause & I know it will grow from strength to strength helping & changing lives. I’m very pleased that my artwork can help with the funding of yet again another very special cause.
The ‘Pain into Power’ night was a great success which helped raise a lot of money to help with the foundation, & It was an honour to be part of it.
Going forward into 2022 I hope I can continue to contribute to TMOF & I feel proud to now be part of this outstanding group of people.
If you want to know more about The Maggie Oliver Foundation please click on the link https://www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com/
*Blog photo taken by Jennifer Hilton Photography*
You are an amazing and talented person with a heart of gold ! Thank you for the support then, today and for the future 🙂
Love Jess x
Maggie Oliver Foundation Ambassador .
Hi Jess, thank you so much, I’m really pleased I can help.
More to come in the future ❤️x
HGr Cumbria.
In my humble opinion another great example of ordinary people doing extra ordinary things to make a difference. Without Maggie doing what she did, would the situation have remained unchanged? Then to keep the foundation alive is I’m guessing a never ending challenge in itself. So big congratulations to you Dez and everyone else who contributed on the night to help keep things moving forward. Very well done.
Thank you very much Howie,
Yes it’s people coming together to try to make this world a better place to live in. To be with like minded individuals and try to make an impact, even if it’s only one persons life it’s still all worth while as we all deserve to be treated fairly and be given a fighting chance.
Thank you for reading and commenting, as always it’s very much appreciated