One City Trust Gala Dinner with Philip Contini & the "Be Happy" Band
A unique auction of 13 Lots went under the hammer at The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh. The Auction, conducted by Shapes Auctioneer & Valuer, Paul Howard, raised a total of £21,000 for the trust.
£5,500 came from Ian Rankin's offer to include the winning bidder in his next Inspector Rebus novel and a seperate Lot to meet the author for a "Pie and a pint" in his literary detectives favourite watering hole, the Oxford Bar
One City Trust Auction Catalogue
Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers conjuring up MAGIC
A Harry Potter wand which raised £10,000 was kindly donated by author J K Rowling. The wand of the fictional wizard is one of few made for the most recent Harry Potter film, and was snapped up by Hearts Football Club majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov.
Vladimir Romanov waves his wand as Valdas Ivanauskas and Sir Tom Farmer look on.
The Lithuanian businessman outbid James Thomson of the Witchery as well as his counterpart at city rivals Hibernian Football Club to secure the Potter memorabilia. The wand was presented in a signed commemorative wooden box along with a signed coopy of the penultimate Harry Potter book-Harry Potter and the half Blood Prince.
The OneCity Trust is a registered charity established in 2004 which supports excluded groups and communities in Edinburgh. Established on the recommendation of the Lord Provost’s Commission on Social Exclusion, the Trust awards grants to grassroots organisations and projects that include excluded communities in activities and services across the city.
To date the Trust has supported a range of initiatives, the pilot of a community back-green regeneration scheme, a community arts festival, a parent support forum and even the ‘cow-munity’ aspect of CowParade-Edinburgh
OneCity is a philosophy as much as it is a charity – it’s about giving something back to your city so that everyone benefits from a more positive and accessible environment.
The trust is to raise a total of £1.5 million by 2008.
For further information please contact the OneCity Trust on 0131 524 0300 or at www.onecitytrust.org