Fundraising
At every Leeds Steampunk Market (which is sponsored by Captain Cumberpatch's Curious Creations) there is a pitch donated to a nominated charity for fund raising. All the traders donate something and the charity runs a tombola over the weekend with these donations as prizes.
In July 2016, the charity was The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
This was founded by Brian May, Roger Taylor and their manager Jim Beach in memory of rock band Queen’s iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury who died in 1991 from AIDS. In the last 21 years the Trust has given away over 15 million dollars in his name and funded over 700 projects in the global battle against HIV/AIDS.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a UK registered AIDS charity (charity no. 1013768).
http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com/
This is something very close to our hearts as we are both huge fans of Queen and 2016 is the 25th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death so we wanted to do something special. The LSM event on this date was at Middleton Railway in Leeds so the steam trains tied in perfectly with the Breakthru video and so the event was named Steampunks Under Pressure. Si even shaved off most of his facial hair leaving just a tash to be "Freddie for a day".
Si made a special edition fund raising medal for this weekend. (The larger ones on the left were the ones we wore - there for size comparison)
The Mercury Phoenix Trust raised £318.79 in total from the tombola, donations, Queen merchandise and the proceeds from this special edition miniature medal.
Many thanks to everyone involved - the traders who donated items for the tombola and all of you lovely people who came along and spent money and Maureen and Pete Barclay from MPT for all the work they put in to being with us for the weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/user/FreddieForADay
https://twitter.com/The_MPT
https://www.facebook.com/FreddieForADay
In July 2016, the charity was The Mercury Phoenix Trust.
This was founded by Brian May, Roger Taylor and their manager Jim Beach in memory of rock band Queen’s iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury who died in 1991 from AIDS. In the last 21 years the Trust has given away over 15 million dollars in his name and funded over 700 projects in the global battle against HIV/AIDS.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a UK registered AIDS charity (charity no. 1013768).
http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com/
This is something very close to our hearts as we are both huge fans of Queen and 2016 is the 25th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death so we wanted to do something special. The LSM event on this date was at Middleton Railway in Leeds so the steam trains tied in perfectly with the Breakthru video and so the event was named Steampunks Under Pressure. Si even shaved off most of his facial hair leaving just a tash to be "Freddie for a day".
Si made a special edition fund raising medal for this weekend. (The larger ones on the left were the ones we wore - there for size comparison)
The Mercury Phoenix Trust raised £318.79 in total from the tombola, donations, Queen merchandise and the proceeds from this special edition miniature medal.
Many thanks to everyone involved - the traders who donated items for the tombola and all of you lovely people who came along and spent money and Maureen and Pete Barclay from MPT for all the work they put in to being with us for the weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/user/FreddieForADay
https://twitter.com/The_MPT
https://www.facebook.com/FreddieForADay