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Celebrities 'push the envelope' for National Literacy Trust
Howard Lake | 25 September 2008 | News
Some of Britain’s top actors, writers, illustrators, actors, and sportspeople have designed envelopes which will be auctioned off to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust (NLT).
Now in its fifth year, the ‘Pitney Bowes Pushing the Envelope’ charity auction has attracted contributions including a risque sketch of truncheon-wielding policemen drawn by ‘Vera Drake’ director Mike Leigh OBE, and designs by flamboyant artist Grayson Perry and ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ author Tracey Chevalier.
Will Wright, creator of SimCity and the much debated ‘Spore’ game which was released this week, has contributed a characteristic schematic circuitry design.
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The designed envelopes will be auctioned on eBay.co.uk in a 10-day auction starting on 7 October 2008. In the UK, all funds raised will be donated to the National Literacy Trust.
www.pitneybowes.pushingtheenvelope.info
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.