Scottish First Minister's Christmas card to benefit four charities
Howard Lake | 20 December 2010 | News
The 2010 Christmas card from Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond, which features an image created by Jack Vettriano, will benefit four Scottish charities.
Vettriano’s ‘Let’s Twist Again’ features a festive image of a glamorous couple dancing at a Christmas party. It has been donated by the artist and the proceeds from the auction of the work will be split between Bethany Christian Trust, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, Quarriers and Teenage Cancer Trust.
The charities will also each receive six signed limited edition prints of Let’s Twist Again.
The sale of the original paintings and limited edition prints of the First Minister’s previous three Christmas cards raised around £50,000 for good causes.
Mr Salmond said: “I am a huge fan of Jack Vettriano. He is a self-made Scottish success story and his work is recognised and celebrated around the world… This year’s chosen charities – Bethany Christian Trust, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, Quarriers and Teenage Cancer Trust – work extremely hard to help others and are very worthwhile beneficiaries. Thanks to Jack’s talent and reputation I am sure that they will all receive a generous donation from the sale of Let’s Twist Again.”
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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.
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