# Six charities fundraising from fibreglass animal sculptures

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/05/six-charities-fundraising-from-fibreglass-animal-sculptures/
- Published: 2013-10-05T14:33:48+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Following the success of Gromit Unleashed and GoGoGorillas raising £3.5m and £
272,000 respectively from auctioning their large, decorated animal sculptures, I
thought I’d put together a list of other charities and fundraising campaigns that
have used this approach.**

I believe CowParade started it all back in 1999, and now UK Fundraising’s adopted
home town of Colchester has had its very own campaign this summer, with Colchester
Zoo’s Stand Tall giraffes gracing the town.

How do the fibreglass sculptures raise funds? Often their plinths contain details
of how to make a donation, but the bulk of the income comes when the items are auctioned
at the end of the display.

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## Comments

### By: HowardLake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/05/six-charities-fundraising-from-fibreglass-animal-sculptures/#comment-3907
- Published: 2017-06-27T11:26:00+01:00

Here’s a worldwide directory of arts trails:
 [http://art-trails.myguidedtours.com/cgi-bin/showArtTrailsMap.PL](http://art-trails.myguidedtours.com/cgi-bin/showArtTrailsMap.PL)
Not all of them have a charity fundraising element of course.