# Fundraising art trails for this Spring & Summer - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/04/16/fundraising-art-trails-for-this-spring-summer/ - Published: 2024-04-16T09:00:00+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Brightening up the streets of cities across the UK this Spring and Summer are more fundraising art trails.** Offering maps, apps, and raising funds for good causes, they are generally in partnership with Wild in Art, which to date has delivered over 130 public art trails, raising £26.3 million for charity partners across the world. Here’s a range of those on offer, along with some news on the money raised by one of last year’s trails and a heads up on a new one for 2025. ## Advertisement > The [#PawsOnTheWharf](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PawsOnTheWharf?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > art trail is officially live today! > Guide Dogs & [@wildinart](https://twitter.com/wildinart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > are proud & delighted to unleash 25 guide dog sculptures in Canary Wharf, until > May 17th.If you have a nose for adventure, don’t miss this free & accessible art > trail- [https://t.co/0oSPpu6PxD](https://t.co/0oSPpu6PxD)👈 [pic.twitter.com/VQ9IBOcYN5](https://t.co/VQ9IBOcYN5) > — Guide Dogs (@guidedogs) [March 25, 2024](https://twitter.com/guidedogs/status/1772295763067908461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Guide Dogs’ [Pause on the Wharf](https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/paws-on-the-wharf/), is an accessible and inclusive art trail running from 25 March – 17 May 2024 and bringing a collection of larger-than-life guide dog sculptures to Canary Wharf in London. Organised by Guide Dogs and Wild in Art, supported by Citi and hosted by Canary Wharf Group and Canal & River Trust, Paws on the Wharf aims to raise awareness and funds to help people with sight loss live more active and independent lives. --- > We're proud to be Standing Tall with young care leavers! 🦒 > 31 large giraffe sculptures > have been installed all over Cambridge and will support [@break_charity](https://twitter.com/break_charity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), > who work with young people in and around care in the East of England.Learn more > 👇[https://t.co/vo7gyzdmSi](https://t.co/vo7gyzdmSi) > — Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/Cambridge_Uni/status/1770860717077393476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [Cambridge Standing Tall](https://break-charity.org/cambridge-standing-tall/) is a city-wide trail in the city of 31 large giraffe sculptures – three of which are sponsored by the University – supporting Break, a charity working with young people in and around care in the East of England. It runs from 21 March to 2 June. --- > WOW. Just wow. We are blown away by the response to Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool > over the weekend. > 📱4,604 app downloads/player sign ups🐘65,141 sculpture collections > 🚶‍♀️67,50729 steps And this is just the beginning! We can’t wait to see even > more of you getting involved. [pic.twitter.com/H1BxJc1wai](https://t.co/H1BxJc1wai) > — ElmerBlackpool (@ElmerBlackpool) [April 15, 2024](https://twitter.com/ElmerBlackpool/status/1779871161083384157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [Elmer’s Big Parade](https://elmerblackpool.co.uk/) in Blackpool is being organised by Brian House Children’s Hospice in partnership with Wild in Art and Andersen Press. It is expected to raise over £110,000 for Brian House. It runs from 13 April to 9 June, and there are more than 70 sculptures inspired by David McKee’s popular children’s character Elmer the Patchwork Elephant in key locations through the town. One of them has been designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. --- > Special delivery! Some of our [@shaunthesheep](https://twitter.com/shaunthesheep?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > sculptures have made their way to their artists who will now begin to bring their > baa-rilliant designs to life! > Pictured are [#halexanderbristowillustrator](https://twitter.com/hashtag/halexanderbristowillustrator?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), > [@keithsiddleart](https://twitter.com/keithsiddleart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and > Ralph Steadman’s daughter, Sadie. [pic.twitter.com/K12kDBzUJM](https://t.co/K12kDBzUJM) > — Shaun the Sheep in the Heart of Kent (@shaunheartkent) [November 8, 2023](https://twitter.com/shaunheartkent/status/1722314792424136953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [Shaun the Sheep in the Heart of Kent](https://shaunheartofkent.co.uk/) begins on 29 June and runs until 30 August in Maidstone. It will be raising funds for Heart of Kent Hospice. It will see up to 50 large individually decorated Shaun the Sheep sculptures placed around the parks, town centre and river walks in Maidstone and the surrounding areas. --- > It's only five months to go until our [#LighttheSouth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LighttheSouth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > art trail illuminates the streets of Southampton and Cowes! > If you haven't already: > 📆 Save the trail dates (13 July – 8 September 2024)💙 Give us a follow so you > can get all the latest updates💡 🏚 Check out our website [pic.twitter.com/2GE0DYlAFk](https://t.co/2GE0DYlAFk) > — Light the South (@LighttheSouth) [February 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/LighttheSouth/status/1757468428619985102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) One for later in the year: running from 13 July to 8 September, people will be invited to take part in the [Light the South](https://lightthesouth.co.uk/art-trail/) trail in Southampton and Cowes where there will be 40 8ft lighthouses, and 40 mini lighthouses. The trail is raising funds for Southampton Hospitals Charity. --- > Our Chief Executive, Declan Carroll talks the value of being part of Big Fun Art > Adventure and what it means for North London Hospice.[#BigFunArt](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigFunArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#OwlbertsAdventure](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OwlbertsAdventure?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#Wildinart](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wildinart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/px8xvFXPGS](https://t.co/px8xvFXPGS) > — Big Fun Art Adventure (@BigFunArtAd) [March 19, 2024](https://twitter.com/BigFunArtAd/status/1770073701750391171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The [Big Fun Art Adventure](https://bigfunartadventure.org/) is organised by North London Hospice, with support from Haringey Council and in partnership with Wild in Art. There will be around 30 large owl sculptures to find, along with a number of smaller owls adopted and designed by local schools and community groups. The parliament of owls will swoop into Haringey on 17 August until 13 October. --- > 🐢 Would you like a unique tortoise sculpture? 🐢 > 🎨 They'll auctioned to raise > vital funds to help build a new Reptile & Amphibian House at [@JerseyZoo](https://twitter.com/JerseyZoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > 🌍 Online bidding means you can get your hands on one from wherever you are in > the world! 👉 [https://t.co/mhq5Cf6Exb](https://t.co/mhq5Cf6Exb) [pic.twitter.com/HILNtB8G1z](https://t.co/HILNtB8G1z) > — Tortoise Takeover (@JerseyTortoises) [August 23, 2023](https://twitter.com/JerseyTortoises/status/1694379716331946274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Last year’s [Tortoise Takeover](https://tortoise.durrell.org/) raised £720,000 for Jersey Zoo. Fifty-four Tortoise Takeover sculptures went to auction on 21 September for Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and raised a staggering £720,500. The ‘Not Fast Food’ tortoise by artist Donna Newman was the highest-selling tortoise, going for £26,000. The evening also saw a new record for the auctioning of a Wild in Art sculpture when the special Hare sculpture Love To Run, Painted by Jersey artist Nick Romeril, sold for £100,000. The hare beat the previous record of £72,000 for ‘The Space Between Us’ gorilla from the Go Wild Gorillas auction in 2019. --- ![The bull statue in Birmingham. Birmingham Live news picture, © Darren Quinton Photography](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2024/04/DQP_0888-©-Darren-Quinton- Photography-copy.jpg) Birmingham Live news picture, © Darren Quinton Photography Looking ahead to next year, Wild in Art is returning to Birmingham in summer 2025 with a new art trail, based on the city’s bronze bull, [in partnership with Birmingham Hospice](https://www.birminghamhospice.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/events/wild-in-art/). This will be Wild In Art’s seventh visit to Birmingham, with previous trails bringing animal sculptures including owls, bears, a penguins, and Snowdogs to the city. There have also been trails BookBenches, and human form sculptures, as part of Gratitude, Wild in Art’s first touring installation, which celebrated the contributions of NHS staff and all key workers during the pandemic. * **[Report reveals how trusts & foundations supported arts & cultural sector during pandemic](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/09/13/report-reveals-how-trusts-foundations-supported-arts-cultural-sector-during-pandemic/)**( 13 September 2024) * **[Artist donates Field of Light installation to raise funds for RNLI](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/09/19/artist-donates-field-of-light-installation-to-raise-funds-for-rnli/)**( 19 September 2024) * **[Allied Domecq 1995 Playwright Award](https://fundraising.co.uk/1995/09/01/allied-domecq-1995-playwright-award/)**( 1 September 1995)