An evening of celebration and fundraising for Urban Strawberry Lunch and St Luke’s (bombed out) Church

On Friday 9th September , 6.30-9.30pm, the Fab Collective will play host to One Night Only – a gala evening of fundraising in support of Urban Strawberry Lunch and their work at St Luke’s (Bombed Out) Church.

USL have worked closely with the Fab Collective since 2009, when we held our first exhibition at St Luke’s. Since then we have returned for two more exhibitions, and been a major contributor to USL’s Hollywood Homeless project. See the photo below called “Dialing Dali” shot by Mick Jones, who was one of the participants in Hollywood Homeless.

When it was announced in March 2011 that USL were to receive a 100% cut in Arts Council England Funding the Fab Collective decided that action was needed, and instead of holding our annual exhibition at St Luke’s offered instead to auction the work that would have formed the exhibition. All the money raised from the auction will be donated to USL – the Collective having also paid for the production costs.

The auction will be undertaken by Nick Bray of Partridge Bray Auctioneers, Liverpool’s newest auction house and sale room. Nick has agreed to donate his time for free to the event, and he is inviting his partner Adam Partridge (Flog It!) and former colleague Cathy Hawkes (who has also worked with USL in the past) to join him.

And word of the event has spread, with John Head (Shack) donating a performance. John, local music legend with a loyal and strong fan base, will be appearing with special guests.

USL’s funding cut amounts to £35,000; and together the Fab Collective, Nick Bray and John Head aim to raise in excess of £1,000 towards this target.

The gallery of images for sale is below.  All images are A3 in size and are mounted and framed ready for hanging.  If you can’t come, but are still interested in making a bid, then we can accept bids by email.  Simply send an email to  info@fabcollective.com with your contact details, maximum bid and, of course the title of the photo you are bidding for.  Commissioned bids must be received by 23.59 hours on Thursday 8th September. 

We have also just received this fantastic original acrylic on canvas painting of St Luke’s from local artist, Bernie Howden. Not that we aren’t keen on our photos, but this is a stunning piece.

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