Shropshire Star

Charity calendar based on Telford's Let's Go Quackers art trail to be released

A charity calendar based on a duck themed art trail is set to raise £2,500 for charity.

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The Let's Go Quackers ducks

The Let's Go Quackers team have put together a calendar for next year, and is selling them for £10 each.

If they sell out of their limited 250 print run, there will collect an extra £2,500 on top of the £31,500 already raised by the art trail.

All money raised will go to Severn Hospice and the Jayne Sargent Foundation.

Full details of the calendar are set to be released in the coming months.

The art trail of 10 giant ducks were hugely popular while out in Ironbridge, and were later moved to Southwater near Telford Shopping Centre.

They were auctioned off earlier this month, along with several miniatures, raising £20,000 for the charities.

A further £10,426 was raised through crowdfunding and through donations to volunteers.

Despite being for charity the ducks were damaged several times, both in Ironbridge and after their move to Southwater.

The colourful collection was designed by school pupils, community groups and artists who took part in a competition which attracted hundreds of entrants.

The best 10 designs were used to create the exhibition.

Volunteers have since taken part in street collections to give shoppers an opportunity to donate cash to the project.