Lowry Outlet Mall raises £25,000 for charity

Published:  13 January, 2011

The Lowry Outlet Mall at Salford Quays, has raised over £25,000 for charity - their highest donation in the mall’s 10 year history.

The money was raised through the ‘Festival of Trees’ campaign led by Francis House Children’s Hospice in which local and national companies and organisations decorating a spectacular array of Christmas trees, with shoppers bidding to take home their favourite tree.

This year sponsored trees included signed goodies from Manchester United FC, a L’Oreal tree and others donated by the cast and crew of Coronation Street and Emmerdale. In addition, artist Harold Riley kindly donated a tree to Francis House, which featured his ‘Dancing Nuns’ artwork, and sold at auction for £1,500.

“This has been our best year to date at the Mall,” said Francis House’s David Woodrow. “The trees looked fantastic, companies were very generous and the bids just came rolling in. Our pop-up shop was always bustling with shoppers wanting to bid on the high quality of trees and goodies on display. We are thrilled to have raised such a significant amount for the charity and look forward to continuing to work together in 2011.”

Throughout December the Mall also played host to Harold Riley’s pop-up art shop, Funds raised from the exhibition will be donated to St Ann’s Hospice, Henshaws for the blind, Imibala, Salford Lads’ Club, Slide and the Riley Education Foundation as well as Francis House.