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Fundraising result — Winter 2023: The winner of Gary Walton's Winter Solstice was Roberta from Telford. The raffle raised £1,682 for PAPYRUS. Together with £895 raised for Gary's The Pilchard painting, the total raised was £2,577. This fundraiser is now closed. No further entries or donations are available through this listing.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Each year we choose a charity to support, and with the help of our amazing artists and customers, we try to do our bit to make a difference for others.
Artist Gary Walton sent us a beautiful original watercolour painting titled Winter Solstice, showing a snow-covered cottage nestled beneath a tree. We raffled the mounted painting for charity.
The painting measures approximately 9.5 × 34.8cm image size, with mount dimensions of approximately 24.2 × 49.5cm. We left the picture unframed so it could be shipped to the winner anywhere in the world.
Our chosen charity was PAPYRUS, a charity focused on the prevention of young suicide. This charity had a special significance for us, as we lost Jake Braithwaite, son of Anne and Mark, the gallery owners, to suicide in 2018, aged just 20.
PAPYRUS was dedicated to the prevention of suicide in young people. Its fundraising pages are no longer publicly visible, so we are preserving this listing as part of the gallery's fundraising history.
Final fundraiser amount for this raffle: £1,682. The combined total with The Pilchard was £2,577. Previous fundraisers for mental health charity Mind raised £5,825. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
© The Artist
The original event was organised by The Braithwaite Gallery Ltd as a Small Society Lottery, registered with City of York Council.
Special thanks to the lovely ladies at City of York Council's Licensing Unit for processing the registration.
Final PAPYRUS JustGiving record: Our PAPYRUS fundraising projects raised a final total of £18,984, which was donated via JustGiving. PAPYRUS entered administration in September 2026, and its fundraising pages are no longer publicly visible. We were deeply disappointed because PAPYRUS provided a vital resource for young people at risk of suicide. This screenshot preserves the final total and the history of the fundraisers that made it possible.
