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Fundraising result — Winter 2025: The winner of Moonlight Meeting, chosen on 31st December 2025, was Inez from Cheshire. The raffle raised £1,058 for PAPYRUS. This page remains live as a record of the fundraiser; no further entries or donations are available through it.
Thank you to everyone involved.
High on a rooftop beneath a sky full of stars, two cats sit in quiet company. One bold, one shy, caught in a moment that might just be love, as the moon casts a gentle glow over their midnight meeting.
This quirky piece was created by Artist Gary Walton in support of PAPYRUS, a charity focused on the prevention of young suicide. The fundraiser was held in memory of Jake, son of gallery owners Anne and Mark, who was lost to suicide aged just 20.
Continuing with his immense generosity, Gary kindly sent us a whole collection of mixed media original paintings for us to sell as part of our ongoing charity fundraising.
Gary’s Moonlight Meeting painting has an image size of 10 × 10cm and is presented in a deep off-white mount with decorative v-groove detail. Outer mount dimensions are approximately 30 × 31cm.
This miniature size was painted especially for the gallery — Gary doesn’t usually work in this scale — and Gary’s instruction was to do our best for the charity.
The winning ticket was selected at random on New Year's Eve, 31st December 2025.
Both Gary and ourselves at The Braithwaite Gallery were proud to show our support for PAPYRUS and the work it did for young people in need. We can ship the mounted artwork worldwide.
BBC Radio York and the local media have been great supporters of our fundraising efforts — Gallery Director Anne is regularly invited to speak on Bec Homer's morning show on BBC Radio York.
PAPYRUS was dedicated to the prevention of suicide in young people. Its fundraising pages are no longer publicly visible, so we are preserving this page as part of the gallery’s fundraising history.
Final fundraiser amount: £1,058. Previous fundraisers for mental health charity Mind raised £5,825. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
© Artist Gary Walton
The Braithwaite Gallery organised this fundraiser in its own capacity. The original event was organised by The Braithwaite Gallery Ltd as a Small Society Lottery, registered with City of York Council, registration number CYC-071646.
Special thanks as always to the lovely ladies at City of York Council's Licensing Unit for helping process the registration and paperwork.
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.
