Diamond Jubilee Tribute fund-raising launched

19th December 2011

The public fund raising campaign for Windsor’s proposed permanent tribute to Her Majesty The Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee next year was launched on Saturday 12 November. The event in the foyer of Waitrose, King Edward Court, where the sculpture is planned to be located, included the launch of an unusual online fund-raising campaign. Members of the public can sponsor a part of the monument  through the website  www.diamond-jubilee.org.uk .

People who would like to contribute to the cost of the monument – designed by local schoolgirl Caroline Basra – will be invited to buy pixels of a picture of Caroline’s winning design and leave a jubilee message for the Queen at the same time. The messages will be presented to The Queen in a book.

The online program has kindly been made available by software company Point Sample, and it will be used to capture public interest and funds for the jubilee project.

The first person to buy a block of pixels and launch the online campaign on Saturday was Gill Labrum, headteacher of Windsor Girls’ School where Caroline Basra is a pupil.  The online fund raising is seen as a way of engaging with young people in particular. There are a number of other ways to donate such as by cheque made out to the Diamond Jubilee Tribute which should be sent to The Treasurer, Diamond Jubilee Tribute Committee, 15 Gloucester Place, Windsor SL4 2AJ

Donations can also be made by text  JUB112 to 70070.

The Diamond Jubilee Tribute Committee  is a partnership  made up of the Windsor and Eton Society, the Rotary Clubs of Windsor St George, and Windsor and Eton, the Town Centre Partnership  and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

The Mayor,Councillor Asghar Majeed who was present at the launch said : “We have a winning design, thanks to Caroline’s talents, and now we have a really unusual way of capturing public interest in our fund raising campaign.  Our target is £50,000 and we are optimistic that we will attract the donations we need from businesses, local residents and grants to enable us to give Windsor a fitting tribute to the Queen to mark her 60 years on the throne.”