EDGE Venues’ Fundraising Auction 2025

Win amazing Christmas gifts while supporting a life-changing cause

We’re excited to launch our Wheelchair for Jack Fundraising Auction, bringing together our industry’s generosity to help raise money for a specialist wheelchair that will transform the life of our Managing Director’s nephew, Jack. With Christmas fast approaching, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up incredible festive gifts and experiences while making a real difference for an extraordinary young boy. 

• View the auction: https://galabid.com/wheelchair-for-jack 

Why your support matters 

Jack has faced more medical challenges than most people experience in a lifetime. 

Born with a rare childhood liver disease, Biliary Atresia, along with malrotation of the stomach and bowel and polysplenia, he endured serious complications from birth, including sepsis, cardiac arrest, and a potential liver transplant at six months old. Though he stabilised enough to be removed from the transplant list, Jack was left with developmental issues and was later diagnosed with autism. 

In February 2021, at just nine years old, Jack collapsed at home from a massive seizure, caused by a significant bleed on the brain. He underwent multiple life-saving surgeries, including an emergency craniotomy, and suffered a stroke during treatment. He was later diagnosed with AVMs (Arteriovenous Malformations), one of which ruptured. 

Since then, Jack has had to relearn how to stand, walk, talk and eat. He spent seven months in a brain injury rehabilitation ward, followed by fourteen weeks at The Children’s Trust. Today, four years on, he continues to make remarkable progress with the help of specialist neurological physiotherapy – and he has recently begun walking with a frame. 

Jack has also developed scoliosis and his family have discovered a specialist wheelchair designed to improve posture, support his spine, and slow the curvature. Unfortunately, this life-changing equipment is not covered by the NHS. That’s why we’re raising funds – and why your bids genuinely count. 

A huge thank you to our industry partners 

Many of our incredible partners have donated an amazing selection of stays, experiences and treats, any of which would make perfect Christmas presents. Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or treating yourself, every bid helps us get closer to Jack’s new wheelchair. 

Here is the full list of current auction items: 

LIVE AUCTION PRIZES 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 5★ Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, including dinner and breakfast – starting bid £75 

1. Sunday night stay for 2 at the 4★ Richmond Hill Hotel, breakfast & parking – starting bid  £75 

1. Overnight family stay at the 4★ Edgbaston Park Hotel, including dinner – starting bid £100 

1. Spa day for 2 at Champneys Mottram Hall, including lunch – starting bid £110 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at Wyboston Lakes, including dinner & breakfast – starting bid £80 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ The Belfry, including breakfast – starting bid £80 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ The Bristol (Doyle Collection), including breakfast – starting bid £60 

1. Overnight weekend stay for 2 at any of 33 Village Hotels, including dinner & breakfast – starting bid £45 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ Down Hall Hotel, Spa & Estate, including dinner & breakfast – starting bid £75 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ De Vere Wokefield Estate, including breakfast – starting bid £75 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ Hilton Birmingham Metropole, including dinner & breakfast – starting bid £100 

1. Overnight stay for 2 in a superior room at the 4★ Orchard Hotel & Restaurant, including breakfast – starting bid £45 

1. Overnight stay for 2 with breakfast at any Classic British Hotel – starting bid £75 

1. 2 adult tickets for a T20 Birmingham Bears fixture (2026) – starting bid £10 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ Brooklands Hotel, track-facing deluxe room & breakfast – starting bid £75 

1. Maltese hamper, including a selection of Maltese wines – starting bid £15 

1. 2 tickets to Derby Comedy Club, Derby Conference Centre – starting bid £5 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ Hilton Cambridge City Centre, with breakfast, parking & executive lounge access – starting bid £75 

1. Overnight stay for 2 at the 4★ London Heathrow Marriott, including breakfast & parking – starting bid £70 

1. Overnight stay for 2 in the Honeymoon Suite at Huntsmill Farm – starting bid  £70 

1. 20,000 MyMillenniumBiz points, worth $100 – starting bid £20 

1. Lunch or dinner for 2 with wine at the 4★ Meliá White House, London – starting bid £30 

1. Family ticket to Drayton Manor Theme Park – starting bid £35 

Every item starts at an incredibly generous opening bid, making these unmissable Christmas gift ideas as well as a chance to help change Jack’s life. 

Get Involved 

✔️ Start bidding today: https://galabid.com/wheelchair-for-jack
⏰ Auction closes 18 December at 9pm
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🎁 If you’d like to donate now follow this link : https://app.galabid.com/wheelchair-for-jack/items/b30c180a-0345-4c45-8779-b1927f7edd0f

If you can’t bid, please consider sharing the link – your support means the world to Jack, his family and to us.