Scottish mental health charity Tiny Changes are auctioning a very special, one-of-a-kind, signed Fender bass guitar and hosting a raffle including original hand-drawn artwork by Scott Hutchison and other special items which will raise funds for young people’s mental health. The auction and raffle will boost the total of the charity’s very first Make Tiny Changes Month – a mass fundraiser that’s raised over £15,000 so far this March for young people’s mental health.
Kindly donated by Grant Hutchison, the guitar was signed by both Frightened Rabbit and Death Cab For Cutie during their 2011 summer tour in the USA. This is a unique piece of musical history. The auction for the bass guitar is now live (and currently stands at over £5k), link here
The Make Tiny Changes Month raffle features a number of prizes including an original hand-drawn greeting card by Scott Hutchison, a five-course tasting menu for two at the incredible vegan hotel Saorsa 1875 in Pitlochry, plus gifts from the likes of Atlantic Records, Aesop, Dishoom, award-winning author Max Porter, Flare Audio, Tens and more.
Kara Brown, CEO of Tiny Changes said,
“With young people’s mental health and cost of living both at crisis point, the work of Tiny Changes and partners is more important than ever. Inequality on top of this weighs down on too many young people’s health and potential. The need for equalities-driven early mental health interventions, truly led and informed by young people is critical. Make Tiny Changes Month shows how much support and drive there is for this work and we’re so grateful to Frightened Rabbit, Death Cab for Cutie and everyone who has sent us a gift or donation this March and cheered us on. All is not lost.”
Grant Hutchison from Frightened Rabbit said,
“Death Cab For Cutie are a band that we all look up to and are inspired by so when we were asked to support them back in 2008 it felt a bit like a dream. We toured with them again in the US in 2011 and this bass guitar was signed by us all with a plan to auction it off at some point. Since then it’s had an illustrious career in a cupboard under the stairs so hopefully we can find it a good home and give it a life again!”
March is Make Tiny Changes Month (#MTCM). There’s still time to join in MTCM by donating or match funding to help raise the grand total – find out more here. Tiny Changes invited individuals, workplaces and groups to take part in this month-long mass fundraising event by choosing a tiny change that would make them feel good, while raising money for the charity through sponsorship or donations.
The bass guitar auction goes live this Sunday 26 March on Tiny Changes Ebay page.
The Make Tiny Changes Month raffle goes live the last week of March on Tiny Changes Raffall page.
Together, we’ll make tiny changes to earth.
Follow Tiny Changes here: Tiny Changes Website