Gary Barlow's 'Jubilee shoes' make £2,500 for Sussex charity

 Singers Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole Gary Barlow performed on stage at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert

Related Stories

Shoes given to Take That singer Gary Barlow for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee have fetched more than £2,500 in a charity auction.

The X Factor judge donated them to orthopaedic charity, The Horder Centre, which is based in Crowborough, East Sussex.

The money will go towards creating new woodland trails around its grounds.

A number of other celebrities, including ice skater Jayne Torvill, have also donated shoes to the charity.

The signed shoes were specially made for the singer-songwriter and have the Union Flag and lyrics of Sing, the Jubilee song, inscribed on the sole.

Sole of Gary Barlow's shoe One of the shoes has the lyrics of the Jubilee song Sing inscribed on the sole

The eBay auction reached a final figure of £2,651.50.

Diane Thomas, who is the chief executive of the charity, said: "I would like to thank Gary and all the other personalities who generously donated shoes to the auction.

"I am also hugely grateful to all those who got involved in the auction and helped raise so much money for such a great cause."

Other celebrities who donated included DJ Norman Cook, tennis player Ana Ivanovic, ex-England and Bath rugby captain Lewis Moody, singer and TV presenter Kim Wilde and Dame Vera Lynn.

More on This Story

Related Stories

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites

Weather

Sussex

11 °C 6 °C

Features & Analysis

Elsewhere on BBC News

  • Reading e-bookA novel idea?

    How US libraries are responding to the change from printed books to digital publishing

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.