Fair Ways selected to join ‘Light The South’ Campaign with Southampton Hospitals Charity

Fair Ways is excited to announce our inclusion and selection to join Light The South; the 2024 Southampton Hospitals Charity campaign. Fair Ways has been selected to design one of forty mini lighthouses that will be publically displayed in Southampton and / or Cowes.

Fair Ways team at Fair Ways School in Swanwick led the application for our involvement in 2024, and were delighted when told we had been selected as one of the local education groups. With over 700 applications in this category alone, this represents a real success and opportunity for Fair Ways and our students.

Southampton Hospitals Charity will be lighting up the South with a large-scale public art event that promises to captivate your senses and ignite your imagination.

There will be 40 magnificent 8ft lighthouse sculptures on display through the streets and public spaces of Southampton and Cowes, each one a unique masterpiece designed by local and well-renowned artists, plus 40 mini lighthouses designed by local education groups such as Fair Ways, creating a family-friendly trail of discovery for visitors and residents to enjoy and explore.

The lighthouses will then be displayed together for a Farewell event in September 2024 which will be a chance to see all lighthouses gathered in one place, a truly unique sight. The sculptures will then go into auction to raise vital funds for Southampton Children’s Hospital.

About Southampton Hospitals Charity
At Southampton Hospitals Charity, we bring people together to raise life-changing funds for University Hospital Southampton – the South Coast’s healthcare provider. From specialist services to pioneering research, our incredible supporters enhance care, experience and outcomes for thousands of patients every year.

For more information visit southamptonhospitalscharity.org

About Wild in Art
Wild in Art is the leading producer of spectacular public art events that entertain, enrich, inform and leave a lasting legacy. It brings together businesses and creative sectors with schools and local communities through the creation of uniquely painted sculptures.

Since 2008 Wild in Art has animated cities across the world including London, Manchester, Sydney, Auckland, Cape Town and São Paulo, and created trails for the London 2012 Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Historic Royal Palaces and Penguin Random House.

Wild in Art events have:

• Enabled over £23.6m to be raised for charitable causes
• Injected £3.8m into local creative communities
• Engaged over 1 million young people in learning programmes
• Helped millions of people of all ages to experience art in non-traditional settings
  
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