Royal Parks Foundation
{{Short description|English charity}}
The Royal Parks Foundation was a registered charity established in 2003 (registered charity number 1097545). It helped support London's eight Royal Parks. The charity's patron was The Prince of Wales.
The Royal Parks Foundation supported The Royal Parks Agency - a former agency of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in caring for the eight Royal Parks.
The Royal Parks Foundation is no longer active and its website no longer exists. The parks are now managed by The Royal Parks, an organisation founded in 2017.
Deckchair Dreams
As part of its annual fund-raising efforts, the Foundation promoted Deckchair Dreams, through which artists donated individual works of art for the canvases of deck chairs which were reproduced and distributed through the Parks.
Among the artists and celebrities who contributed to the scheme are Damien Hirst,{{cn|date=May 2020}} Will Young, Antony Worrall Thompson, Tracey Emin,[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/the-art-of-parklife-by-tracey-and-charlie-836747.html Tracy Emin and Deckchair Dreams at The Independent] Retrieved August 2, 2010 Alexander McQueen,[https://archive.today/20120915120204/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/7821338/Win-a-deckchair-designed-by-Alexander-McQueen.html Alexander McQueen deckchair at the Daily Telegraph] Retrieved July 31, 2010 and Raymond Briggs.
Deckchairs from the 2008 collection were recycled into sling bags, made by designer Bill Amberg.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/6138779/Deckchair-Dreams-bags-by-Bill-Amberg.html Bill Amberg sling bags at the Daily Telegraph] Retrieved July 31, 2010
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The 2010 collection of deckchairs drew on themes of nuts, fruits and seeds in the parks, and represented a partnership with the Shanghai Botanical Gardens, including designs by British and Chinese artists.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10779126 Deckchair Dreams at BBC news] Retrieved August 1, 2010
British designers included the milliner Philip Treacy, Rob Kesseler, cartoonists Ronald Searle and Alexander Williams, and the wildlife sculptor Simon Gudgeon. Treacy's design featured an illustration of model Linda Evangelista wearing one of his hats.
Around 700 chairs were made available across Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, St. James's Park and Regent's Park.[http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/836626-deckchair-dreams-designed-by-artists-for-charity Deckchair Dreams at Metro newspaper] Retrieved August 1, 2010 Sara Lom of the Royal Parks Foundation said it had been "wonderful to partner with Shanghai" on the project.
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References
- [http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/836626-deckchair-dreams-designed-by-artists-for-charity Deckchair Dreams at Metro newspaper] Retrieved August 1, 2010
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10779126 Deckchair Dreams at BBC news] Retrieved August 1, 2010
- [https://archive.today/20120915120204/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/7821338/Win-a-deckchair-designed-by-Alexander-McQueen.html Alexander McQueen deckchair at the Daily Telegraph] Retrieved July 31, 2010
- [http://www.ukshanghaiexpo.com/en/news/events/event.php?id=1285 Deckchair Dreams at Shanghai Expo 2010]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved August 2, 2010
External links
- [http://www.royalparksfoundation.org Official website of the Royal Parks Foundation] Retrieved August 1, 2010. {{dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.deckchairdreams.org Official website of Deckchair Dreams] Retrieved August 1, 2010. {{dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=339 Shanghai Botanic Gardens official site] Retrieved July 31, 2010
Category:Charities based in London