Fundraising event

I have been approached by the Ceremonial Mayor of Salford to have 1 of my Paintings of Salford Precinct by day put in a charity calendar for November 2024 to 2025 in aid of St Annes Hospice and the Royal Naval Association . The Calendar is available for purchase now.

I have also donated the original Painting which was auctioned at the Ceremonial Mayors Ball on the 22nd March 2025 to raise funds for St Annes Hospice and the Royal Naval Association, The Painting raised £350 on the night to go to both charities

Here is the post from Salford's Ceremonial Major Tanya Burch

Hurry up to get your copy of the Ceremonial Mayor’s charity calendar 2024-25!

£20 each or 2 for £35

Please contact mayoralty@salford.gov.uk to purchase.

Many thanks to our own Andrew Alan Matthews who has kindly allowed us to use his remarkable painting of Salford Precinct! Please visit his website where his paintings are accompanied by poetry and videos!! What a unique style. Salford truly shines through the creativity of her people!!! https://andrewalanmatthews.co.uk

comment from Tanya Burch Salford Ceremonial Mayor on the night of the auction at T J Bell Stadium,

Andy thanks for donating the painting! its simply superb!!!

Thankyou, You literally changed lives tonight with your kind donation

here is the link to the you tube video of Salford precinct by day

https://youtu.be/4PUL40BEkg0

Charitable Contributions

Wythenshawe Community Team

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1015980019234455

I donate funds monthly to this worthy cause and I also help out on the safety patrol each week referring the homeless to Housing solutions to help them get a place to live and helping where I can

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The Plight of the homeless on the streets of Manchester and Salford is on the increase,

I help out when I can on safety patrols and I also donate monthly to Wythenshawe Safety patrol trying to help the homeless and vulnerable people get back on there feet, if you can donate to them that would be great,

here is the link where you can find details on how to donate to them. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1015980019234455/user/100079276788510

I am also an Artist and do short stories and paintings to help raise awareness of there plight, so for every Limited Edition print of my homeless collection I will donate £5 to Wythenshawe Safety Patrol

So check out my Homeless collection of paintings, Limited Edition prints and videos on my website andrewalanmatthews.co.uk

lets see if we can help the homeless in need especially this time the year.

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I have donated “The Lower Turks Head Painting” to help raise funds for Real Change MCR. They are a charity that help the homeless get back on their feet. There was a silent Auction of the painting in the Salford Museum and Artgallery and it raised £350 for the charity

Real Change MCR link: - https://streetsupport.net/manchester/realchangemcr/

I have donated a painting to the NSPCC to help raise funds for this worthy Charity. they raised over £6000 for the cause the draw was on the 11th December 2023

https://ww1.emma-live.com/NWChristmasAuction/home_page

All proceeds went to the NSPCC

Link direct to the page on NSPCC website

https://ww1.emma-live.com/NWChristmasAuction/view_lot/?id=38135&global[custom_lots_page]=home_page

I donated a painting for a charity raffle with the COOP to raise funds for Blood Bikes Manchester THE CHARITY DRAW ON THE 22nd MAY 2018 HELD AT THE COOP, RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR BLOOD BIKES MANCHESTER.

I donated two paintings to the British Heart Foundation in Sale in 2021 as my friend Ricardo Cowie was going through a heart operation.

I donated two Limited Edition Prints to the Wythenshawe community team. This was to help the homeless to get new blankets, tents, food etc and help to get them into accommodation, the raffle was on the 5th June 2022 for the Queens Jubilee celebration at The Silver Birch Pub Wythenshawe.

Mark Sproston Project 23 Mental health group

Project 23 mental health group by Mark Sproston

Urgent appeal to help out Mark Sproston Project 23 Mental Health Group, he has run out of funding now and needs help from the community of Manchester and beyond. To carry on his good work please donate to https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-23-mental-health-group

I am also proud to announce that andrewalanmatthews.co.uk will be supporting Mark Sproston Project 23 Mental Health Group.

So for every Limited Edition Print and Original painting sold on my website a proportion will go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-23-mental-health-group

So if you are looking for great Artwork to adorn your home look no further.

https://andrewalanmatthews.co.uk/shop

I have also produced a Portrait painting of Mark Sproston for his Project 23 Mental Health Group to go up in his Gym, Limited Edition Prints of the portrait are available now

You Tube Video Link of the Portrait

https://youtu.be/wxeRRBfYAos

For every Limited Edition Print of Mark Sproston Project 23 Mental Health Group portrait sold, a proportion goes to the project 23 Mental Health Group

There is a cost to print the Limited Edition print so :-

A4 Limited edition print £20 would go to the fund

A3 Limited Edition Print £30 would go to the fund

A2 Limited Edition Print £40 would go to the fund

Any enquiries contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk and the shop webpage https://andrewalanmatthews.co.uk/shop/ols/categories/portraits

Also my shop page for other great Artworks to adorn your home = https://andrewalanmatthews.co.uk/shop

Help Project 23 raise funds to help support the community.

After Mark Sproston lost his brother to suicide at the age of 39 and this left his family devastated .

This led up to Mark not wanting this to happen to any other families. Mark has used all his own money of pension £50.000 to get this off the ground.

He gives his all to helping and guiding people to get the correct support they will need.

Project 23 is not all about the gymnasium there are many 1 to 1 meetings, that seem to be extremely helpful to individuals that are in a bad place.

I Andrew Alan Matthews also suffered through mental health issues over decades and tried to commit suicide back in 1996. if there was help for me back then, I may not have tried to commit suicide. So please help This upstanding man with his project.

Mark Sproston has won the Supporting Health and Wellbeing award, sponsored by MCRactive, for his Project 23 mental health group at the City of Manchester be proud awards 2023

here are the links

https://www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/project-23-wins-for-supporting-health-and-wellbeing-at-manchesters-be-proud-awards-2023/

Here is the link to the Manchester Evening News article

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/winners-manchesters-proud-awards-2022-26385802

here is the go fund me page for Mark Sproston to carry on his good work

https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-23-mental-health-group

Project 23 video

https://youtu.be/6MJKjv8WUcQ

Mark Sproston and Andrew Alan Matthews in his Project 23 Gym

https://youtu.be/fq4rqe0I1as

Mark Sproston Project 23 Mental Health Group Portrait by Andrew Alan Matthews