Children's book art sale to help save refugee centre

Book illustrator gallery Illustrationcupboard is holding an exhibition and sale of original illustration artwork in support of the St Mary Magdalene Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

This small Islington-based charity offers some of the capital’s most vulnerable people a safe place in which to meet and study, working with refugees from countries as far apart as Eritrea and Turkey, Albania and Congo, Kosovo and Syria.

A small team of dedicated teachers and over 30 volunteers provide daily English classes (working towards accredited qualifications), clothes, food parcels, advice and help – and perhaps most importantly of all, friendship.

Sadly, the Centre now faces cuts which threaten its future, so some book illustrators have donated over 50 pieces of original artwork for sale, to raise money for this worthy cause. Highlights include artwork by Shirley Hughes, Chris Riddell and Axel Scheffler.

(via Nicolette Jones' North Islington newsletter)