Raffle for Ed Sheeran’s guitar raises over £50k for primary school in his hometown
Ed Sheeran donated to a charity auction has raised £52,765 for a primary school in his hometown.The guitar, which features symbolism from his recent album ‘=’, including a custom maple inlay at the seventh fret, a butterfly inlay motif at the truss rod cover and neck heel cap, and a custom-designed edition internal label, was designed alongside Northern Ireland-based guitar maker George Lowden.Sheeran donated the instrument to Suffolk charity GeeWizz as part of a raffle prize to raise money for a SMART music pod and disabled access facilities at Sir Robert Hitcham’s CEVA School in Sheeran’s hometown of Framlingham.Tickets were priced at £5 with 10,553 sold in over 160 countries across the world.