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Liverpool businesses to back Go Penguin scheme



LIVERPOOL businesses and communities are being urged to get behind a project to populate the city with penguins.

Organisers of Go Penguins hope schools, artists and communities will get involved in the major Christmas event.

They are inviting schools to adopt a 3ft penguin – for £450 – which can be designed in any way they like and will then go on display in a city centre indoor venue.

The school will get to keep its personalised penguin once the trail has finished.

Artists are also being asked to come up with designs for a group of 5ft penguins, with sponsors picking the designs they want to represent themselves or their organisation.

Businesses can become Penguin Patrons by sponsoring their own work of art for £3,000.

Sally Ann Wilkinson, director of Wild in Art which was also behind the hugely-popular Go Superlambananas initiative in Capital of Culture year, said: “We’ve already got 50 schools signed up.

“We’re hoping to bring creativity into the heart of Liverpool in the festive period.”

Go Penguins will form part of A Winter’s Trail which runs from November to January and will see a series of special penguin-themed events take place across Liverpool with the support of cultural organisations.

Phil Redmond yesterday revealed he will write a weekly tale for the ECHO involving Patrick the rockhopper penguin’s exploits.

He said: “The models look absolutely fantastic.”

Schools, artists and communities/ sponsors who want to take part should email [email protected].

For more information, go to www.gopenguins.co.uk

another waste of money, any schools that invest in these things are clearly making too much money.

Ive known about these for ages

There like family to me.