Paul McCartney backs Nottingham charity by donating signed Beatles box set

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Sir Paul McCartney backs Nottingham charity by donating signed Beatles box set
The Paul McCartney-signed Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band super delux Beatles box set will be sold at auction
By Matt Jarram
7 MAR 2018


Sir Paul McCartney with his Ultimate Legend award on stage during the MTV Europe Music Video Awards 2008 at the Echo Arena (ACC) in Liverpool. Press Association.

A couple said they have been 'blown away' after Sir Paul McCartney decided to donate a signed Beatles box set to support their charity.

The musician agreed to help the Forever Stars charity raise much-needed funds after being contacted by founder, Richard Daniels.

Richard, 41, and wife Michelle Daniels, 39, a nurse, launched the charity to help bereaved parents following the tragic loss of their baby daughter Emily.

She was stillborn on December 19, 2013, at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Richard and Michelle Daniels

Richard, from Chilwell, said: "The donation is amazing, I am absolutely blown away by it.

"I was in shock when we received the email confirming the gift from Sir Paul McCartney’s office, which we contacted in the hope he would help us.

"It’s a generous gift from one of the world’s biggest stars. I can't begin to imagine how much we may raise from this but I'm sure it will be substantial."

The Beatles box set will go under the hammer on March 14 at a specialist music sale at Hansons Auctioneers, in Heage Lane, Etwall, near Derby.

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: "We always do as much as we can to support charity causes and this topic is one close to my heart. I very much hope Paul McCartney’s kind donation will raise a great deal of money for this charity."


The Paul McCartney-signed Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band super delux Beatles box set

So far, Forever Stars has raised more than £250,000 - £115,000 of which was used to build Serenity Suite, a bereavement area for parents who have stillborn babies or suffer the distress of neonatal baby loss at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Following that success, parents contacted the charity to ask for help to open a similar facility at Nottingham’s City Hospital.


Michelle and Richard Daniels in the suite with their youngest son, Monty

It opened last December, aided by an £80,000 donation from Forever Stars.

In February the charity announced a £1m Forever In Bloom Appeal to develop a remembrance garden for bereaved parents.

The Paul McCartney-signed Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band super delux Beatles box set, will be sold on March 14 at Hansons Auctioneers, Heage Lane, Etwall, Derbyshire, with an estimate of £250-£500.