Dine for the Future 2011 Savoy Event

On Wednesday 11 May 2011, Futureversity hosted Dine for the Future, an inaugural fundraising black-tie dinner and auction at the prestigious Savoy Hotel.

The highlight of the event was Dizzee Rascal, who claims 'Futureversity was my X-Factor' surprising guests when he stormed onto the stage during the live auction to announce he was donating the shoes he wore to the event as a last minute auction item, in a bid to raise extra funds for Futureversity. Guests were amazed and touched to see Dizzee's shoes purchased for £1,600 as he encouraged them to dig deeper.

Impressionist and comedian Alistair McGowan compered the night which has so far raised over £50,000 from the live and silent auctions and ticket sales. With donations still coming in, the evening was attended by celebrity guests including Danny Boyle, filmmaker and patron of Futureversity; Dizzee Rascal, international music star, alumnus and fellow patron of Futureversity, who cut short his holiday in Miami to join us, and Denise Nurse, television presenter and trustee of Futureversity. With around 200 guests, attendees were from a range of companies including the BBC, Barclays Capital, Freshman Consultancy, HSBC, the Olympic Policing Team, Kitkatt Nohr Advertising Agency and Morgan Stanley.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Futureversity
• The Savoy
• event
• Dizzee Rascal
• Danny Boyle
• Alisatair McGowan
• fundraising
• fundraiser
• 2011
• London