A music center opened at a school after an Ed Sheeran guitar was raffled off to pay for it.
The instrument was designed for the musician’s latest album = [Equals].
It raised £52,765 in a charity raffle and went towards the creation of the SRH Music Ark at Sir Robert Hitcham’s Primary School in Framlingham – Sheeran’s hometown in Suffolk.
The students thanked the artist, who now lives near the city, and said the new center was a “beautiful place”.
The acoustic guitar was raffled by Bury St Edmunds based charity GeeWizz and won by Ipswich hospital worker Kellie Myers, who bought a £5 raffle ticket.
Her two sons, Henry, 14, and Jacob, 13, said she was “thrilled and delighted” with her award and that the whole family “loved Ed.”
Sheeran autographed the guitar and personalized it with the message “Henry + Jacob! Play this guitar!
Children at the state school said the building, filled with “amazing works of art”, would be used for dancing and singing and was a “really nice place to relax”.
One student said: “It is such a privilege to have our school’s own dedicated music room and many thanks to Ed Sheeran and all his team.”
Another said: “It’s a really nice place to make music”, while another told the BBC it was “very modern and a good upgrade”.
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Helen Picton, the Headmistress, said: “We have a music box that is open to all of our neurodivergent children, we have a disabled toilet so we can have disabled facilities for the children.
“Music is at the heart of our school and to actually have this wonderful resource here is a very emotional thing.
“All of our kids can go in there, they can be calm, they can be excited, they can be inspirational, but they can start to heal after the pandemic we’ve been through.”
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