Diamond Jubilee tribute fund-raising launch

Windsor's proposed permanent tribute to Her Majesty The Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee next year will be launched at 11am on Saturday 12 November with a novel online fund-raising campaign.

People who would like to contribute to the cost of the monument - designed by local schoolgirl Caroline Basra - will be invited to sponsor part of a virtual representation of the monument and leave a jubilee message for The Queen at the same time.

The online program has been developed by Point Sample and it will be used to capture public interest and raise funds for the jubilee project.

The first person to sponsor the monument and launch the online campaign on Saturday will be Gill Labrum, headteacher of Windsor Girls' School where Caroline Basra is a pupil. The event will be held in the foyer of Waitrose, King Edward Court.

The Diamond Jubilee Tribute Committee - the group behind the funding-raising campaign - is made up of the Windsor and Eton Society, the Rotary Club of Windsor St George, the Windsor and Eton Rotary and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Andrew Melville, chairman of the committee, said: "We have a winning design, thanks to Caroline's talents, and now we have a really interesting way of capturing public support in our fund raising campaign.

"Our total target is £50,000 and we are optimistic that we will attract the donations we need from businesses and local residents to enable us to give Windsor a fitting tribute to the Queen to mark her 60 years on the throne."

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