Meet the winners of our Young Art Oxford 2026 raffle!
Well done to all the children taking part in the Young Art Oxford Competition 2026! It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to the Ashmolean Museum for the Young Art Oxford Exhibition on the 15th and 16th May! We hope to see you again in 2027 – when the exhibition will take place on the 14th and 15th May.
Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our raffle, whether you bought your tickets online or while visiting the exhibition. The raffle alone raised £1,260! This is a huge amount and can pay for the entire secondary education for a child in Kenya!
The raffle winners
Congratulations to our winners who have all given their permission for us to share their names.
- 1st prize – Sarah Wynter Bee – Garden Landscape Design by Hadingham Kirk
- 2nd prize – Sarah Grainger – Framed, signed and numbered print ‘Heal’ by Jeremy Houghton
- 3rd prize – Rachel Moffatt – Set of 2 hand-crafted Carrara Marble platters by Stoneworld Oxfordshire
- 4th prize – Lela Burbridge – Afternoon tea and In Bloom exhibition tickets for a family of 4 at the Ashmolean Museum
- 5th prize – Teresa Griffin – Annual family pass to Blenheim Palace.
Your Impact
Everyone who bought raffle tickets joined the wonderful Oxfordshire schoolchildren who took part in this year’s competition in having an immense impact on the children and young people Rafiki Thabo support through our scholarship programme.
Our scholars live in poverty, many are orphaned and many live with a disability. With the average cost for a year at secondary school being £240 per child, their families cannot afford to pay the school fees, and many children drop out after primary school. Many children also often go for days without a nutritious meal. With an education these children can fulfil their potential, secure decent jobs, in turn send their own children to school and help their family escape poverty for good.
Together with our Headline Sponsor Hadingham Kirk and Supporting Sponsor Stoneworld who helped us cover the cost of the exhibition, the Oxfordshire children taking part in Young Art Oxford supported children less fortunate than themselves so that they too have the opportunity to get an education and look forward to brighter futures. There is something particularly special and heart-warming about children helping children.
Have a look around our website to learn more about our work and click here to see just how amazing the impact you are contributing to is!
Thank you for being part of these children’s journeys to a brighter future, journeys like Susan’s*….
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Thank you so much to all our Young Art Oxford 2026 Artists and to their families for encouraging them to take part and to everyone for buying raffle tickets! Thank you also for supporting the important work we do at Rafiki Thabo Foundation!
Best wishes from the teams at Young Art Oxford, Rafiki Thabo Foundation, Hadingham Kirk and Stoneworld.
