A ONE-OF-A-KIND doll of Coldplay star Chris Martin – that travelled the world with the band having been made in Somerset – is being offered as a prize in a charity draw.

The toy, made by Shepton Mallet crafter Sandra Witcombe to celebrate the band’s Glastonbury 2024 headline performance, is being offered as the prize in a draw in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.

Having been created in Somerset, the doll accompanied the chart-toppers on their world tour and has been signed by all four members. Now back home, it is helping raise cash for the air ambulance charity’s 2ndHeli Appeal.

“Unlike the ‘nudiknit’ figures that Sandra and her friends display in the Hive Café shop window in Shepton Mallet, this doll is different,” a spokesperson said.

“It is fully dressed in one of Chris Martin’s stage outfits which, including detail like lyrics on the trousers and the jewellery he wears.

“The doll’s story is almost as special as the item itself. After being picked up from the Hive Café, it travelled with Coldplay on their Music of the Spheres World Tour, sitting in the band’s dressing room, roaming backstage, and even appearing on stage at the Olympiastadion in Munich.”

The Chris Martin doll on stage during Coldplay’s world tour

All four members of the band – Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion – signed the doll’s T-shirt at Wembley Stadium this summer and returned the doll to Sandra, far exceeding her original hope of a signed photo.

Having read about Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance’s 2ndHeli Appeal, aimed at raising the final £1 million towards a second helicopter, she gifted the doll to the charity, hoping it would help raise funds for their latest campaign.

Coldplay fans and supporters of the air ambulance now have the chance to win the signed collectable by entering the Crowdfunder Prize Draw.

Tracy Bartram, communications manager at Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, said: “We are thrilled to launch our very first Crowdfunder Prize Draw and with such a fantastic item.

“Rather than auctioning the doll, which is raising funds in support of our 2ndHeli Appeal, we wanted anyone to have the chance of taking part, so for as little as £10, you can have an entry in the draw.

“For Coldplay fans, this is a truly special prize, and for everyone else who enters, it’s a chance to make a real difference for our life-saving cause.”

The Crowdfunder Prize Draw runs from today (January 26) to Friday, February 27, with the draw taking place on March 3.

Cost of entries in the Coldplay-signed Chris Martin doll prize draw are:
• £10 for one entry
• £20 for two entries
• £50 for five entries
• £100 for 10 entries

To enter, visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-coldplay-collectable-doll-signed-by-band.

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