Auction Ends at Midnight on 17th November 2025

As part of YMCA Cornwall’s Your Help Their Future campaign, we’re hosting a Silent Auction to help raise further funds. This campaign aims to build four new self-contained flats for young people aged 16–25 who are at risk of homelessness in Cornwall.

We’ve received wonderful donations from local businesses and organisations with some amazing items and experiences to bid for.

With £165,000 already raised and a sizeable donation, thanks to The Duke of Cornwall’s Charitable Foundation, we’re working to raise the remaining £85,000 to complete the project.

Every bid you place brings us closer to giving vulnerable young people not only a roof over their heads, but stability, safety, and a future:

How It Works

• Browse the auction lots listed below.
• Submit your bid via email or by using the bidding form.
• The highest bid for each item wins!

Please review the bidding process and terms and conditions before placing your bid.

The Auction Lot’s to bid on are:

1. Wellbeing Package – 12 weeks of yoga with Yoga Master in Sennen or St Buryan. A 1 hour Rising Embers sauna and herbal face scrub, followed by coffee & cake at Fika.

2. Family Days Out – Family tickets for the Porthcurno Museum, Royal Cornwall Show 2026 and St Michael’s Mount.

3. Theatre Tickets – Penlee Park theatre, tickets for two, The Acorn £40 voucher & The Minack theatre show tickets for two.

4. Jo Downs Glass – Minnow Shoal Glass plate (worth £160). More details here.

5. Jo Downs Glass – Polperro Deep Dish (worth £75). More details here.

6. Finisterre Jacket – Stormbird men’s (worth £250. Size medium but can be exchanged). More details here.

7. Golf Round – Four-ball round at Cape Cornwall Golf Club (worth £160).

8. Tolcarne Inn – A 3-course meal for two at the famous Michelin guide restaurant.

9. Chapel House – Overnight stay with afternoon tea, drinks, hot tub, sauna & breakfast at this popular boutique hotel in Penzance (worth £250.)

10. Lands End Hotel Stay – Overnight stay, cream tea & signpost voucher.

11. Money Savers – Davey & Gilbert Gas boiler service, MOT with Trelawney Motors, Oil change with Trevaylor Garage, and two co-working vouchers for Bayspace, St Ives.

12. Things to Do – A 2hr Marine Discovery boat trip for two, breakfast for two at Duke Street cafe, or Trewidden Gardens, Cornish Pirates game x 2 tickets, family Lands End cream tea & attraction voucher.

13. Eat Out – St Buryan Inn £20 voucher, Lamorna Wink Sunday lunch for two, cream tea for two at Lands End.

14. Adventure Activities – Family surf lesson at (Gwithian Academy of Surfing, and another at Hayle Surf School), Trevedra e-bike hire for two, for a full day, two-hour Atlantic Adventures boat trip for two.

15. Will Writing Session for one – DB Law

16. Will Writing Session for one – DB Law

17. Afternoon tea at Westminster with MP Andrew George.
(Please call Helen on 07785 572645 for full details).

Submit your highest bid

By using the downloadable form here.

Or email your bid including the lot number and details to: bid@ymcacornwall.org

Bidding closes at midnight on Monday 17th November 2025 and bids will be reviewed shortly after the closing date. Highest bid’s win.

Good luck everyone!