Celebrating the legacy of George Michael

Katja Kafling Wichmann and Tina Joanne Hindsbo, old uni chums and devoted George Michael fans, came up with the idea and name for Lovelies.help in March 2017. 

After George Michael’s untimely death on 25 December 2016, they felt they had to do something to honour their idol of thirty-something-years.

The idea was to start a kind of ‘eBay’ dedicated exclusively to auctions of George Michael Memorabilia. But instead of the auctioner making a profit, the money would be sent to a good cause: 

By auctioning off George Michael memorabilia - donated by GM fans - Lovelies.help fundraises for some of the charity organisations George supported during his lifetime. 

It works because GM fans (lovelies) are generally infused with the same generous spirit as George himself. They want their spares to go to other dedicated GM fans who are building their collections, and they love that it’s all for a good cause. It’s 100% win win.

All donations made through Lovelies.help go straight to the charities through the fundraising platform justgiving.com, and Lovelies.help is run entirely on a volunteer basis.

Lovelies.help went live on Facebook in April 2017 and will continue for as long as possible - in memory of George Michael, who besides being a truly great musician was one of the most decent and generous human beings that ever lived.

The first donated items came from Katja and Tina own collections. As luck would have it, Gill Read soon came along and donated some of her collection. Since then, she has devoted a lot of time to finding memorabilia bargains and to running Lovelies.help. 

The success that Lovelies.help now enjoys would not have been possible without all the lovelies that have donated and bid on memorabilia and continue to do so; and we could not have handled the administration of it all without the daily help of Gill Read. 

Special mention goes to Andrea Snow, Anne Belise Taylor and Matt Blanco who have donated a lot of memorabilia and supported Lovelies.help in various ways. 

Thank you, Katja Kafling Wichmann & Tina Joanne Hindsbo