Gloucester City Mission is marking its 20th anniversary by holding a fundraising quiz, ploughman's supper and 'silent' auction featuring an array of 44 fantastic lots.

The event is being held at Kingfisher Church, Moor Street, Gloucester, on Saturday, September 16th. Food will be served from 6.30pm with the quiz at 7.30pm plus the auction. Teams of six are welcome to attend the quiz. Entry is free but donations are welcome. Please contact kevin@gloscitymission.org.uk  to book a team

The silent auction opened yesterday (Thursday) and will run to 9pm on 16th September. The highest bid for each item will win and will help Gloucester City Mission raise money towards its Retreat Day Centre.

Auction lots include:

• A table for 10 or a pair of tickets at the 20th anniversary World Cup 2003 reunion dinner
• Life size cut out of England's World Cup Lioness goalkeeper Mary Earps
• A tour of the Morgan factory with afternoon tea for two
• A pair of tickets to see The Foo Fighters
• An exclusive seven-course chef's table experience for four people at Gordon Ramsay's Petrus
• An Alpaca encounter for 6-12 people
• A table for ten or pairs of tickets for a St David's Day lunch with Nigel Owens
• A pair of hospitality tickets to see Peter Kay live
• Tickets for Cheltenham Town FC
• Signed Sam Warburton ball
• Hot air balloon ride with champagne
• VIP Experience Tour and meet a legend at Anfield
• Two-course meal for two at Marco Pierre White in Birmingham

Kevin Howie, general manager of Gloucester City Mission, said: ''This year marks Gloucester City Mission's 20th anniversary. Since those first days we have supported those adults who are homeless, vulnerable or marginalised and we also now focus on supporting people in recovery. The key to our work is offering people hope, especially when they find it hard to see any hope or opportunity around them.

"The work of GCM has not really changed that much, it's just the scale that they work at has grown significantly. Nowadays we have a presence in the city centre six days a week, 52 weeks a year.

"We have already had a thanksgiving celebration, music festivals, skydiving, fire walking and dragon boat racing. We also have our annual Big City Sleepout coming up on October 7th and we will be having our annual carol concert in Gloucester Cathedral on December 1st."

"We are supported by so many kind and generous companies, churches, organisations and individuals and are always happy to come and talk about our work and issues facing those who we support..

"So if you fancy treating yourself to something very special or if you fancy treating someone special to something amazing then have a look at the auction page. There are a whole range of amazing one-off experiences and signed items of memorabilia.

Visit https://bid4lots.com/catalogue.cgi?auction=72&preview=y  to have a look at the 44 lots up for grabs.