A waddle of wonderfully designed penguins will slide into Worcester next summer to form the city’s third, spectacular, public art trail raising funds for St Richard’s Hospice.

Penguin sculptures will line streets and open spaces for eight weeks in 2024, creating the great Waddle of Worcester, a Wild in Art event brought to the city by St Richard’s.

The launch reveals the follow-up to Worcester Stands Tall and Worcester’s Big Parade, which saw giraffe and elephant sculptures displayed in 2018 and 2021 raising more than £700,000 combined.

Forty penguin sculptures will form the free art trail – running from Monday 22 July to Sunday 15 September 2024.

The sculptures will be sponsored by businesses and brought to life with designs created by artists from Worcestershire and beyond.

The large sculptures will be joined by penguin chick sculptures which will be covered in artwork by students and community groups.

At the end of the trail, the large sculptures will be auctioned to raise funds for the hospice’s care to patients, loved ones and bereaved people across Worcestershire.

Wild in Art, the creative production company behind the great Waddle of Worcester, has brought together communities with its sculpture trails in cities around the world.

To date, its events have enabled over £23.6m to be raised for charitable causes and injected £3.8m into local creative communities.

Find out more about The Great Waddle of Worcrester at waddleofworcester.co.uk.