Shaun Wright-Phillips, one of the stars of English Premiership giants Chelsea, played a supporting role during the opening of Luxe Interior's first Middle East showroom in Dubai.

The Global design group marked the event with a charity auction.

The England winger Wright-Phillips was in the VIP line-up at the company's new Al Quoz showroom.

The invitation-only official opening raised Dh49,000 ($13,342) for the Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs through the auctioning of exclusive prize items.

These included a trip for two to London to watch the FA Community Shield match between Premiership champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Chelsea at the new Wembley Stadium on August 5, signed Chelsea memorabilia, and one of only 200 'Fledglings Edition' Manchester United Opuses, personally signed by Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville; valued at Dh30,000.

'We're very grateful to Shaun-Wright Phillips for attending the launch event for our new showroom in Dubai, and in doing so boosting our efforts to raise much needed funding for Al Noor,' said Luxe Interior managing director David Rees.

Al Noor is a Centre for Children with Special Needs whose goal is to help special needs children from their infancy to adulthood and integrate them into society.Trade Arabia News Service