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Bill Gates: Investments In Agriculture Are Best Weapons Against Hunger Feb 24, 2012

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. More →

Bill Gates Asks Governments To Continue Aid Programs Feb 22, 2012

As the world economic crisis seeps into its fifth year, philanthropist Bill Gates is more worried about government financial support for developing country programs today than he was after the crash. More →

David Walliams' Charity Swim To Hit TV Screens Feb 21, 2012

It was read by millions in the papers, heard on the radio and watched on the news, becoming a national phenomenon and a moment in British history. In September 2011, comedian David Walliams spent an epic eight days swimming 140.54 miles of the River Thames for Sport Relief. Now, for the first time, the inside story of what he went through will be told. More →

Stars To Attend FilmAid International Oscar Night Event Feb 20, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and humanitarian aid organization FilmAid International will host an Oscar Night event at the ‘21’ Club in New York City in celebration of the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, February 26. More →

Stephen Fry And Michael Caine Support Prince Charles' Job Ambassadors Feb 16, 2012

Prince Charles visited the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince's Trust this week to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people – who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work. More →

Eva Longoria To Take Part In Campaign Hollywood Feb 15, 2012

Vanity Fair Vice President and Publisher Edward J. Menicheschi has announced the slate of events for the thirteenth installment of “Campaign Hollywood,” the magazine’s annual week-long celebration leading up to the Academy Awards. More →

Boy George To Perform At Prince's Trust Spring Ball Feb 14, 2012

The Prince's Trust has announced that Boy George will headline this year’s Spring Ball in May. More →

Olympic Stars Join JLS For Sport Relief Video Feb 13, 2012

The music video for JLS's official Sport Relief single, Proud, sees three British Olympic medal winners join the UK’s hottest pop group to celebrate the UK’s biggest year of sport. More →

Glee Bully Wants Charity Cash By Valentine's Day Feb 13, 2012

Glee’s campus jock and closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky – played by Max Adler, International Spokesperson for City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts – has inspired his global Twitter following to donate more than $7,000 to an e-campaign for his new “Max’s ABC: Anti-Bullying through City Hearts” program in just the past 3 weeks. Now, his goal is to double that amount to $14,000 by Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February, in order to fund his Anti-Bullying program at one City Hearts site for the rest of this year. More →

Prince's Trust 2012 Games Young Ambassadors Meet Prime Minister And Sport Legends Feb 9, 2012

Ten Prince's Trust 2012 Games Young Ambassadors met the British Prime Minister David Cameron at a reception held at 10 Downing Street recently. More →

John Bishop's Week Of Hell For Charity Feb 7, 2012

British comedian John Bishop is about to have one incredibly tough week as he takes on The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Bishop’s Week Of Hell – the second in a series of celebrity challenges sponsored by BT for Sport Relief 2012. Starting on Monday 27th February, it will be the most physically gruelling test of John’s life as he attempts to cycle, row and run over 290 punishing miles from Paris to London in just five days. More →

America Ferrera To Talk Education And Giving Back Feb 6, 2012

America Ferrera, the award-winning actress who is best known for her portrayal of Betty Suarez in the hit comedy Ugly Betty, will speak at Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, February 16, 2012. More →

Prince Charles Visits Cafe In Memory Of Murdered Student Feb 3, 2012

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, met young people working to make society a better place through his Youth United initiative this week. More →

Julianne Moore Shares The Love With Charity For Valentine's Day Feb 1, 2012

This Valentine’s Day, give children living in poverty a lifelong love of reading to help break the lifelong cycle of poverty, one Valentine at a time. More →

Sport Relief Celebrity Supporters Visit HIV Project Feb 1, 2012

An innovative and inspiring project, which uses money raised from Sport Relief to help change lives, opened its doors to no less than 11 famous faces last week. More →

Get Close To Jay-Z At Charity Shows Jan 31, 2012

Jay-Z will be hosting two concerts at Carnegie Hall on February 6 and 7 to benefit United Way of New York City and his personal foundation, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation, and this is your chance to get up close and personal. More →

Glee Bully Inspires Fans To Donate To Anti-Bullying Campaign Jan 31, 2012

In honor of the 27th Anniversary of Los Angeles-based City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Max Adler, who plays closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky on “Glee,” has already managed to inspire fans from around the world to donate more than $6,000 in a matter of days. More →

Little Britain Star Awarded For Charity Swim Jan 30, 2012

TV personality and Sport Relief hero David Walliams beamed with pride as he scooped a National Television Award last week. The award was given in recognition of his enormous achievement in swimming the length of the Thames to raise cash for Sport Relief last autumn. More →

Jay-Z Charity Show Tickets Go On Sale Today Jan 30, 2012

In his most intimate performances in years, Jay-Z will headline at Carnegie Hall, in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, raising money for United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation on February 6, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. and February 7, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. More →

Bill Gates Publishes Annual Letter Covering Health And Education Jan 26, 2012

Bill Gates has released his annual letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in which he speaks candidly about his work at the foundation and outlines what needs to be done in terms of global health and education. More →

Stars Model Sport Relief T-Shirts Jan 25, 2012

Sport Relief has launched its 2012 T-shirts, and have enlisted the help of stars such as Amy Childs, Olly Murs, Kara Tointon and Stacey Solomon to help model them. More →

Run With Arsenal And Save The Children Jan 25, 2012

A ten-lap fun run around the outside of the Arsenal home ground of Emirates Stadium will raise money to help give the world’s poorest children a better start in life. More →

Super Heroes Step Forward To Fight Famine In Africa Jan 24, 2012

DC Entertainment, home of the world’s greatest super heroes, yesterday unveiled an unprecedented giving campaign to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. More →

TV Star Reaches South Pole For Charity Jan 23, 2012

British TV presenter Helen Skelton has arrived at the South Pole and completed her grueling 500 mile expedition across Antarctica for Sport Relief – as a result she has become the first person to use a bike as part of an expedition to the South Pole. More →

An Evening Of Stars For The United Negro College Fund Jan 23, 2012

The United Negro College Fund will broadcast UNCF AN EVENING OF STARS – presented by Target – nationally in major markets on Saturday, January 28th and January 29th and on BET Networks at 11 p.m. EST/PST and 10 p.m. CST on Sunday, January 29th. More →

Kris Allen Helps Music Education Campaign Reach 47,000 Students Jan 23, 2012

The Music Empowers Foundation has announced that its recently completed national initiative to support music education programs in public schools surpassed all expectations. The month-long program, which wrapped up just before the holidays in December, raised $80,000 and helped to fund over 225 classroom music projects which will benefit an estimated 47,000 grade and middle school students. More →

Helen Skelton's Charity Polar Challenge To Hit TV Screens Jan 18, 2012

A special nine-week Blue Peter series, starting on Monday 23rd January at 4.30pm on BBC One, follows fearless Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton's progress as she sets out to complete a gruelling 500 mile challenge to the South Pole for Sport Relief 2012. More →

Bill Clinton's Health Matters Today Jan 17, 2012

Bill Clinton is today leading the Clinton Foundation's inaugural Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation conference. More →

Oprah Attends Graduation Of Leadership Students In South Africa Jan 16, 2012

Oprah Winfrey was in South Africa over the weekend to attend the first graduation of 72 students from her Leadership Academy for Girls. More →

Helen Skelton Reaches Half Way Point On Charity Polar Journey Jan 13, 2012

British TV presenter Helen Skelton has reached the half way point in her epic 500 mile journey to the South Pole for Sport Relief – in the process setting a new Guinness World Records title for the Fastest 100km by kite ski. More →