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Comic Relief US and Nickelodeon Power Up the Next Generation With 2nd Annual Kids Relief Campaign Aug 29, 2024

Comic Relief US and Nickelodeon are teaming up for the first time to launch the 2nd annual Kids Relief campaign: “Game to Change the World,” an interactive virtual–to–real-world movement that reaches kids where they are and empowers them to become a force for good in their communities. More →

Celebrities Spreading Solidarity and Raising Funds for Ukraine Mar 14, 2022

While the world watches the devastating destruction of Ukraine and people from villages, towns, and cities worldwide are organizing collection points for donations, let’s have a look at the celebrities that have put their money where their mouths are, making financial contributions and launching fundraisers using their public platforms. More →

Stars On Display To Save The Arctic Jul 15, 2015

60 high profile celebrities have joined the campaign to Save the Arctic with Greenpeace. More →

Sport Relief 2014 Is A Huge Success Mar 24, 2014

The Sport Relief Weekend kicked off on Friday with a fantastic night of sporting fun and sketches galore, as this year’s Sport Relief Night of TV (BBC One & BBC Two) entertained the nation while raising an incredible £51,242,186. More →

Big Names Push Campaign For A Free And Responsible Press Mar 19, 2014

An unprecedented coalition of more than 200 leading figures have joined victims of past press abuse to send a strong message to newspaper bosses: don’t repeat the mistakes of the past – embrace the Leveson Royal Charter and give the British public a free and responsible press. More →

Stars and Royals Trade for Charity on 9/11 Sep 11, 2013

BGC Partners’ 9th annual Charity Day is taking place today, Wednesday, September 11, 2013, and celebrities from around the world are on the trading floor raising money for their chosen charities. More →

Stars Join World Refugee Day Campaign Jun 18, 2013

More than 25 international celebrities including Paula Abdul, actor David Tennant, acclaimed writer Neil Gaiman, Vampire Diaries’ star Kat Graham, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, supermodel and former refugee, Alek Wek have joined the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) World Refugee Day ‘1 family’ campaign to expose the devastating impact of war on families. More →

One Direction To Appear In BeanoMAX For Comic Relief Mar 1, 2013

This Red Nose Day, One Direction is to be immortalized in legendary magazine BeanoMAX, with superstars Jessie J, Olly Murs and David Tennant. More →

Stars Take To The Streets For Sport Relief Mar 27, 2012

More than one million men, women and children took part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile during the weekend, with a record number of people taking to the streets on Sunday March 25 at hundreds of Mile events across the length and breadth of the UK. More →

Hugh Grant Attends Celebrity Charity Pub Quiz Feb 3, 2012

Hugh Grant, Jonathan Ross and former Doctor Who David Tennant put their grey-matter to the test at Centrepoint's annual Ultimate Pub Quiz on Tuesday. 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 →

Lady Gaga And Hugh Laurie To Take Part In Gary Barlow's Celebrity Charity Concert Sep 15, 2011

Gary Barlow is bringing together the biggest and brightest stars of the music industry for BBC Children in Need Rocks Manchester, a one-off concert to help change young lives in the UK. More →

Lenny Henry Announces Red Nose Day Total May 30, 2011

British comedian Lenny Henry has announced the latest Red Nose Day 2011 total in a special message to supporters of Comic Relief. More →

Celebrity Red Noses Raise Record Amount For Charity Mar 21, 2011

Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top TV treats in the UK on Friday, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. The TV event raised £74,360,207 (US$118 million) – the highest total reached on the night in Red Nose Day’s 23 year history. More →

Stars Donate Artworks To Celebrity Charity Auction For Willow Foundation Nov 18, 2010

A whole bunch of stars – including Ricky Gervais, Roger Daltrey, Joanna Lumley and Wayne Rooney – have donated signed canvases to a special celebrity charity auction in the UK. More →

Red Nose Day TV Special Breaks Records Mar 16, 2009

BBC’s Red Nose Day television extravaganza, Funny For Money, raised over £57 million (US$80 million) on Friday night, breaking the previous record of £40 million set in 2007. More →

Red Nose Day TV Special To Tickle BBC Funny Bones Mar 13, 2009

Today, March 13, is Red Nose Day in Britain – the major fundraising event of the year for Comic Relief. And to celebrate, celebrities young and old will appear in a TV extravaganza being screened tonight on BBC One and Two. More →

Big Stars Support Cancer Research UK’s ‘Little Stars’ Nov 18, 2008

Celebrities and athletes are lining up to support cancer research via a remarkable program which urges relatives and friends of young cancer patients or survivors to nominate their young heroes for recognition as a ‘Little Star.’ More →

All Saints Singer Sports Superb Spectacles Oct 23, 2008

All Saints singer Melanie Blatt has been crowned Celebrity Spectacle Wearer of 2008 at an awards ceremony in London. More →

Pick Up Celebrity Hand-Me-Downs For Charity Oct 16, 2008

It’s time to start thinking about Christmas shopping again, and this might just be the answer you’ve been searching for. More →

Amnesty International Publish Children's Book Oct 13, 2008

Doctor Who star David Tennant has written the foreword for a book celebrating the 60th birthday of the Declaration of Human Rights. More →

Celebrities Send Signitures For Charity Auction Apr 30, 2008

Sometimes, if you really believe in a cause and you want some celebrity help, you’ve just got to ask. That’s exactly what Simon McGuinness, a British teenager who recently got a whole lot of star-power behind his mission to raise money for CAFOD, did. More →

Doctor Who's Mission For Cancer Research Jan 21, 2008

On screen, David Tennant plays Doctor Who, the eccentric Time Lord who travels through space battling injustice and righting wrongs in the long-running BBC television series of the same name. But off screen, Tennant has a more personal mission: to raise funds for cancer research. The actor recently took time off from his busy filming schedule to star in a promotional video for the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR). More →