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Ishmael Beah Meets Young People Trapped in World's Biggest Child Displacement Crisis Dec 18, 2024

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week to meet with children and families affected by the conflict that has devastated the country for the past 19 months. More →

Gemma Chan Visits UNICEF Humanitarian Supply Warehouse Dec 3, 2024

Actor and UNICEF UK Ambassador, Gemma Chan, recently visited UNICEF’s humanitarian supply warehouse in Denmark, to help pack vital supplies for children affected by climate change and support UNICEF UK in its call on the UK Government to increase funding to overseas aid and do more to protect the world’s children from future climate crises. More →

Stars Join UNICEF UK at First Ever Once Upon Our Time Gala Dec 2, 2024

Stars of stage and screen joined more than 200 guests at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) inaugural Once Upon Our Time Gala on Wednesday night, at Frameless London. More →

Stars Draw On Childhood Memories To Design T-Shirts For UNICEF Nov 14, 2024

Ahead of World Children’s Day on 20 November, UNICEF UK has enlisted the help of its celebrity supporters from the worlds of film, music, sport, and fashion to release a limited-edition T-shirt collection, helping to raise vital funds for the leading children’s organisation. More →

George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh Album Now Available for Streaming Aug 14, 2024

For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the GRAMMY Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming across all major digital music providers worldwide. More →

Arlo Parks Appointed UNICEF UK Ambassador Jul 11, 2024

Arlo Parks has been appointed as the youngest Ambassador to the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), following three years of support to the charity. More →

Orlando Bloom Visits Democratic Republic of the Congo With UNICEF Jun 26, 2024

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first time earlier this month, as escalating violence and mass displacement in the eastern part of the country pushes the number of grave violations against children towards a peak. More →

Soccer Aid for UNICEF Raises £15 million Jun 25, 2024

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024, broadcast live from Stamford Bridge, London, last week has raised £15 million, for UNICEF’s vital work helping give children around the world happy, healthy, and play-filled childhoods. More →

Soccer Aid for UNICEF to Return in June 2024 May 27, 2024

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024 will take place on June 9 at Stamford Bridge. More →

UNICEF USA Announces Aria Mia Loberti as Newest Ambassador Apr 23, 2024

UNICEF USA has appointed star of Netflix’s adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel All the Light We Cannot See, Aria Mia Loberti, as the organization’s newest Ambassador. More →

David Beckham Visits India With UNICEF Nov 29, 2023

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to India this month to meet children and adolescents, including girls who are bringing about change and innovation in their communities, and young women who have overcome barriers to help close gender gaps. More →

Cat Deeley Joins Campaigners at Downing Street Sep 29, 2023

UNICEF UK Ambassador, TV presenter and mum of two, Cat Deeley, joined UNICEF UK campaigners at Downing Street recently to hand in a growing petition calling on the UK Government to improve early childhood services across the country. More →

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 Raises £14.6 Million Jun 23, 2023

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023, broadcast live and exclusively on ITV1, STV and ITVX last week from Old Trafford, Manchester, has raised £14.6 million for UNICEF’s vital work giving children around the world the happy, healthy, play-filled childhoods they are entitled to. More →

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah Visits Mexico Jun 21, 2023

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Tijuana and Mexico City last week to meet with internally displaced children and families fleeing armed violence. More →

Orlando Bloom Returns To Ukraine With UNICEF Apr 3, 2023

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to Ukraine last week to meet children and families affected by the war. More →

Soccer Aid for UNICEF to Return in June 2023 Mar 17, 2023

More than 74,000 fans will roar Soccer Aid for UNICEF back to Manchester United’s Old Trafford on Sunday 11th June. More →

Angélique Kidjo Visits Bénin Dec 21, 2022

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Bénin last week to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from the Sahel crisis and climate change in the region. More →

Olivia Coleman Packs Humanitarian Supplies For Ukraine Dec 16, 2022

UNICEF UK President, Olivia Colman, visited the UNICEF Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen last week, where supplies are being shipped to Ukraine, and other humanitarian crises around the world, including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, South Sudan and Yemen. More →

Alyssa Milano Celebrates Milestone 20th Anniversary as a UNICEF Ambassador Dec 2, 2022

On the cusp of celebrating her 20th year as a UNICEF Ambassador, actor and activist Alyssa Milano traveled to Egypt with UNICEF USA to witness girls’ empowerment and education programming firsthand. More →

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Calls For More Investment in Girls During Visit to India Nov 16, 2022

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to Uttar Pradesh in northern India this week to visit UNICEF programmes helping to improve children’s education, and access to health, nutrition, and protection. More →

Orlando Bloom Opens Up About Mental Health Following Teenage Accident Nov 1, 2022

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has reflected on how a near-fatal accident when he was a teenager impacted his mental health in a moving video issued on World Mental Health Day. More →

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Meets Children Suffering from Severe Malnutrition in Kenya Oct 31, 2022

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to northern Kenya this month to meet children suffering from severe acute malnutrition as a result of prolonged drought across the Horn of Africa. More →

Famous Faces Spotted At Launch Of Andy Gott's New Exhibition To Raise Money For UNICEF UK Oct 4, 2022

Stars of the screen and sporting world, including Sir Mo Farah, David James, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tamzin Outhwaite united on Thursday 29 September as they joined the 150 guests at Maddox Gallery, Westbourne Grove, London for the intimate launch of the eagerly awaited ‘Faces of Soccer Aid by Andy Gotts’ exhibition. More →

Orlando Bloom to Receive Humanitarian Award at LMGI Awards Aug 22, 2022

British actor Orlando Bloom, whose role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shed light on the plight of Ukrainian children forced to evacuate their country amid the ongoing Russian invasion, will receive the esteemed Humanitarian Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) at the 9th Annual LMGI Awards. More →

Citi Open Tournament To Match Andy Murray's Donation To Children In Ukraine Aug 3, 2022

Citi Open Chairman Mark D. Ein announced this weekend that his foundation and the tournament will match a pledge made earlier this year by three-time Grand Slam winner, and UNICEF Ambassador, Andy Murray to donate all his 2022 winnings to UNICEF’s effort to help children in need in Ukraine. More →

Arlo Parks Becomes UNICEF UK High Profile Supporter Jul 8, 2022

Double Grammy Award nominee, BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize winning musician/poet Arlo Parks has been made a UNICEF UK High Profile Supporter, elevating her support of the charity and commitment to protecting the rights of children around the world. More →

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2022 Raises Record £15.6 Million Jun 20, 2022

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2022, broadcast live and exclusively on ITV and STV last week from the London Stadium, has raised a record-breaking £15,673,728 so far for UNICEF’s vital work giving children around the world the care-free, play filled childhoods they are entitled to. More →

Stars Announced For Soccer Aid 2022 Apr 1, 2022

UNICEF UK Ambassador Robbie Williams will sing his iconic ballad ‘Angels’ in front of 60,000 fans at Soccer Aid for UNICEF this summer – and tickets are already selling fast. More →

Orlando Bloom in Moldova to Meet Refugee Children Fleeing Ukraine War Mar 28, 2022

One month since the start of the war in Ukraine, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has visited Moldova to meet children and families fleeing Ukraine as refugees. More →

UNICEF Ambassadors, Supporters and World Leaders Commemorate 75 years of UNICEF Dec 22, 2021

Presidents, government ministers, senior United Nations leadership, UNICEF Ambassadors, partners, and children and young people gathered at events around the world to commemorate UNICEF’s 75th anniversary last week. More →