Look To The Stars News: Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg Becomes Patron Of British Charity For India

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:30:00 +0000

British acting legend Diana Rigg has joined her daughter, Rachael Stirling, and Felicity Kendal as a patron of a UK charity that imports products to help people in India.

Kerala Crafts was set up by Christine Snow as a response to being moved by the plight of disadvantaged but skilled women in Kerala, southern India, whilst on holiday in 2001. The fair-trade project was set up primarily to support a women’s welfare centre in Cochin, giving much-needed employment to hundreds of women. Kerala Crafts buys beautiful hand-made, sustainable banana fibre baskets and handicrafts, unique to the UK, with all profits going back to Kerala, to support several co-operatives and indigenous charities.

From day one, all profits from Kerala Crafts has gone back to Kerala to support various projects, including the welfare centre where the baskets are made. The centre is a forerunner in imparting indigenous education through arts, trade skills and polytechnic education to women especially from rural districts in order to make them financially independent.

Bid On Signed Books, Photos And Even C3P0 To Support Children With AIDS

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Celeb2nds.com – a website that specializes in celebrity charity auctions – is currently holding an amazing sale of celebrity-signed items for the Children with AIDS (CWAC) charity.

There is a huge amount of books going under the hammer at the site, including titles signed by Ted Turner, Richard Branson, Michael Parkinson, Geri Halliwell, Piers Morgan, Terry Pratchett, Chris Tarrant, Jeffrey Archer, Maeve Binchy, Bernard Cornwall, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Paul Auster and many others.

For autograph hunters who are looking for signed photos, there is a massive selection including pictures signed by Terry Wogan, Moby, Davina McCall, Lorraine Kelly, Tess Daly, David Gower, Rio Ferdinand, Boris Johnson and a particularly revealing signed shot of Danielle Lloyd.

Stars Heal Patients With A Kiss

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Medicinema is a registered charity that has partnered with the Health Sector and the Film Industry, installing state-of-the-art cinemas on site in hospitals around the United Kingdom.

By creating purpose built cinemas in hospitals, Medicinema provides a much needed escape for the patients – it’s a welcome break from the hospital ward. Each cinema is specially designed to cater for beds and wheel chairs and nursing staff on duty throughout every Medicinema screening.

With nurses instead of usherettes, Medicinema harnesses the magic of the Silver Screen to help enrich the quality of life for patients. By screening the latest releases for patients young and old – including those in beds and on wheelchairs – patients and their families are able to escape the reality of hospital life.