Look To The Stars News: Pamela Stephenson

Stars Line Up For The Return Of The Secret Policeman's Ball

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:50:00 +0000

The Secret Policeman’s Ball is back – and it’s heading for America!

Amnesty International's legendary charity show – featuring a plethora of music and comedy talent – will hit the Radio City Music Hall on March 4. Organizers have confirmed Coldplay, Russell Brand, Mumford & Sons, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Reggie Watts as part of the lineup, with more to come.

“We are so happy to be involved with the 2012 Secret Policeman’s Ball,” said Chris Martin of Coldplay. “We have followed and supported Amnesty International – and the amazing work they do around the world in the field of human rights – for years, and it is a pleasure to be asked to contribute to such an inspiring event.”

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/7737-stars-line-up-for-the-return-of-the-secret-policemans-ball

Have Breakfast With Richard Branson Before Charity Swim

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Imagine you could have breakfast with the one and only Sir Richard Branson. Just you and him chatting over a cup of tea and a bacon roll. What would you ask? What have you always wanted to know about one of the most famous men in the world?

Well, in aid of Cancer Research UK, you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and have a chinwag with the boss of the Virgin Group.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6839-have-breakfast-with-richard-branson-before-charity-swim

Richard Branson And Celebrity Friends To Swim For Charity

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Sir Richard Branson and Ronan Keating are taking on the ultimate challenge. They’re captaining a team to swim the grueling waters of the Irish Sea and raise £1million!

Richard Branson and Friends - The Swim

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6748-richard-branson-and-celebrity-friends-to-swim-for-charity

Run With Pamela Stephenson For Women In The Congo

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Physiologist and TV personality Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly will take part in a special 10K run in London next month to benefit Women for Women International – and you can join her.

Hundreds of runners are expected to turn out for the run in Regents Park to help women devastated by the human conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (where 5.5 million have died) to rebuild their lives.

Be part of the team that helps Women For Women achieve £100,000 for their first anniversary. Every penny will go to supporting women who have been raped and traumatised in the conflict. They have often lost their children, their husbands, their homes and have been left with no way of supporting themselves.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6456-run-with-pamela-stephenson-for-women-in-the-congo

Annie Lennox Makes A Difference At Celebrity Charity Gala

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000

With Annie Lennox being given a Making a Difference Award , Sophie Ellis-Bextor performing and Pamela Stephenson MCing, Women for Women's Gala was always bound to be a success. But the charity which helps traumatised women in war-torn areas was delighted that £860,000 was raised, which will help thousands more women in countries from Afghanistan to the Congo to receive support and develop their skills, so they can rebuild their lives and support themselves and their families.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Annie Lennox
Credit/Copyright: Women For Women International

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Annie Lennox

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6259-annie-lennox-makes-a-difference-at-celebrity-charity-gala

Annie Lennox To Attend Celebrity Charity Gala Tonight

Thu, 05 May 2011 11:30:00 +0000

A number of stars will be present to help Women for Women International celebrate five years in the UK at a special gala event in London tonight, May 5.

Annie Lennox will be honored with a Making A Difference Award, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform. MC for the night will be Pamela Stephenson (wife of Billy Connolly), and guests will include fashion designer Alice Temperley from Temperley London, supermodel Natalia Vodianova, musician and designer Pamela Hogg, Film Director Hugh Hudson, architect Zaha Hadid, Jewellery Designer, Pippa Small, Joan and Simon Burstein, actress Rosamund Pike, Sophie Turner-Laing, MD Entertainment and News, Sky, maker of Bond films Barbara Broccoli, actress Cherie Lunghi, TV presenter and singer Claire Richards, Swarovski Creative Director Nadja Swarovski, artist Jenny Saville and Women for Women’s founder; award-winning human-rights activist Zainab Salbi.

The Live auction and pledges will be conducted by Lord Dalmeny, Sotheby’s UK Deputy Chairman, and Karak Mayik – Women for Women International Country Director for Sudan – will attend to talk about the impact of the charities work.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6242-annie-lennox-to-attend-celebrity-charity-gala-tonight

Annie Lennox To Be Honored For Making A Difference

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Annie Lennox will be among the guests at the Women for Women International May Gala in London next month, where she will be honored with a special Making A Difference Award.

400 guests – including celebrities such as Pamela Stephenson, Cherie Lunghi, Nadja Swarovski and Natalia Vodianova – will gather to celebrate five years in the UK of Women for Women, a charity helping traumatised women in areas of conflict to rebuild their lives.

The Gala will open with a cocktail reception (sponsored by Iceberg Vodka), followed by a sit-down dinner catered by Rhubarb, live and silent auctions, concluding with music and entertainment.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6162-annie-lennox-to-be-honored-for-making-a-difference

Pamela Stephenson Runs For Congo Women

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:30:00 +0000

On Mother’s Day in the UK on Sunday, a hundred runners, including psychologist and TV personality Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, wife of Billy Connolly and who has recently returned from the Congo, took part in Women for Women International's Run for Congo, to support mothers in the eastern provinces of the Congo who have been brutalised by war.

Pamela Stephenson Runs For Congo Women
Credit/Copyright: Women For Women International

Every penny raised goes to helping women in the war ravaged eastern provinces to rebuild their lives and support themselves and their families. Since Run for Congo launched in the UK last summer over £71,325 has already been raised by runners around the country who have joined an existing run, or put on a dedicated Run for Congo. £150 is enough provide skills training for one woman in Congo, enabling her to earn an income and provide for her family, which means that the £71,325 raised so far is enough to support 475 and their families.

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6066-pamela-stephenson-runs-for-congo-women

Aid Agencies Seek Donations For Samoan Tsunami Vistims

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000

New Zealand-born comedy actress Pamela Stephenson has given a harrowing first-hand account of the devastating Tsunami that hit Samoa last week.

The wife of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly was staying in Samoa and is urging the world to come to the aid of the island nation after the massive wave killed over 180 people – including villagers and tourists – and left many more homeless.

“Huge piles of debris lay everywhere; it was clear the wave had whacked every structure with incredible might,” she told the Guardian newspaper in the UK. “Cars teetered where they had been thrown, on top of rubble from collapsed dwellings. Fridges and air conditioners floated in the sea. I looked along the bay and saw that a well-known jetty was missing. So were villages that once lined the shore. I saw a thatched fale [house] surrounded by three policemen and some villagers. A woman was lying inside and someone was trying to revive her.”

More: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3198-aid-agencies-seek-donations-for-samoan-tsunami-vistims