BGC Partners Inc, a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial markets, has announced that, together with Cantor Fitzgerald, it raised approximately $12 million globally at their Annual Charity Day on Monday, September 12, 2011.
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Superstar DJ Mark Ronson will host this year’s War Child Brit Awards afterparty in London on February 15.
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British band Massive Attack will release a new EP this week in aid of War Child.
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Canadian guitar-maker Carparelli has created a series of 10 guitars, each painted by well known artists, to be auctioned off to raise money for 10 charities.
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Duran Duran and Carla Bruni are just two of the performers who have donated songs to a new tribute album to David Bowie to raise money for War Child.
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Killing two birds with one stone hasn’t been difficult for London-based rapper Tinchy Stryder, who collaborated with 16 artists in the 2009 single I Got Soul to raise money for War Child UK. Once again combining his passion for music and charity, it has been announced that Stryder will headline a charity gig on November 4 at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire.
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An celebrity charity auction is presently being held on eBay benefiting the War Child charity.
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British recording artist, talk show host, and actress Lily Allen is selling prams from one of her performances to raise money for charity.
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Matt Damon will make a cameo appearance on the latest season of Entourage to promote a charity he is involved with.
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Artist John Squire’s artwork for the new War Child Heroes compilation is to be auctioned off for the charity.
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After attending the annual Brit Awards in London last night, Coldplay raced across town to play a special charity gig with some very special guests.
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Rockers The Killers are to join Coldplay on stage for a special charity concert.
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British singer Lily Allen has announced her plans to travel overseas for charity and explained why.
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The long-delayed Heroes charity album will finally get its release in February, and anticipation is already high from music fans and musicians alike.
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British artist Damien Hirst has donated three sketches to a charity auction to raise money for the New Manchester Children’s Hospital.
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Michael Stipe, Jarvis Cocker, Death Cab for Cutie and OK Go are some of the musicians who have banded together for a new charity auction sponsored by Under The Radar Magazine.
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War Child has announced the release of their biggest and most ambitious album to date: Heroes.
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Matt Damon returned to Toronto on Monday to host his third consecutive Difference Awards ceremony for ONEXONE.
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For the third year in a row, Matt Damon will host ONEXONE’s annual charity benefit gala, where celebrities and activists will gather for an evening of musical performances, words from key speakers, fundraising and entertainment.
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A special auction on eBay last week helped raise more than $18,000 for children’s charity War Child.
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Raine Maida traded in his Our Lady Peace fame for the black garb of a busker last week to give a 12-hour performance on Toronto’s financial district sidewalks and street corners. His goal was to raise $30,000 to rebuild a school in the Democratic Republic of Congo through War Child.
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