Look To The Stars News: Mind

Stephen Fry Named As Mental Health Charity President

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Stephen Fry has been announced as the new President of Mind – a UK charity that campaigns vigorously to create a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all – taking over from Melvyn Bragg, who is stepping down after fifteen years in the role.

Melvyn Bragg, Stephen Fry and Paul Farmer

Mary Portas and Grazia Magazine Open "Living and Giving Shop" in London

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Having spent 6 months working intensively with the charity sector, Mary Portas, Britain’s leading retail guru, came to a singular and focusing conclusion. Rather than taking advantage of the economic downturn to prosper, the vast majority of 5500 Britain’s charity shops had become smelly places products go to die.

Through Saturday 27th June, Mary Portas with Grazia, helped by celebrities and many friends across the worlds of fashion and retail, will offer a new kind of second hand shop in the luxurious surroundings of the Village at Westfield London: A shop which sits at the heart of a community; a shop people want to be in – a living and giving shop.

Joanna Lumley Helps Darfur Appeal

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:31:48 +0000

British actress Joanna Lumley has joined calls to help save lives whilst the conflict in Darfur and Chad continues to wreak havoc.

The 61-year-old is working with the UK’s leading aid charities through the Disasters Emergency Committee in making an appeal to hundreds of thousands of newspaper readers.

In a letter written to local papers in Britain, the former Bond girl said, "We are seeing one of the greatest concentrations of human suffering right now in Darfur and Chad with 4.5 million people affected.