Look To The Stars News: Emmaus

Duchess Of Cornwall Visits Diabetes Facility, Meets War Horse Star

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0000

The Duchess of Cornwall saw how a charity is working to cure type one diabetes this week during a visit to Cambridge.

Her Royal Highness visited the Cambridge Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to learn more about the work of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

During the tour of the facility, Her Royal Highness met Jeremy Irvine, star of Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse, who has type one diabetes. Irvine attended the event in a show of support. He was involved with trials of an artificial pancreas, which the charity is working on, in 2005 and 2007. He explained how technology helps him manage his type one diabetes while pursuing a hectic film career.

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Harry Enfield To Visit British Homeless Charity

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

British comedian Harry Enfield will visit a homeless charity in Brighton, on the south coast of the UK, this Wednesday.

The comedian will visit the local Emmaus Community in Hove, and will meet with staff and residents. He will also volunteer at the community’s second hand furniture store.

The facility offers over 40 ex-homeless people a home, work and the chance to rebuild their lives in a supportive environment.

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Jerry Decks The Halls For Charity

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Model and actress Jerry Hall was in West Norwood, England, on Tuesday to support homeless charity Emmaus by decorating a special Christmas tree.

The 56-year-old hung mini policeman, nurses and teachers on a tree to show how the yearly savings to the taxpayer made by the charity could be spent.

“The charity believes, and I do too, that broken lives can be fixed by restoring in people the sense of their potential,” said Hall, who earlier this year raised $54,600 when she auctioned off some of her most valuable dresses.

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Jerry Hall's Wedding Dress Exceeds Expectations

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:30:00 +0000

Fashion icon Jerry Hall auctioned off some of her most valuable dresses last week and raised $54,600 for Emmaus, a community in which former homeless people live and work.

As reported earlier, the auction included the knee-length Anthony Price white lace wedding dress she wore for her wedding to Mick Jagger in 1990 in Bali, and was held at Sotheby’s in London.

The dress was expected to raise $1000 but was bought by Rellik, a London-based vintage boutique, for $4717.

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Jerry Hall Sells Wedding Dress In Charity Auction

Mon, 26 May 2008 10:47:44 +0000

Model Jerry Hall has vowed to sell her lace Antony Price wedding dress, worn for her 1990 marriage to Mick Jagger in Bali, in a new charity auction.

The dress will join a range of the star’s designer clothes on sale – 429 items to be exact – including a white silk wedding kimono given to her by the Rolling Stone, a beige satin evening outfit worn to dinner with President Clinton at the White House, an 18th century-style ivory gown worn to the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday party, and a black taffeta dress worn on a night out with Jagger, as well as couture by Vivienne Westwood, Dior, Balmain, Thierry Mugler, and Balenciaga. Most lots will be sold for less than $1,000 to give everyone a chance to take part, and the money will go to Emmaus, a British charity for the homeless.

“Jerry wants this auction to be accessible to everyone,” said fashion specialist Kerry Taylor. “She wants to raise as much money as possible for charity, but she also wants the prices to be affordable for anyone.”

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