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The Red Nose African Convoy Mar 13, 2017

As the UK gears-up for this year’s Red Nose Day, the Red Nose African Convoy sees six celebrities swap their home comforts for life on the road as they take the British public on a journey to show how the money they raise is helping to change lives every single day. More →

Comic Relief And Oxfam Join Forces To Celebrate International Women’s Day Mar 7, 2017

To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, Comic Relief and Oxfam have joined forces to put on a unique comedy gig at the Leicester Square Theatre on Thursday 8th March. More →

Comic Relief Funding Fights Malaria Mar 6, 2017

There’s some great news to report in the fight against malaria – between 2000 and 2015, the rate of people dying of malaria has dropped by 62% worldwide. More people are surviving the disease than ever before. More →

Comic Relief Announces Line Up For Star-Studded Let's Sing And Dance Mar 1, 2017

The star-studded line up for Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief has now been revealed. More →

Stars Perform At Artists For Peace And Justice Songs From The Cinema Concert Feb 28, 2017

On Thursday evening, BOVET 1822 and Artists for Peace and Justice hosted their inaugural Songs from the Cinema concert benefit at No Name in Los Angeles. More →

Dr. Jill Biden Joins Save The Children As Board Chair Feb 22, 2017

Save the Children, the global humanitarian organization, has announced that lifelong educator Dr. Jill Biden has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees in the U.S. Dr. Biden will succeed Anne Mulcahy, former CEO of Xerox, who has served as Chair since 2010. More →

Stars Cover Brandi Carlile's The Story Album For War Child Feb 22, 2017

On May 5, Legacy Recordings (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) will release Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story – An Album to Benefit War Child. More →

Comic Relief Joins With Twitch For Gameraisers Feb 22, 2017

For the first time ever, Comic Relief is teaming up with social video platform Twitch, to pit celebrities against legendary gamers. More →

War Child Presents BRITs Week Gigs Feb 16, 2017

War Child is currently in the middle of a week of incredible gigs in London as part of BRITs week. More →

Love Actually Cast To Reunite For Red Nose Day Feb 15, 2017

Comic Relief have today announced that the all-star cast of Love Actually will reunite with Writer and Director Richard Curtis for new short film, Red Nose Day Actually. More →

Irish Comedians To Support Comic Relief With St Patrick's Day Stand-Up Comedy Gig Feb 14, 2017

On St. Patrick’s Day, 17th March, the cream of Irish stand-up comedy is gathering at the 3Arena in Dublin for the very first Irish event in support of Comic Relief. More →

Celebrities Buckle Up For The Ride Of Their Lives On The Red Nose Convoy Feb 7, 2017

The Red Nose Convoy hits the road this week, as six famous faces set-out on ‘the mother of all road trips’ across East Africa to deliver essential supplies that will help Comic Relief funded projects to continue to deliver life-saving health work. More →

Giving Back Fund Presents 8th Annual Big Game Big Give Event Feb 2, 2017

The Giving Back Fund presents its 8th annual Big Game Big Give event in Houston, Texas on February 4. More →

Ed Sheeran Leads A Host Of Huge Names Supporting Red Nose Day Feb 1, 2017

Superstar Ed Sheeran is amongst a whole host of comedians and celebrities getting involved in this year’s Red Nose Day on Friday 24 March, to help transform lives here at home in the UK and across Africa. More →

Richard Branson And Jennifer Lawrence Speak Out Against Immigration Bans Jan 30, 2017

Sir Richard Branson has blogged about the immigration bans imposed by the US government over the weekend. More →

Red Nose Day Returns For 2017 Jan 30, 2017

Comic Relief Inc., the charity behind Red Nose Day, today announced the return of the fundraising campaign. More →

Eddie Redmayne to Narrate Audiobook Of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Jan 30, 2017

Audible, Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word content, today announced that the Hogwarts library book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by J.K. Rowling as Magizoologist Newt Scamander and narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne, is available for the first time as a digital audio book, and can be preordered now. More →

Charities And Celebrities Speak Out Over Immigration Bans Jan 29, 2017

Charities and stars have spoken out against the immigration bans imposed by the United States government over the weekend. More →

Alicia Keys Envisions An End To AIDS In Empowering Africa Campaign Jan 9, 2017

Africa contains 16% of the world’s population, and has over 30% of the world’s remaining natural resources, yet it is also the poorest and most underdeveloped continent. More →

Proceeds From Updated Edition Of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them To Go To Charity Jan 6, 2017

Scholastic Corporation, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, will publish an updated edition of the bestselling and collectible companion book to the Harry Potter books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, with a new foreword by JK Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander, and a new cover by Headcase Design on March 14, 2017. More →

Cristiano Ronaldo Sends Message Of Hope To Syrian Children Jan 6, 2017

As the crisis in Syria continues to deteriorate, 2016’s best football player, Cristiano Ronaldo, recently offered the children of Syria a message of hope. More →

Djimon Hounsou Visits Nigeria With Oxfam Dec 23, 2016

Earlier this month, Academy Award-nominated actor and Oxfam Global Ambassador, Djimon Hounsou, visited Nigeria to meet families living in desperate conditions as they face violence from Boko Haram and many other challenges. More →

Red Cross and Harlem Globetrotters Partner to Bring Help and Hope to Families at Risk Dec 22, 2016

The American Red Cross has joined forces with the Harlem Globetrotters as its official charity partner through the team’s Great Assist initiative to help communities across the country prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters big and small. More →

Comic Relief Pledges £250,000 in Response To Yemen Crisis Dec 22, 2016

Comic Relief has announced that it will give £250,000 to support organisations working to help starving people in war-torn Yemen, including children at severe risk of malnutrition. More →

Blues Traveler Donates Song Proceeds To The Salvation Army Dec 20, 2016

In celebration of The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign, GRAMMY-winning, multi-Platinum rock band Blues Traveler released their take on the Christmas hymn, “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” with 100% of net proceeds from every download of the song benefitting The Salvation Army. More →

Natasha Kaplinsky Helps Set World Record On Save The Children's Christmas Jumper Day Dec 19, 2016

Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day bounced into action on Friday as Save the Children Ambassador Natasha Kaplinsky led hundreds of supporters in six locations across the country, in an attempt to set the world record for the most amount of people jumping simultaneously in Christmas jumpers. More →

Enrique Iglesias Helps Kids in El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru Turn the Page This Holiday Season Dec 14, 2016

Right before performing in front of thousands in Guatemala last week, Grammy Award-winning artist Enrique Iglesias received a surprise holiday gift backstage from some of his littlest local fans. More →

The Late Alan Rickman Is Still Raising Funds For Charity Dec 13, 2016

Although actor Alan Rickman passed away 11 months ago, the OneClickGiving fundraising video for which he did the voiceover, which appeared on YouTube a year ago this week, is still generating revenue for charity. More →

Luke Evans Travels To India To Support Save The Children's Christmas Jumper Day Dec 12, 2016

Save the Children and Bulgari Ambassador Luke Evans travelled to India, which has the largest population of people living in poverty in the world, to visit two of the charity’s vital education programmes supporting vulnerable and marginalised children. More →

Stars Help Celebrate 50 Years Of United Nations Development Programme Dec 8, 2016

The United Nations Development Programme celebrated 50 years at the frontline of development and its leading role in realising the Global Goals by 2030 this week with a star-studded gala featuring a musical performance from Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir. More →