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Judi Dench Supports Children Of Peace Dec 22, 2009

Actress Dame Judi Dench is calling on support for the Children of Peace winter appeal. More →

Beverley Knight To Perform At The Big Christmas Sing Nov 24, 2009

Hundreds of ice skaters will join three-time MOBO award-winner Beverley Knight in a free charity Christmas performance at 5.30pm on Thursday 3rd December, at the Natural History Museum ice rink in South Kensington, London. More →

Stars Flock To T-Shirt Launch For Invisible Children Oct 26, 2009

GUESS and Vanity Fair Magazine unveiled special edition organic men’s T-shirts and women’s tank tops to benefit education and economic rebuilding in the war-ravaged African nation of Uganda last Thursday, October 21. More →

Idol Gives Back Is Back! Oct 14, 2009

After a one year hiatus, Idol Gives Back is set to rock for charity once again. More →

Kristen Bell To Host Charity Event For Invisible Children Oct 13, 2009

GUESS – the American lifestyle brand famous for its trend-setting denim and unforgettable campaigns – and VANITY FAIR magazine, are excited to announce the launch event for a new line of organic t-shirts designed to make a difference: 100% of the proceeds will go to benefit Invisible Children. More →

British Celebrities To Run For Christian Aid Sep 16, 2009

A host of British celebrities are set to take part in a run for fun being held in Newcastle, UK, this weekend. More →

Jude Law Launches Peace Day Video Contest Sep 8, 2009

Peace One Day's annual International Day of Peace will take place on September 21, and actor Jude Law is encouraging people to enter a new video competition to celebrate the initiative. More →

Derek Jacobi Joins Madonna as Charity Patron Sep 1, 2009

Sir Derek Jacobi has just signed on as the latest Patron of Children of Peace, joining existing Patron Madonna, and a long list of famous names, in supporting the charity’s work. More →

Lenny Kravitz To Headline Peace Day Concert Aug 11, 2009

Kasabian and Lenny Kravitz have been confirmed to play at a one-off gig at the Paris Le Grand Rex to mark Peace Day next month. More →

Barbra Streisand To Launch Massive Charity Auction Aug 6, 2009

Barbra Streisand is set to auction many of her personal items for charity. More →

Desmond Tutu Calls For Action In Burma Aug 6, 2009

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu is calling on people to sign a petition to the U.S. and U.K. Ambassadors to the United Nations asking for a UN Security Council Commission of Inquiry and a global arms embargo on Burma. More →

Black Eyed Peas Unveil Music Academies Jul 31, 2009

The Adobe Foundation and The Black Eyed Peas Foundation will unveil two new state-of-the-art music and multi-media academies for youth in Oakland and Redwood City, California. More →

Matt Damon Joins Entourage For Charity Jul 14, 2009

Matt Damon will make a cameo appearance on the latest season of Entourage to promote a charity he is involved with. More →

Celebrities Raise Hope For Congo Jul 10, 2009

Selena Gomez, star of Disney Channels Wizards of Waverly Place, is busy with many other stars in the hope of raising awareness for the Congo. They are doing so through charity events and fundraising efforts for RAISE Hope For Congo. More →

VIP Tickets To Mandela Day Concert Available Jul 8, 2009

46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation announced this week that a number of extra VIP tickets are available for the Mandela Day concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The concert forms part of the celebrations for Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday on July 18, 2009 at 8pm. More →

Ante Up For Africa To Hit Las Vegas Tomorrow Jul 1, 2009

Ante Up For Africa will support Refugees International's efforts for the displaced people of Darfur and all of Sudan as part of its charity celebrity poker tournament in Las Vegas on July 2, 2009. More →

Affleck, Damon and More To Ante Up For Africa Jun 22, 2009

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer, and top poker professional Phil Hellmuth have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 2 at the 40th annual World Series of Poker. More →

Forest Whitaker Gets Behind Mandela Day May 15, 2009

Forest Whitaker joined a host of celebrities at an event yesterday to raise awareness of Mandela Day, an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela's life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual power to make an imprint and change the world around them. More →

Oprah Gets Behind The Invisible Children May 6, 2009

In 2003, three guys from Southern California with a passion for filmmaking took a trip to the Sudan in search of a story. Instead, they ended up in Uganda where they learned that over 30,000 children had been kidnapped to fight for the rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). More →

Joan Baez to Sing for Burma Apr 30, 2009

On May 1st, in remembrance of the first anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, an extraordinary Burmese choir will bring the gift of their music to the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Their stories of courage and hope will honor the strength of the human spirit through song, and the evening will include a special guest performance by Joan Baez. More →

Usher Supports Nothing But Nets Apr 28, 2009

R&B artist Usher is the latest celebrity to lend his support for the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign. More →

Pete Wentz Comes To The Rescue Apr 27, 2009

Fall Out Boy's Peter Wentz played a special gig in Washington DC on Saturday, April 25, to raise money and awareness of Invisible Children, and blogged in the Huffington Post about why the cause is so close to his heart. More →

Stars To Hit The Tables For Ante Up For Africa Apr 27, 2009

PokerStars is proud to be hosting the first Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) Europe charity poker tournament, being held as part of the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final tonight, April 27. More →

Ted Turner Responds To Ashton Kutcher For World Malaria Day Apr 24, 2009

Following Ashton Kutcher's Twitter Battle with CNN last week that resulted in Kutcher donating 10,000 mosquito nets to charity, Ted Turner – chairman of the United Nations Foundation – has challenged him yet again. More →

Nicole Richie Raises Awareness About Atrocities Apr 17, 2009

Nicole Richie has posted a video on her website encouraging people to support two charities in their work raising awareness of atrocities in the Congo. More →

Leonardo DiCaprio Busy With Charity Events And Auctions Apr 15, 2009

Julia Louis Dreyfus is to host the Natural Resources Defense Council's Gala in Southern California this month, and guests such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Redford have already been confirmed. More →

Stars Call On Their Heroes To Join Rally Apr 14, 2009

Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden has joined a video campaign organized by the Invisible Children organization to raise awareness of The Rescue, a global rally that takes place on 25 April. More →

Green Is The Color For Corey Feldman Apr 2, 2009

Corey Feldman's band Truth Movement is to play at the Key Club in Hollywood on April 10 at an event hosted by Ed Begley Jr.. More →

British Soap Star Gets Quizzing For Christian Aid Week Apr 1, 2009

British actress and Eastenders star Kara Tointon is helping put the fun into fundraising by backing this year’s nationwide Quizaid during Christian Aid Week (10 – 16 May 2009), which aims to raise vital funds for the world’s poorest communities. More →

Leonardo DiCaprio: A Big Green Help Mar 26, 2009

In recognition for his significant and visible contribution toward helping the environment, and for inspiring kids to do the same, Nickelodeon will honor multi-Academy Award-nominated actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio with the first-ever “Big Green Help Award” at this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday, March 28, at Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, Calif. More →