Gordon Ramsay and Antony Worrall Thompson are amongst many famous chefs supporting the annual Streetsmart "put on a pound this Christmas" campaign.
For ten years, StreetSmart has encouraged diners to eat out at Christmas, so that while eating out at a restaurant a voluntary £1 per table is added to restaurant diners' bills during November and December.
Drinkaware, the charity that promotes responsible drinking, is sponsoring a music fundraising initiative in aid of homeless charity CRISIS. Record sales and ticket sales to a music event next year will generate income.
The Diabetes Research Institute has received £30,000 from the Christian O'Connell breakfast Show on Virgin Radio thanks to listener Darin Butler and Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
Twenty four more signed DAB digital radios have been released for bidding today in the RockStarRadios charity auction, which has already seen thousands of pounds bid online at www.rockstarradios.com.
HRH The Princess Royal will name a new train after Save the Children - the charity of which she is president.
The naming of the Great Western High Speed Train power car takes place at platform 1 of Paddington Station, Praed Street, London, on Thursday 18th October at 15.20. The name plate will also feature Save the Children's logo.
As legendary for his fundraising feats as his cricketing, Ian Botham will today meet the Queen to receive his knighthood for his tireless services to Leukaemia Research.
Well-loved soap star, Sue Nicholls, who plays Audrey Roberts in Coronation Street, has teamed up with leading veterinary charity PDSA to launch a new Gift Aid fundraising initiative to help pets in ne
Former footballer and Sightsavers Ambassador Graeme Le Saux will be chatting online today to mark the 20th anniversary of the largest online medical donation programme, in which Merck & Co. Inc donated treatment for prevention of river blindness for as long as it was needed.
Cancer Research UK is partnering with men's clothing retailer Burton to encourage men to donate unwanted clothes, accessories and homewares to raise funds for the charity. Celebrities such as Ryan Giggs, Big Brother star Ziggy, TV presenter Jeff Brazier and actor Chucky Venice are helping to promote the new campaign.
