Specsavers is aiming to raise £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through their 2006 Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition, launched nationwide by celebrity Jennifer Ellison in March.
The Royal Albert Hall and the Teenage Cancer Trust have put on a five-day run of concerts and workshops, from 4 - 8 April, to raise funds for the charity's work.
This year's acts included Robert Plant, Franz Ferdinand, Keane and Peter Kay. Acts in previous years have included Oasis, Paul Weller, Coldplay, The Who, The Stereophonics, Madness and Tom Jones
Sportswear manufacturer PUMA and UNITED FOR AFRICA have announced a partnership which will generate donations and raise international awareness for 30 aid organisations working in Africa.
Johnny Briggs (who plays Mike Baldwin in the ITV soap Coronation Street) has signed up to front the Alzheimer's Society's new fundraising appeal to raise funds for the charity's work.
The direct mail campaign, which refers to a Coronation Street story line concerning the disease and to real life examples of how people and families are affected, will begin to land on Tuesday 4 April.
Crewe Alex players will be pulling on pairs of Y-fronts on Wednesday, March 22, to launch a new charity crusade called 'Why Day' and are calling on their fans and the rest of the footballing population to wear some fun pants in aid of Railway Children, an international charity for street children, based in Crewe.
Jon, Mike and Ben from X-Factor band G4 are due to take part in the Flora London Marathon on 23rd April 2006 to raise money for their chosen charities.
The three bandmembers will be running for Breast Cancer Care, Bowel Cancer UK and the Mental Health Foundation.
ChildLine has launched its 20th Birthday Appeal with the target of raising £20 million in order to help at least another 1,000 children every day over the next two years.
Handwritten pieces by some of Britain's leading authors and illustrators are to be auctioned for Book Aid International by Bloomsbury Auctions on Tuesday 21st February.
