Celebrity

A service launched in the US that lets fans call celebrities and raise funds for charity is set to launch in the UK next month.

Paddington Bear, the mascot of medical research charity Action Medical Research, has been voted the the UK's favourite animated character.

Author and comedian Stephen Fry has backed a bid to save a seven-year project to build a new community centre in Glyncoch, south Wales, by asking the British public, or at least those using Twitter, t

The Steven Gerrard Foundation, launched by the England and Liverpool football player at the start of 2011, has issued its first call for grant applications from projects that have a long-term impact o

National charity Kidney Research UK has published a cookbook featuring recipes from celebrities including Philip Schofield, Carol Vorderman, Adrian Charles and Sir Cliff Richard.

The Duchess of Cambridge has become the patron of four charities, the first to benefit from her support beyond her current patronage of the Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry, which was set

BBC Children in Need's fundraising appeal raised over £26,332,334 on Friday night, a record amount for the event and more than £8 million more than the £18,098,199 raised on the 2010 telethon.

Business leaders Sir Richard Branson and Charles Dunstone and investment banker Jacob Rothschild have committed to give 10% of their estates to charity via their wills as part of the Legacy10 campaign