- The Portugal and Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been appointed as a global ambassador for Save the Children’s Every One campaign. The campaign, which supports the Millennium Development Goals and will run until 2015, has been branded in the UK as No Child Born to Die. Ronaldo was one of several famous footballers who supported an auction held in Dubai at the end of December that raised about £30,000 for Save the Children, the Red Crescent and the Autism Charity. “I’m so proud to support Save the Children,” said Ronaldo. “I’m delighted at the funds raised during tonight’s auction.”
- Sam and Billie Faiers and Maria Fowler, from the TV show The Only Way is Essex, have pledged to stop using sunbeds in support of Cancer Research UK’s R UV Ugly? campaign. The Faiers sisters’ friend Jerri Turko was diagnosed with skin cancer aged 21 after using sunbeds since she was 15. “Speaking from the experience of seeing a close friend diagnosed with skin cancer, I’d advise anyone using sunbeds to stop,” said Billie.
- The singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran visited a music class run by the homelessness charity Crisis last month. During the visit, he sang his song The A Team, which is about a woman who is sleeping rough. He is also backing the charity’s No One Turned Away campaign, which calls for a change to the law so that nobody is forced to sleep rough.
- The actor Dominic West, who played Jimmy McNulty in the TV series The Wire, gave his backing to the Christmas appeal of the international health charity Merlin. “The charity’s heroes are working in some of the toughest places, giving their expertise to millions of people,” he said.
- The former MP Ann Widdecombe visited Battersea Dogs & Cats Home Brands Hatch in Kent last month. “I’m a huge cat lover so it was fantastic to meet all the cats at Battersea Brands Hatch,” she said.
- The actor Michael Sheen recorded a Christmas message in support of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. “Last year I saw what it was like to be a carer when I spent some time with carers in my home town of Port Talbot in Wales,” he said. “The Princess Royal Trust for Carers’ centres understand the extra stress Christmas puts on carers and can offer them support such as a day’s respite to allow time to buy Christmas presents or to visit friends and talk to people who understand.”
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