UK Charity Champion To Be Godmother of Celebrity Cruise Ship

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Mikhail Gorbachev Singing Ballads Raises £100 000 For Charity

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Take That Star Wants Charity Concert Spectacular

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Return To Sender As Keep Britain Tidy Bands Together

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When sport meets fashion on the catwalk - in aid of London’s kids

Cat And Track Ball

The London Coaching Foundation, a children’s sports charity established by Olympic athletes and coaches is hosting a major Athletics awareness and Fundraising gala.

“The Cat and Track Ball” on Friday July 17th 2009
At The Conservatory, Chelsea, London.

To launch our GO4KIDS2012 campaign.

It is our way of ensuring London 2012 leaves a legacy for disadvantaged children and the opportunity for talented young sportspeople to achieve their dreams and potentially, represent their country at a future Olympic Games.

Please visit our Ball website www.catandtrack.com to see some of the Olympians, Celebrities and major Brands who are already supporting the fundraising Campaign and coming to the Ball.

Please give a couple of minutes to read the enclosed. I hope that you can support us in any of the following ways:
* By taking a Table and/or promoting the Ball with any colleagues/businesses /agencies that you think may take a table.
* By donating any memorabilia or items that we can auction or raffle.

Attending the Ball will be 400 high profile celebrities and businesspersons from the sport, fashion, media and business world, as Olympic athletes, International models and Designers take to the catwalk in what promises to be a glittering, fun event and a major fundraiser.

In supporting the fundraiser you will be affording golden opportunities for Kids in the run up to 2012 and beyond. We will naturally acknowledge any major contributions on the Ball website and in evening materials.

All profits are in aid of disadvantaged kids, helping them to reach the Olympics.

Thank you

Registered Charity No. 1001103

Darth Vader Wields ManBag For Cancer Charity

Let the bidding wars begin: David Prowse, the man behind the Darth Vader mask, has designed a manbag in an unique cancer charity action. Read on…

Set The Date As Bloom Sells Himself For Charity Night

Fancy a night out with dishy Orlando Bloom when he sells a date for charity?

Sorry to disappoint you, but some lucky bidder has already paid £9000 for the dinner date that went on auction for Great Ormond Street Hospital last week.   We presume it wasn’t his girlfriend Miranda Kerr behind the winning bid that went to the children’s charity, but the Pirates of the Caribbean star knows it’s all for a good cause, and the star-studded night helped raise over £45 000 overall.

Bloom is not the only star who sells himself on a date for charity, with Kate Moss selling a kiss for £5000 earlier this year, and Robert Pattinson selling two at a night in Cannes for an amazing £40 000.

Nicole Kidman Does Whatever It Takes For UK Charity Auction

Nicole Kidman and a host of A-grade Hollywood stars have designed bags and t-shirts for a UK charity auction. Read on…

Kate Moss Hoping To Sing For Fundraising Karaoke

Supermodel Kate Moss is looking to take to the stage with boyfriend Jamie Hince and his bad The Kills this week, in a fundraising karaoke event. Read on…

Moby Drawing Crowds For London Art Exhibition

Moby may be best known as a performing artist, but his work as a visual artist will go on sale for charity after his art exhibition opens in London this week. Read on…

Olympic Gold Medallist Over The Rainbow About London Run

Renowned athlete and Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie is looking for runners for the British 10k London Run to fundraise for his favourite charity, The Rainbow Trust. Read on…

StarCards on Pole for British Grand Prix

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

StarCards, supported by all the F1 teams and our friends at Sutton Motorsport Images, are in pole position again this year for another British Grand Prix charity auction. A unique collection of over 20 signed Great Ormond Street Hospital playing cards will be up for grabs during the British Grand Prix, professionally mounted with a high quality driver portrait and driving action montage courtesy of Sutton Images.

All F1 teams were delighted to sign for the charity at the Turkish GP for Mark Sutton of Sutton Images. The leading names in Formula 1 including Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli, Kimi Raikkonen and many more continue to support StarCards’ fundraising events for GOSH.

The auction starts at www.starcards.org on Saturday 20th June and runs for 10 days finishing on Tuesday 30th June at 8pm

The Sound of Musicals 2009

The TONI&GUY Charitable Foundation and The Variety Club Children’s Charity are pleased and proud to invite you to join them for an evening of combined celebration. Not only will this glittering event salute musical theatre itself, but also the career of one of its greatest exponents, the First Lady of British Musical Theatre, Elaine Paige OBE.
Award winning Elaine Paige, actress, singer, producer, radio presenter, has made a unique and major contribution to the development and production of the stage musical.

She has starred in more smash hit West End & Broadway musicals than anyone else of her generation - Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Billy, Evita, Cats, Chess, Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard, The King & I, Sweeney Todd and The Drowsy Chaperone. She has defined them, set standards and achieved chart topping hits including Memory, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina and I Know Him So Well which have become her signatures.

A thrilling live performer, Elaine has performed in concert all over the world; she has recorded 21 solo albums and earned eight consecutive gold and four multi-platinum discs and recently celebrated 40 wonderful years in show business with a sell-out UK tour, a book, Memories - Celebrating 40 Years In The Theatre, and a CD entitled Elaine Paige Live - Celebrating A Life On Stage.

She continues to be one of the star presenters on BBC Radio 2 with her own lunchtime show, Elaine Paige On Sunday, which regularly attracts more than 3 million listeners.
Please see the attached flyer and feel free to forward on to anyone who might be interested in joining us on what promises to be a fantastic night. Remember all proceeds of the night will be divided equally between The Variety Club Children’s Charity and the TONI&GUY Charitable Foundation in support of the TONI&GUY Ward at the Variety Club Children’s Hospital in King’s College Hospital.

Book Now!

Mark this date in your calendar and register your interest today - tickets are extremely limited!
Tickets: £195 per person, £1,950 for a table of ten, £3,000 for a corporate table of ten.
Includes: Champagne reception, three course meal with fine wine, entertainment by West End stars.
For all sponsorship and ticket enquiries, please email events@varietyclub.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 428 8110.

To book your tickets go to www.varietyclub.org.uk/events/15/the-sound-of-musicals-2009

SOM Elaine Flyer.pdf (283 KB)

Take That to be Honored at Silver Clef Lunch

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John Lennon White Feather: The Spirit of Lennon

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Jeremy Vine to Host Charity Awards Gala

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The Royal Gala Premiere of Peter Pan

On 17th June 2009 Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend a very special Gala performance of Peter Pan in aid of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts. Read on…

Duffy to Play The Formula One Party for GOSH

Duffy will give a special performance at a private British Grand Prix function, The Formula One Party, raising funds for the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Read on…

Bradley Walsh Make-A-Wish Patron

Law and Order UK’s Bradley Walsh (pictured left with co-star Jamie Bamber) has been named the newest Make-A-Wish UK Patron. Read on…

Blur Raffle Concert Tickets for Charity

Blur are raffling off concert tickets to their London and Colchester shows to raise funds for charity. Read on…

Edinburgh to London Cycle Ride

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An audience with ‘Chicago’s Jerry Springer

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Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart Walk for Breast Cancer

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‘Last Chance Harvey’ UK Premiere

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David Beckham Red Button Campaign

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