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Celebrity update 2006
| Broadcaster Michael Buerk (pictured) chaired an exclusive British Red Cross media event for academics, politicians and media professionals. 'Dispatches from the Disaster Zone' was sponsored by ITV News. | | |  | |
Meanwhile, Konnie Huq supported The Times/British Red Cross Christmas Appeal by donating a special Blue Peter experience to newspaper's online auction.
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| The Gala Theatre in Durham played host a special musical fundraiser for the British Red Cross when internationally renown opera singer Suzannah Clarke took centre stage wowing the audience with a range of musical styles. An auction included lots kindly donated by Darcey Bussell, Michael Owen and the Durham County Cricket Club. | |
 | | | A-list stars turn out to support this year's glittering British Red Cross London Ball. Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan (pictured) attended the secret garden themed event, which included a speech by Zak Goldsmith. | |
| Ian Wright, Lee Dixon, Andrew Neil, Danielle Lloyd, Isabella Kristensen and Nancy Dell'Olio (pictured) were among other high-profile supporters in attendance. | | |  | |
 | | | Actor Chris Parker did an inspiring talk about his recent trip to Kenya and presented prizes to the winners of this year's Young Person's Humanitarian Citizen Award at London's Cafe Royal. Chris is pictured with the winners of this years awards. | |
| He may have swapped Albert Square for the BBC's new drama Hotel Babylon, but Chris Parker (pictured) is still a charity trooper who spends a vast amount of his time working for good causes. He is now going to donate some of his time to the British Red Cross - particularly our work with young people - as he becomes the 16th member of the Entertainment & Artist Supporters Network. See www.redcross.org.uk/network | | |  | |
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A special British Red Cross event took place at London's Too2Much venue, celebrating the British Red Cross' on-going relationship with the entertainment industry and our celebrity supporters.
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 | | | News presenter Nicholas Owen (pictured) showcased our work with our high-profile supporters, with messages from Konnie Huq and Christopher Eccleston. | |
| Entertainment was provided by comedian Stephen K Amos and MOBO nominee Keisha White (both pictured). | | |  | |
 | | | Guests included Antia Harris, Four Poofs and a Piano and Chris Parker. All thanks to the generous support of Soho Clubs and Bars who made the event possible. | |
| The British Red Cross awards former US President Bill Clinton (pictured) with its prestigious Humanity Fellowship Award. The presentation took place at the glamorous Fortune Forum event. | | |  | |
 | | | Other speakers include Michael Douglas (pictured) and Deepak Chopra as well as performances by music legend Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, who made his first live appearance after an absence of 27 years, and Dave Stewart formerly of the Eurythmics. Guests include Oswald Boatang, Nick Rhodes and Trinny Woodall. | |
| Red Cross supporter Lord Melvyn Bragg (pictured) gives a special lecture "The Power of the Pen" in which he looks at how books written by British authors have helped change the world. All ticket sales for this event went to the British Red Cross. | | |  | |
 | | | Personalities including Trisha Goddard, Michael Buerk, Anglea Rippon and David Bull lend their support to the British Red Cross campaign Life. Live it. | |
| Launched this month Life. Live it campaigns for more first aid education for young people and aims to help build a generation of life-savers. | |
| Top designers and models took pictures of what the fashion industry means to them for a new exhibition The Other Side of Fashion. The pictures go on display in Selfridges this month and will feature in a special glossy magazine. | | |  | |
| Guests at the launch party included Zandra Rhodes and Jimmy Choo. Helena Christensen (her picture is featured here), Erin O'Connor, Jodie Kidd and Donatella Versace all contributed to the exhibition. Money raised will go to the Red Cross' work with vulnerable young people in crisis. | |
 | | | Top model Laura Bailey (pictured) was centre of attention when she attended the launch of a new British Red Cross partnership with Canon. Canon will help fund young people's projects across Europe. | |
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Channel 4 TV presenters June Sarpong and Alexa Chung were joined by Vogue magazine's Bay Garnett as they rummaged for designer bargains at the British Red Cross shop in Chelsea. They were filming a new TV show in which the trio search for vintage fashion treasures. | |
| Actor and British Red Cross Ambassador Dougray Scott (pictured) took time out from his busy filming schedule in LA to narrate the new British Red Cross televised fundraising appeals. These appeals will be aired from September. | | |  | |
June 2006
Richard Branson opens his garden to the public to raise funds for the British Red Cross in the charity's Open Gardens fundraising initiative. | |
 | | | The British Red Cross Gala Ball took place this month. News presenter and journalist Carol Barnes (pictured) introduced the theme a Celebration of Humanity. The entertainment was provided by singers Michael Ball and Diana Glichrist, and violinist Akiko Ono. | |
| Konnie Huq (pictured) helps launch this years Toyota road safety campaign Don't Be A Bystander at Woburn Safari Park. Konnie joined children from local schools as they learnt life saving skills, before introducing the world premiere of Chicken, an interactive play by young people about road awareness. | | |  | |
 | | | Stylist to the stars, Hannah Sandling (pictured), has donated a two hour style consultation and clothes shopping trip to the Deutsche Bank online auction. Hannah has styled the likes of Sienna Miller and Jamelia, and for magazines including ES, GQ, Arena and Loaded. Money raised from the auction will go to mother and child clinics in Somalia. | |
| Ex-footballers and celebrities took to the pitch at the Madejski Stadium to play a special match against German athletes in England V Germany: The Legends. | | |  | |
The British Red Cross was one of two charities to benefit from ticket sales to this unique event televised by Channel Five. Sports personalities that took part included Chris Waddle, John Barnes, Nigel Benn and Damon Hill. The celebrity line up included Richard Ashcroft, Rupert Graves, Max Beesley and Nigel Harmon.
Nancy Dell'Ollio, Paul Gascoigne and actor Bill Nighy were among other stars on hand to give the England team some much needed moral support after they lost 2-4! | |
 | | | Many thanks to all our high profile supporters who contributed to the success of this year's Red Cross Week. All members of the Entertainment and Artist Supporters Network did their bit to profile the week. | |
Christopher Eccleston, Art Malik and Richard Bacon took part in extensive radio work, while network members wrote letters to their local papers asking their community to support this annual fundraising push.
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| Both Konnie Huq and Nancy Dell'Olio (pictured) participated in high-profile photoshoots to promote different aspects of the week - courtesy of celebrity photographer Chris Terry. | | |  | |
 | | | This month we welcome actor Art Malik (pictured) to the Entertainment and Supporters Network. The Holby City actor has supported the Red Cross over a number of years. He visited Gujarat, India with the charity after the earthquake there in 2000 and most recently participated in a number of radio interviews to promote this year's Red Cross Week. | |
| Rebecca Loos (pictured) raised funds for the British Red Cross when she ran the London Marathon for the charity this month. She completed the race in an amazing 4 hours 47 minutes. Rebecca held a pre-marathon party earlier in the week which raised even more money for the charity through a special auction of luxury lots! | | |  | |
 | | | Nancy Dell'Olio visits the London Refugee Unit and Women in Crisis Centre to meet staff and volunteers and learn more about the service in the run up to Red Cross Week. Nancy (pictured with Duncan Wilson - services manager) has a particular interest in this issue and follows a visit to a young persons refugee project last year. | |
March 2006
Singer Brian Ferry gave a special one-off performance at a prestige dinner and auction in aid of the British Red Cross. This Gems of Peace event saw the spectacular gala auction of fine jewelry and an exclusive dinner before Brian rounded off the evening in style performing for guests including Elaine Page and Anthony Andrews. | |
| Fashion designer Julien Macdonald has created a limited edition bag in aid of the British Red Cross.
Just 150 of the stunning bags have been produced and will be on sale exclusively at selected Debenham’s stores from the middle of this month.
The bag is modelled here by Nancy Dell'Olio. | | |  | |
 | | | This month we welcome celebrity photographer Chris Terry (pictured) to our Entertainment and Artist Supporters Network. Chris has photographed about every famous face you can think of including Jamie Oliver, Emma Bunton, Theirry Henry, Anna Friel and Alex Ferguson. When Chris is not mixing with these celeb types he’s doing his bit for the Red Cross. | |
| He has already judged the British Red Cross young persons photographic competition and has will be travelling to Uganda to photograph Red Cross projects there. See www.redcross.org.uk/network to meet the other members of the Network. | |
| Broadcaster and Red Cross ambassador Michael Buerk (pictured) makes a moving and heartfelt speech to this years Red Cross National Assembly. Michael spoke about his experiences of dealing with the Red Cross as a journalist reporting on disasters, terrorist attacks and conflicts both in the UK and overseas. | | |  | |
| Journalist, author and Red Cross supporter Rosie Millard (pictured) fronts a new DVD to update the skills of trained first aiders.
The DVD will be out next month. | | |  | |
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Chewin' the Fat star and comedian Joe Heenan comperes a evening of top Scottish comic talent at The Stand comedy club in Glasgow. All money raised through ticket sales and a raffle go to the British Red Cross. | |
 | | | Racing driver Bruno Senna (pictured), nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, made one Deutsche Bank employee very happy when he drew the winning ticket at a recent raffle held in conjunction with our corporate partner. The prize? A BMW 630i convertable of course! | |
January 2006
The British Red Cross would like to thank singer Jimmy Osmond for choosing the British Red Cross as his nominated charity in the recent series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! All money raised will go to our Asia Earthquake Appeal at Jimmy's request. | |
| The British Red Cross launches its new Entertainment and Artist Supporters Network. As well as our existing ambassadors and high-profile Vice-presidents, five new stars join the Network this month. We welcome actor Christopher Eccleston (pictured), GMTV’s Fiona Phillips, journalist and author Rosie Millard, comedian Stephen K Amos and TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon. | | |  | |
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