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Celebrities

We are fortunate to have many high profile supporters of our work and campaigns. They believe in the work we are doing to improve the lives of the children, their families and communities in the countries where we work and many sponsor children themselves.

Girls' Night Sing

Plan UK hosted a fundraising event to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, featuring performances from Gabriella Cilmi and Janiece Myers.

News - 08.03.11
Celebrities support Because I am a Girl campaign

Many high profile celebrities are committed to helping Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign raise awareness of the issues facing girls in the developing world

News - 04.11.10
Celebrity supporters kick off 1GOAL campaign

Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati teamed up with presenter Fiona Phillips to promote a global campaign for children’s education.

News - 14.06.10
MTV star launches charity clothing range

MTV's Laura Whitmore launched an exciting new capsule collection by Great Plains designed exclusively to benefit Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign.

News - 26.02.10
Eastenders star Larry Lamb visits sponsored children in Senegal

Away from the dramatic storylines on the Eastenders set, Larry Lamb had an emotional visit to Senegal. He met his sponsored children who are the same age as his daughters.

News - 19.02.10
Top novelists launch 'Because I am a Girl' book

Plan, in association with publisher Random House, has launched a book of stories by seven leading authors based on the Because I am a Girl campaign.

News - 16.12.09
Plan sponsors Africa's biggest race

Plan was the main sponsor of the children's section of the Great Ethiopian Run. Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie were joined by Plan Ethiopia’s staff to start the race.

News - 08.12.09
Silent Night?

On the 9th December celebrities descended onto Trafalgar Square for Plan UK’s first ever pop-up charity carol concert - in aid of Plan UK's campaign 'Girls Without Voices'.

News - 08.12.09
Slumdog filmmakers to help improve lives in Mumbai slums

The team behind the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire has made a commitment of £500,000 to Plan, to be spent on a five-year programme to improve the lives of children.

News - 31.07.09

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Barclays partnership with Plan and Care wins award

Banking on Change – our partnership with Barclays and CARE International UK – has won the Third Sector Business Charity Award 2012 in the Overseas Project category.

17-May-12
Families are facing increased poverty in Malawi

Plan is warning of the dire effects that the devaluation of the Malawian currency will unleash on the country’s population.

16-May-12

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No easy bedtime reading for G8 leaders

As the G8 leaders sit down at Camp David this week, it is to be hoped that the attention of the world's media won't be on what they will be eating or what their partners are wearing as has happened at previous summits. If a new food security and nutrition initiative is to be announced, then this is the real story, at least for millions of people across the Sahel region currently at risk of chronic malnutrition.

16-May-12
A tale of two crises

It feels disingenuous to make comparisons between the financial crisis in Europe and beyond where relative to much of the world we are living like lords, and Niger where the majority of the people have no idea how lords like us live.

30-Apr-12

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