Celebrity supporters
¹ú²úÊÓƵ is fortunate to receive support from a number of incredible celebrities – some of who also serve as ¹ú²úÊÓƵ Ambassadors. They promote our campaigns and raise awareness worldwide of our mission and the work we do.
Our Ambassadors
Campaigns where we've received celebrity support
November 2022
Reed Smith Charity Quiz – Ed Balls as quizmaster
Our corporate partner Reed Smith hosts an annual quiz night in order to raise funds for ¹ú²úÊÓƵ. In 2022 Ed Balls kindly took on the role of quiz master adding personality and enthusiasm to the quiz questions and the night in general. The event is always well-attended and with fun questions presented by Ed and a positive atmosphere all round, thousands of pounds were raised to help us in our work.
September 2022
June Sarpong backs the #LetMeLearn Campaign
¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the Global Business Coalition for Education hosted an evening event on 19th September 2022 during the United Nations General Assembly week. The event served to celebrate and further progress the outcomes of the Transforming Education Summit held that day and mark the success of the #LetMeLearn campaign. June Sarpong kindly emceed the evening, bringing together world leaders and education ministers to talk about the vital need to fund education around the world.
June 2022
¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Your Walk – Nick Sharratt took on the challenge!
Award-winning author and illustrator ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ and Brighton & Hove resident ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ Nick Sharratt has walked 26 miles to raise money for the 260 million children around the world currently out of school. Completing the challenge over two days, Nick¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s walk took him along the South Coast, walking from Rottingdean to Lancing and back, via his home in Hove.
March 2021
Steve Nguyen Presents: ¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Our stories
Launched on World Storytelling Day in 2021, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ ambassador Steve Nguyen collaborated with four of our Global Youth Ambassadors (GYAs) to create a series of colourful graphic stories portraying the paths they took to become advocates for education.
September 2020
The Education Game – voiced by Pearl Mackie
In September 2020, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ created a new Snakes and Ladders Education Game to highlight the education crisis facing millions of children around the world. The Education Game showed education should never be a game of chance ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ and the campaign was supported by Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie, who also voiced The Game film.
April 2020
Nick Sharratt¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s #StillLearning campaign
As part of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s #StillLearning campaign, author and illustrator Nick Sharratt invited families to share their children¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s drawings on social media showing how they were still learning at home during the Covid-19 lockdown.
July 2018
Celebrities walk Scottish Coastal Path to raise funds for ¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Charity President Sarah Brown ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ with Sandi Toksvig and partner Debbie, Kathy Lette and Arabella Weir ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ did the trek to help give children the best start in life in the summer of 2018.
May 2018
The #WriteTheWrong video – voiced by Gwendoline Christie
¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s #WriteTheWrong campaign released a powerful film in 2018 highlighting the fact that nearly 260 million children do not go to school. The film was narrated by actor and child rights campaigner Gwendoline Christie, best known for her roles in Game of Thrones and the Star Wars series, and it was shown at the UN¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s headquarters in New York and on giant billboards in Times Square. Other celebrities showed their support online with Dynamo, Annie Lennox, Ben Winston, Steve Nguyen, Matt Lucas and Laura Bailey all tweeting about the campaign.
February 2018
Dynamo: 72 Hours
In 2018, Dynamo visited Lebanon with ¹ú²úÊÓƵ to make a film highlighting the plight of Syrian refugee children and the broken promises made to them by the international community. In his film titled 72 Hours, Dynamo tells how he was inspired to take action on behalf of the 680,000 Syrian refugee children left out of school. You can read more about this project here.