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.
Campaigns where we've received celebrity support
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.
March 2015
Comedians are #5for5
When you¹ú²úÊÓƵ™re a comedian, it¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s child¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s play to make people laugh. So a bunch of well-known comics grabbed the chance to act like toddlers in a series of videos supporting #5for5, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s global campaign focussed on giving children aged 0-5 the best start in life. Performers happy to don onesies for the cause included Matt Lucas, Rainn Wilson, Shappi Khorsandi, Nish Kumar, Wanjiku the Teacher, Jackie Tohn and Wendy Liebman.
March 2015
Shakira is #UpForSchool
In 2015, Shakira delivered the world¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s biggest ever petition for education ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ the #UpForSchool Petition, which received more than 10 million signatures. A passionate advocate for children¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s education, Shakira was a crucial campaigner for the #UpForSchool movement, mobilising the power of her hundreds of millions of followers on social media.