Celebrity support

Action for Children is delighted to have dozens of high profile supporters from the worlds of entertainment, sport and business.

They visit projects, host fundraising events and endorse our campaigns by getting involved in anything from TV quizzes to auctions, balls and sponsored sleep outs. Their generous help boosts morale, awareness and donations.

My Action for Children

We're so grateful for the fantastic celebrity support our new website has received. Visit our Facebook photo gallery to view all our celebrity supporters, from footballers to singers to reality TV stars, and read why they're supporting us.

Dame Judi Dench: "Action for Children has hundreds of projects all across the UK working to help children and young people who need support. Take a look at my.actionforchildren.org.uk to find out how you can help this wonderful charity continue their crucial work."

Duncan Bannatyne: "I've had some lucky breaks in my life. I look at my kids and think, thank goodness I'm in a position to help you. This isn't the case for thousands of other bright, funny, ambitious children who need a leg up. I think that my.actionforchildren.org.uk is a great idea to help vulnerable children in our communities who really need it."

Lauren Laverne: "It's the little things in life that can make or break a childhood. A good day out, playing football, drawing, dance lessons.

"You can help children experience many of the things we all took for granted in our childhoods by visiting my.actionforchildren.org.uk today and choosing where and how to make that difference!"

Celebrity campaigners

A host of celebrities lent their support to our Stuck in the middle campaign, highlighting it in the media through interviews and personal messages of support. Stars including Gabby Logan, Emily Maitlis, Toby Anstis, Nicky Hambleton-Jones, Jessica Hynes, Sian Lloyd, Peter Davison, Angela Rippon OBE, Nik and Eva Speakman, Dermot Murnaghan, Dr Linda Papadopoulos, Sway, and Lisa Scott Lee, all endorsed the campaign.

Celebrity supporters also got involved by campaigning for more consistent policies and support for young people. They shared their own childhood experiences, speaking of people or organisations that supported and motivated them growing up. Celebrities who took part included musician Tricky, comedian Rhona Cameron, radio presenter Toby Anstis, actor Max Lewis, poet Lemn Sissay, Equestrian Sam Martin and athletes, Lloyd Upsdell and Kriss Akabusi MBE.

Our ambassadors:

Jenny Agutter OBE, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top OBE, Bill Bottriell, Gordon Bullock, James Bennet, Michael Buerk, Lavinia Carey OBE, Ken Deeks, Gordon Edington CBE, Shirley Anne Field, Dr Owain Arwel Hughes CBE, Jessica Hynes, Nerys Hughes, Alison Kelly, Diane Keen, Martha Kearney, Diane Louise Jordan, Matthew Lewis, Sian Lloyd, Dermot Murnaghan, Emily Maitlis, Rt Hon the Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale, MSP, PC, Sir Trevor McDonald OBE, Mary Nightingale, Fay Presto, Angela Rippon OBE, Paul Renney, Rt Hon the Rev Baroness Richardson of Calow, OBE, Alastair Stewart OBE, Lady Henrietta St. George, Neville Shulman CBE, Sway, Lynda Myles Till, Kevin Whately, Sister Eluned Williams MBE.