Stars come out for Festival of Trees
Save the Children's Festival of Trees, one of the star-studded highlights of the winter social calendar, raised £715,000 for our work.
Monday 10 December 2007
The Festival of Trees Gala Dinner took place on 4 December at London's Natural History Museum. Attended by a number of celebrities and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal - President of Save the Children - the event was a huge fundraising success.
Radio Two DJ Chris Evans and his new wife Natasha Shishmainan, Absolutely Fabulous actress Joanna Lumley, singer Ben Ofoedu, Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis and TV presenter Konnie Huq were just some of the famous stars attending the dinner. Designers such as Sophie Conran, Jamie Oliver and the students from Fifteen restaurant and women from the Talking Beads Co-operative, South Africa created fabulous bespoke trees which were on display.
Accompanied with luxury gifts or experiences, the trees were auctioned during the evening and a silent auction also ran throughout the night with fabulous gifts on offer. Gifts donated included luxury holidays to South Africa and Kenya, a dinner for two at a top London restaurant with four of the Rugby World Cup Squad and a chance to watch Chelsea vs Everton from the director's box. The event raised an amazing £715,000 for our work to help transform children's lives around the world.
Classical quartet Blake performed as part of the evening's entertainment and a video diary featuring a recent trip to Bangladesh taken by Davina McCall, the well-known TV presenter who has hosted Big Brother, and Gordon Campbell Gray, Chairman of the Festival of Trees. They visited projects for working children supported by Save the Children.
- Watch our 'Enchanted Forest' animation showing trees from previous Festival of Trees events.
