Celebrity ambassadors

Angela Rippon CBE

Angela is a renowned Broadcaster, journalist, and TV presenter and has been an ambassador since 1989. Over the years, Angela has supported Action for Children in numerous ways, from hosting events, visiting our services, donating auction prizes, and shining a light on our campaigns in the media. Most recently, Angela was the host of our prestigious Stephenson Awards 2023.

Anthea Turner

Anthea is a television presenter and author. She has supported Action for Children for many years by hosting a variety of events, fundraising throughout the year, and supporting our annual Secret Santa campaign. She has also supported many of our corporate partnerships to help raise awareness and funds for Action for Children.

Dermot Murnaghan

Dermot is a News Broadcaster and presenter, and currently anchors SKY News. Dermot has been an ambassador since 2002 and is a passionate supporter of our work. He regularly hosts events, awards ceremonies, and has campaigned to raise awareness of our services and appeals.

Emily Maitlis

Emily is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio presenter, podcast host, and ex-BBC Newsnight anchor. She is an ardent supporter of our work and since becoming an ambassador in 2010, Emily has hosted numerous events, visited services, and regularly participates in interviews to highlight the important work we do to support vulnerable families.

Fatima Whitbread MBE

Fatima is a former Olympian and javelin world record holder who spent the first few years of her life in children’s care homes. Fatima has supported Action for Children since 2022 and became an official ambassador in 2023 for her dedication to fundraising, visiting services, and advocating our work in the media. Read her blog

Jenny Agutter OBE

Jenny is an award-winning actor and has been an ambassador since 2008. She has offered immeasurable support over the years, from hosting events, offering auction prizes, and championing our campaigns in countless radio, press, and broadcast interviews.

Perhaps most notably, Jenny has slept out at almost every Byte Night event (now Boycott Your Bed) since it launched in 1998.

Jessica Hynes

Jessica is an award-winning actor, writer, and director. She has been an Action for Children ambassador since 2009. Jessica supports our work by hosting events, participating in interviews, and appearing on numerous TV shows to discuss our campaigns and events.

Jessica has also abseiled, completed a skydive, and slept out at our Boycott Your Bed event several times to raise awareness and funds for Action for Children.

Larry Lamb

Larry is an actor and radio presenter and has been an ambassador since 2017. He has been a hugely active supporter, from appearing on TV shows to discuss various campaigns and appeals to supporting corporate pitches.

Examples of Larry's support include Secret Santa campaigns, participating in Byte Night/Boycott Your Bed, and taking part in press and broadcast interviews. Most recently, Larry has fronted our TV advertisement. See more here

Mary Nightingale

Mary is a TV news journalist, broadcaster, and presenter. She has anchored ITN’s Evening News since 2001 and is a vocal ambassador for our work. Since becoming an ambassador in 2002, Mary has hosted numerous events, awards ceremonies, and generously donated auction prizes to support our fundraising efforts.

Michael Buerk

Michael is a veteran broadcaster, journalist, and TV presenter, and has been an ambassador since 2008. In his time supporting Action for Children, Michael has supported the charity in so many ways by appearing on TV shows such as Celebrity Mastermind (which he won!), hosting events and awards ceremonies, supporting corporate partnerships, attending Parliamentary receptions, and visiting our services.

Ronnie Archer-Morgan

Ronnie is an antiques expert and Antiques Roadshow presenter. He was in the care of Action for Children, previously known as National Children’s Home, between 1950 and 1955. Ronnie has tirelessly supported Action for Children by visiting our services, hosting events, and championing our work in numerous radio, press, and broadcast interviews. See more here.

Sharon Horgan

Sharon is an actor, writer, director and producer. She consistently supports our integrated national campaigns and annual events such as Secret Santa and Boycott Your Bed. She has also supported many of our crisis appeals, including our Coronavirus appeal in 2020.  Sharon regularly advocates our work by supporting our consumer PR activities. See more here.

Sian Lloyd

Sian is a TV weather presenter and has supported us since the early ‘90s. Over the years, Sian has done so much to support our work, by visiting many services, participating in our campaigns, and attending various events. She appeared on Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and generously donated the money raised from her appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here to Action for Children.