Having returned to the UK on Monday after scaling Mount Kilimanjaro, the nine celebrities who took on the trek were treated to tea at Number 10 Downing Street with Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah. Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberely Walsh, Chris Moyles, Ronan Keating, Ben Shephard and Gary Barlow have raised more than £1.5 million thanks to their Red Nose Climb, and were rightly full of smiles as they celebrated with Gordon Brown, who didn't wear a red nose himself but did allow a huge one to hang from the front door! Saying: "We are proud of everything that nine great heroes have done", the Prime Minister also backed up his words with action and announced that the government plans to give £2 million to help fight malaria. Gary Barlow was full of excitement, saying:
"It has been a privilege for the whole team to meet the Prime Minister ... and under such special circumstances. To think that our efforts on the mountain and the incredible generosity of the public have inspired school children and have now been supported by the Government is unbelievable. If the money raised can help control malaria and also help poor and vulnerable people in the UK, it will all have been worthwhile. What an unforgettable day."
Remember the big TV event starts on BBC1 at 7pm tonight: check out what's in store.
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Post a CommentI watched the programme on about this last night and was surprised to see that Cheryl fared far better than I thought she would whilst Fearne was actually quite annoying and whiny (even though I know she was ill). I personally wouldn't have been able to do it though, so I think they all did an amazing job for the cause.
i havent watched the programme yet, but got it recorded, ready and waiting! It was an amazing thing they did - good job guys!
It's a great programme, I'm so impressed with all of them for making it to the summit!
it still baffles me that they went through that but it's really impressive and i'm glad that they are getting noticed for the feat. think about how few people out there could really do what they did? i guess you can't say that they are 'just celebs' now right!
Denise Van Outen has been doing loads of charity stuff at the moment i just saw her facebook group for Premier 21 where she is helping kids that don't or can't go to uni work out what they want to do with there lives. Have a search on Facebook it easy to find.....
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