Charity Mascot
Paddington is, by nature, a very helpful bear and so it will come as no surprise to learn that he is a very keen supporter of charities. Over the years he has been involved in a number of projects, including work for the American Red Cross and UNICEF in the USA but, since he lives in England, the focus of most of his work centres around a UK based charity, Action Medical Research, to which he gives his exclusive support.
Paddington’s involvement with Action Medical Research goes all the way back to 1976 when a chance meeting took place between Paddington’s creator Michael Bond and the charity’s founder, Duncan Guthrie who asked whether, through Paddington, Michael Bond could offer his support to the charity.
When he started to hear about the work of Action Medical Research he suddenly became very interested because this was a charity which funded work into a very broad range of medical conditions and therefore benefitted a significant number of people.
The biggest event of the year in Paddington’s Action Medical Research diary has to be Bring Your Bear week which takes place around the time of Paddington’s summer birthday on June 25th. Businesses, schools and nurseries arrange all sorts of events and activities with the help of their bears and raise money for Paddington’s favourite cause.
The latest Paddington inspired event, Wellies to Work, is now in its second year. The charity is asking people up and down the country to wear their wellies to work on Friday 17 September and pay £2 each. Visit the website www.welliestowork.com to find out more and register.
If you would like to learn more about the work of the charity, you can visit Action Medical Research’s Official Website or, if you wish, you can MAKE A DONATION HERE.
When he started to hear about the work of Action Medical Research he suddenly became very interested because this was a charity which funded work into a very broad range of medical conditions and therefore benefitted a significant number of people.
Paddington is greatly involved with the charity, as the charity's official mascot, and appears at fundraising events up and down the country.
The charity focuses its work on conditions affecting babies and children and Paddington has been particularly involved in its Touching Tiny Lives appeal which raises funds for research into premature birth and pregnancy complications.
The charity focuses its work on conditions affecting babies and children and Paddington has been particularly involved in its Touching Tiny Lives appeal which raises funds for research into premature birth and pregnancy complications.
The biggest event of the year in Paddington’s Action Medical Research diary has to be Bring Your Bear week which takes place around the time of Paddington’s summer birthday on June 25th. Businesses, schools and nurseries arrange all sorts of events and activities with the help of their bears and raise money for Paddington’s favourite cause.
The latest Paddington inspired event, Wellies to Work, is now in its second year. The charity is asking people up and down the country to wear their wellies to work on Friday 17 September and pay £2 each. Visit the website www.welliestowork.com to find out more and register.
If you would like to learn more about the work of the charity, you can visit Action Medical Research’s Official Website or, if you wish, you can MAKE A DONATION HERE.