Charity and music becomes ever-intertwined, with Lily Allen cancelling a charity gig, Robbie Williams claiming that he wasn’t even booked, and Peter Andre now busking for charity.

Yesterday, I was unfortunate enough to have to watch the God-Awful Arnold Schwarzenaegger in a God-Awful film about him trying to get a God-Awful present for his probably God-Awful son. That’s why I decided to go all-out for charity gifts this year.

Elton John and his partner David Furnish have sold off a huge array of designer clothing for the Elton John Aids Foundation. The sale, nattily called The Out of the Closet Sale 2009 saw items sold from £10 to £2000, and it was Versace that saw prices rocket the most.

NGO Action Aid has warned that a weak deal at the Copenhagen summit could mean disaster in Africa, as harvest yields are already set to reduce by 50% over the next decade due to climate change.

The Blue Cross has launched its Christmas campaign to help abandoned and homeless animals. Every year, the Blue Cross is called upon to help even more animals, and with animal shelters already full, this Christmas looks like being their busiest yet.

It might seem a strange combination, but charity and war have joined forces this weekend, as Activision are promising large sums of money to War Child depending on the number of people playing Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Live.

For 16 days every year, organisations and individuals highlight the injustice of gender-based violence and campaign together to eliminate it.

The Red Cross has responded to the Peckham fire, and urgently needs your support.

Greenpeace has reacted favourably to the Conservative proposal to create a new “green bank”, although warns that they need to go further to reduce carbon emissions.

The Art Fund announces that its Art Fund International scheme has enabled mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, to acquire two works by American artist Ellsworth Kelly.