Stars come out to help Global’s Make Some Noise raise over £2.7 million

Updated October 9, 2021 - 1:37 pm

Olly Alexander at the Global studios Photo: Matt Crossick

A glittering array of stars turned out to help Global’s Make Some Noise, the official charity of Global, the Media & Entertainment group, raise over £2.7 million for small charities that help disadvantaged people across the UK.

Global brought together its radio brands Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, LBC, Radio X, Capital Dance, Capital XTRA and Gold for the fundraiser.

Global presenters took on challenges and fundraising in aid of the eighth annual Make Some Noise appeal.

Classic FM’s Alexander Armstrong completed a record-breaking 24 concerts in 24 hours, Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden travelled the UK putting small charities in the spotlight and Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp recreated a giant game of Monopoly. Chris Moyles’ popular Pubcast returned, which has raised over £500,000 since Chris and the Radio X crew first took to the pub to record the paywalled podcast special in 2016.

The activity culminated in Global’s Make Some Noise Day (8 October) which saw the likes of Jesy Nelson, Liam Payne and Olly Alexander come to the radio studios in London’s Leicester Square.

Listeners also joined in the fundraising, including Heart listener and Adventurer Mark Delstanche, who rowed from New York to London to raise funds for Global’s Make Some Noise while presenters including Heart’s Dev Griffin and Fia Tarrant and Capital South Coast’s Dave Goodings ran the London Marathon.

Global presenters including Heart’s Mark Wright took to the phones on the day, accepting generous donations from listeners across the country. Presenters joined in the fun by taking up the Dress Loud theme, with the Capital Breakfast crew dressed as Harry Styles (Roman Kemp), Elton John (Sonny Jay) and Billie Eilish (Sian Welby).

Sonny twinned with Smooth’s Kate Garraway who was also dressed as Elton John while Capital XTRA’s Yinka Bokinni & Shayna Marie Birch-Campbell both dressed as Beyoncé. Radio X’s Toby Tarrant and Johnny Vaughan sported aptly LOUD shirts.

Since Global’s Make Some Noise launched in 2014, the national charity has raised more than £24m million and raised awareness for 380 charities and projects around the UK that struggle to be heard.

Stephen Miron, Group CEO of Global, said: “Global’s Make Some Noise is passionately supported by the whole of Global, our fantastic listeners and our partners.

“This is the eighth appeal and we have been able to make a real difference to hundreds of small charities up and down the country. Thank you to all the celebrities, our amazing presenters and every single Globaller for coming together again to help raise vital funds for so many incredible charities.”