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X-Factor judge Simon Cowell was at Richard House Children's Hospice in Beckton on Wednesday to meet youngsters with life-threatening conditions.

The visit was to help raise awareness of the work of Children's Hospices UK for which Cowell is a patron. He spent time chatting to many of the sick children at the hospice who are not expected to reach adulthood.

Liverpool and England star Joe Cole has donated a weekend package at Anfield to raise money for Richard House Children's Hospice.

The former West Ham midfielder, who is a keen supporter of the Docklands charity, is offering four match tickets and paying for hotel and dinner in Liverpool for the group out of his own pocket.

Two amateur sailors are taking part in one of Britain's toughest yacht races to raise funds for the Richard House Children's Hospice.

Richard Lett and Sharon McMichael set sail from Plymouth last week in the Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race, and they will be the only charity boat competing in the elite event.

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As you can tell from the picture Anthony Whitehead bears more than a passing resemblance to pop superstar Justin Timberlake, and has carved out a career for himself as a professional lookalike as, er, Justin Timberlike.

West Ham players Mark Noble and Junior Stanislas brought some Easter cheer to children at Richard House hospice when they visited yesterday.

The Hammers' stars dropped in to the home in Beckton last Wednesday and took part in activities with three of the youngsters receiving care there.

Comic Relief might have grabbed all the headlines recently but for many charities fundraising is kept much closer to home.

A key component is corporate sponsorship, and Canary Wharf companies are high on the list of businesses lending support, usually through their charity of the year programmes.

West Ham's first team squad got into the fundraising spirit at a recent training session at Upton Park to support the Richard House hospice.

England striker Carlton Cole and Portuguese midfielder Luis Boa Morte were among the players donning red shirts to promote the children's home in Beckton.

A host of schoolchildren spent a chilly morning raising money and Christmas cheer outside the Canary Wharf Tube station on Wednesday morning.

Pupils from the Ben Jonson Primary School in Tower Hamlets were among those earning cash for the Richard House Children's Hospice in Beckton.