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Cambridge Children’s Hospital fundraising team delighted at securing author and ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ contestant Rev. Richard Coles for literary lunch

Posted on by sarah.rastrick@act4addenbrookes.org.uk
Photo credit: Natalie Dawkins

BEST-SELLING author and ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ contestant, the Rev. Richard Coles, is guest speaker at a literary luncheon hosted by the Mayor of Peterborough in aid of the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital (CCH), the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England.

Social media and news agencies were recently alight with gossip that he was one of the two celebrities joining the show at a later date. Along with the Communards musician, vicar and author, the other ‘late entry’ celebrity to join the show was Love Island’s Maura Higgins.

The official celebrity line-up for this year’s hotly-anticipated 2024 show has been confirmed as: Tulisa Contostavlos from N-Dubz, Coleen Rooney, Oti Mabuse from Strictly Come Dancing and Barry McGuigan, Danny Jones, Melvin O’Doom, Alan Halsall, Jane Moore, GK Barry and Dean McCullough.

While a lot of people will be delighted to see the lovely Rev. Coles appear in this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity’ someone else who is delighted is the fundraising team at Peterborough City Council, where mayor Cllr Marco Cereste has adopted CCH as one of his three charities for the year.

The Cambridge Children’s Hospital Peterborough Fundraising Group who booked Rev. Coles for his literary luncheon said they asked the well-known media personality to host the lunch as a fundraiser for CCH before the news was announced that he is featuring in this year’s popular ITV show.

Chairman John Holdich said: “Given his busy diary we were thrilled Richard agreed to join us to support the Children’s Hospital appeal. It was doubly exciting to discover he was likely to appear in I’m a Celebrity, and we shall be watching and wishing him well. No doubt he will have even more stories to share when he comes to us.”

Rev Coles will be the special guest at a festive luncheon hosted by Mayor of Peterborough, Cllr Marco Cereste on Saturday 14 December 2024 at the Holiday Inn West (11am to 2.30pm) to mark the launch of his latest book ‘Murder Under the Mistletoe’.

The novella (available as hardback RRP ÂŁ12.99) is the latest eagerly awaited instalment of the mysteries of Canon Daniel Clement, the sleuthing cleric created by Richard since giving up his Northamptonshire parish in 2022.

Cllr Cereste said: “We are absolutely delighted Richard has agreed to support us, making time to fit us into his very busy schedule. Waterstones has kindly agreed to supply his new book for our guests to purchase (and be signed) and will make a small donation to the Mayor’s Charities for every copy sold
 an ideal Christmas gift perhaps?”

“It promises to be a thrilling afternoon while supporting these important charities at the same time.”

Three charities will ultimately benefit from this event: Cambridge Children’s Hospital (CCH) Peterborough Fundraising Group, Salvation Army and Anna’s Hope.

This is the first event of its kind held on behalf of the Mayor of Peterborough’s Charities. Tickets are £40 per person. To find out more and to book your place please email mayor@peterborough.gov.uk