The founder of a Scottish homelessness charity has revealed his secret to securing backing from high-profile celebrities such as George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio.
THE founder of a Scottish homelessness charity has revealed his secret to securing backing from high-profile celebrities such as George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio.provision charity, and head of events company Itison, Oli Norman, were questioned during a podcast appearance about they persuaded Clooney to support their campaign.
The businessmen were speaking to promote the launch of the eight year of the fundraising campaign designed to buy more than 100,000 meals and gifts for homeless people this Christmas. There are also plans to gift the first £20,000 raised to Spirit of Christmas, which gives Christmas presents to children living in poverty in around Glasgow.
"We ended up receiving more than 32,000 donations meaning we could feed homeless people coming to our cafes for the whole year.
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