charity

The Independent's online charity auction: The lots you can bid on – including David Beckham's old car

The first of our three charity auctions for Great Ormond Street Hospital will go live on Tuesday morning, and anyone can make a bid

Journalism Foundation throws a party to raise funds

The Journalism Foundation is hosting a gala event to raise funds to continue its support for free and ethical journalism around the world.

Foundations for Good

Mikhail Gorbachev reveals the inspiration behind his charitable works, outlines the causes closest to his heart and tells how personal tragedy has spurred him to even greater efforts.

Evgeny Lebedev: I have seen at first hand an Africa scarred by HIV

It was a warm sultry day last spring when I heard about a small 12-year-old girl who had been raped and consequently infected with the HIV/Aids virus. I was in South Africa with Elton John and David Furnish to see at the most basic grassroots level how their Aids charity works.

Sir Elton John as The Independent editor

Yesterday

Papua New Guinea

Lebedev settles accounts with his Soviet past in advocating press freedom

Far and away the most interesting passage in this evening's lecture by Alexander Lebedev came when describing his background in the Soviet Union. It amounted to a public settling of accounts with a past blighted by being born into, and growing up inside, a totalitarian society in which individuals were unable to exercise free choice.

"Independent" owner's hotel is raided in row over charity fund

A hotel complex in Ukraine, belonging to Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev, the owners of The Independent and the London Evening Standard, has been raided by police in an apparent row over the preservation of playwright Anton Chekhov's nearby house.

Alexander Lebedev was the host of Elton John's party

At a private party organised by Elton John last night, the mother of one showed off her figure in a stunning Alberta Ferretti silk dress with a plunging neckline, alongside an A-list guest list of glamorous stars. Liz Hurley in plunging dress was accompanied by designer Patrick Cox at the event, held in honour of publisher Alexander Lebedev in London.