Stars’ big draw for wildlife trust

9:44am Thursday 13th September 2007

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A HOST of celebrities have produced an amazing collection of original drawings to raise money for wildlife.

More than 120 famous names have provided Dorset Wildlife Trust with drawings and paintings of butterflies and moths which will be used to help raise funds to protect the county's wildlife.

Stars such as Darcey Bussell, Rachel Stevens and Ricky Gervais join other such as Ann Widdecombe and Ian Botham in the conservation cause.

Their works of art will be auctioned on eBay over several months, starting at 7.30pm on Sunday with a grand finale on December 13 as works donated by Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are auctioned at Christie's.

The items will be sold a few at a time and each auction will last for a week with new ones added as items are sold.

Dorset Wildlife Trust's Les Bunce said: "We have had a fantastic and generous response from all our celebrity artists and sponsorship of our costs means that all the money raised will go straight to help wildlife in Dorset."

Contributions to the auction so far have come from John Alderton, Clive Anderson, Paddy Ashdown, Michael Aspel, David Baddiel, George Baker, Clare Balding, Gordon Banks, Alexandra Bastedo, Lynda Bellingham Sally Boazman, Ian Botham, Tony Benn, Dickie Bird, Jennie Bond, Jo Brand, Piers Browne, Darcey Bussell, Melanie C, Linford Christie, David Coulthard, Menzies Campbell, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Lorraine Chase, Julian Clary, Jilly Cooper, Alan Coren, Robin Cousins, Daniel Craig, Edwina Currie, Peter Davison, Anita Dobson, Chris Donald, Johnathan Edwards, Tracey Emin, Nick Faldo, Sarah Ferguson, Ranulph Fiennes, Bob Flowerdew, Philippa Forrester, Bruce Forsyth, Frederick Forsyth, Edward Fox, James Galway, Liza Goddard, Hannah Gordon, Fran Godfrey, Peter Hall, Christina Hart-Davies, Adam Hart-Davis, Brian Hewlett, Harry Hill, Damien Hirst, Ian Hislop, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine James, Sarah Kennedy, Charles Kennedy, Rula Lenska, Steve Leonard, Maureen Lipman, Gina McKee, George Melly, Katie Melua, Patrick Moore, John Mortimer, Jose Mourinho, Andy Murray, Denis Norden, Graham Norton, Ian Ogilvy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Plater, Harry Redknapp, Amanda Redman, Ruth Rendell, Zandra Rhodes, Griff Rhys Jones, Tim Rice, Tony Robinson, Eric Rose, Nick Ross, Greg Rusedski, Jimmy Savile, Prunella Scales, Alan Shearer, Ned Sherrin, Rick Stein, Rachel Stevens, Shakin' Stevens, Peter Stringfellow, Imogen Stubbs, Una Stubbs, David Suchet, Jimmy Tarbuck, Alan Titchmarsh, Michael Winner, Greg Wise, Sharron Davies, Clement Freud, Ricky Gervais, Chris Rea, John Alderton, Lorraine Chase, Bruce Forsyth, Peter Vaughan, Charlie Watts, Christopher Wheeldon, Anne Widdecombe and Kim Wilde.