Baroness Rendell of Babergh, better know as best-selling author Ruth Rendell, together with MPs Tony Baldry, Paul Maynard, Bob Russell and Anne-Marie Morris - all members of the APPG – attended.

Unique works of art created by 100 celebrities will be auctioned by author Jeffrey Archer on the 15th September at the Drawn…to Darfur Celebrity Charity Art Auction in London to help the forgotten children of Darfur.

Lord Archer offered to help when he heard that nearly 100 celebrities – including Prince Charles, Prime Minister David Cameron, Melvyn Bragg, Martin Clunes, Rolf Harris, Anne Heche, Eamonn Holmes, Kelly Holmes, Ken Howard, Robert Lindsay, Julian Lloyd-Webber, Joanna Lumley, Ruth Rendell, Cliff Richard, Prunella Scales, Chris Tarrant and many more – have been drawing for Darfur as part of UK based charity Kids for Kids’ 10th Birthday celebrations.

Fans of mystery and intrigue are invited to join Ruth Rendell and PD James for a Read for RNIB Literary Reception at one of London's hottest venues The Ivy, 6 October 2011. Money raised from ticket sales will help the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) provide reading services and equipment to blind and partially sighted people.

Best-selling crime novelist Ruth Rendell CBE will appear at an exclusive literary lunch at The Ivy in London to raise funds for leading sight loss charity RNIB. From her award-winning Inspector Wexford series to novels written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine, Baroness Rendell will be sharing some of the highlights from her brilliant career and discussing her next eagerly-awaited Inspector Wexford novel, The Vault, out next month.

family Holiday Association patron, the well known author, Ruth Rendell took time out of her busy schedule on Wednesday 29 September to record the charity's Radio 4 Appeal.

Ruth Rendell has been appointed vice-president of the children's heart charity Little Hearts Matter, which supports children born with non-correctable and complex heart conditions. "I have a soft spot for charities that help children," she said. "I try putting myself into the shoes of these children's parents. I have, as you might guess, a pretty active imagination - and although I don't come near entering into their fear or feeling with their love, I do manage a degree of empathy."

Celebrities sing AWAY IN A MANGER by candlelight at the Kids for Kids Christmas concert in London. The line-up included RUTH RENDELL, DIANA QUICK, RICHARD WILSON, CHARLOTTE HAWKINS, JACQUIE BELTRAO, LORD COPE, ALASTAIR STEWART and RUTH PALMER.

A charity carol concert in aid of helping children in Darfur in Sudan. It was organised by Kids For Kids, who support families there through long term projects, which includes sending out goats. Hence the reason why we were greeted by a stuffed goat outside the church as well as a couple of donkeys!<br />
It all took place at St. Luke's Church in Chelsea, and we were there to be part of a celebrity choir. We were given the first verse of Away in a Manager to sing, and managed to have a brief rehearsal before it was our big moment. Also in the choir was the actor Richard Wilson, the author Ruth Rendell and fellow news presenter Alastair Stewart.

Ruth Rendell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Family Holiday Association.

On Monday 26th April, Baroness Ruth Rendell of Babergh, C.B.E presented the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition Award at the October Gallery in Bloomsbury, London, a competition conducted by the award winning charity InterAct Reading Service.

Baroness Ruth Rendell of Babergh, CBE presented the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition Award at the October Gallery in Bloomsbury, London, yesterday.

Held at the October Gallery Bloomsbury, Ruth Rendell was at hand to talk about the top three stories and to present Alan McCormick with the winners award.

This A4 sized drawing on watercolour paper was specially drawn for the Dorset Wildlife Trust by Ruth Rendell.

A host of celebrities 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.

Guests at the dinner auction are to be husband and wife acting team George Baker and Louie Ramsay, and the mayors of all five west Wiltshire towns are also expected to attend.

Louie Ramsay, daughter of the late Dr Melvin Ramsay – the infectious diseases physician who established ME as a distinct clinical entity following the outbreak of this illness at London's Royal Free Hospital back in 1955.

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Ruth Rendell: award winning best-selling mystery and crime writer, author of the Inspector Wexford novels. Doodle to be auctioned on eBay.

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