Charity Work
Both twins have contributed to planting trees at the National Forest in Leicestershire. It is also known they both like music and sports, making several public appearances in support of both. Every year they attend the V Festival, held by Virgin Media each August, as well as attending the Download Festival, a rock music festival managed and arranged by Live Nations in Donington Park, England. In May 2006, they both took part in the football tournament known as the Celebrity World Cup Soccer Six. They participated alongside other celebrity sports fans.
James and Oliver are both a Part of Virgin Money Giving drive. Oliver focused on raising money for the RNLI lifeguards and James became involved with the "3 Peak Challenge," an event that challenges a climber to climb the three highest peaks in the UK in a 24 hour span.
On 22 November 2011, both James and Oliver took part in a skydive for Cancer Research UK, in Australia, in memory of Harry Moseley – an 11-year-old boy who died on 8 October 2011, after a four-year battle with brain cancer. As of 15 December 2011, the amount pledged for their jump stands at £2,525.
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Famous quotes by charity work:
“Reputation is not of enough value to sacrifice character for it.”
—‘Miss Clark,’ U.S. charity worker. As quoted in Petticoat Surgeon, ch. 9, by Bertha Van Hoosen (1947)