Celebrities including Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and Matt Lucas have joined calls to support the fundraising for a National AIDS Memorial in the U.K.

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With over 10 years experience in High Profile Public Relations and a reputation in the press as 'the gatekeeper,' it's no wonder that Michelle has worked on some of the biggest, most historic events in the media including the London Olympics and Guinness Book of Records. Yet she is probably best known for her work with the Middletons and Kensington Palace, solely managing the first ever PR campaign for Carole Middleton which went global overnight. She is currently project managing the UK AIDS Memorial and Live Music Benefit Concert for July 2022 Since then she has worked with CEOs from Wealth Management to Sky Television and Radio Personalities. Her expertise and extraordinary flair for strategic networking has attracted clients from both the UK and the U.S. Michelle is a former UK news correspondent journalist and has promoted entertainers, performers, musicians and theatrical projects since 2006. Michelle is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations

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It’s A Sin stars, Jill Nalder, Neil Ashton and The Jam and The Style Council frontman Paul Weller, are joining a growing cast of celebrities and pop stars to support the building of the first ever National AIDS memorial in London. The memorial is to be built in the garden of remembrance at the old London Lighthouse, which is now home to the Museum of Brands, Notting Hill. The Lighthouse has been chosen for the memorial, as it was the place of sanctuary for HIV/AIDS sufferers during the pandemic. Many of those who died at the Lighthouse have their ashes scattered in the garden. The 3 strong ‘Project Lighthouse’ management team are made up of AFTER 82 filmmakers Steve Keeble, Ben Lord and publicist Michelle Hatcher after coming up with the idea that a new memorial in the museum garden was desperately needed.&nbsp; Since then, the three have set about gathering around them as many figures from stage, screen, and politics as possible to help them raise the 150K funds needed.&nbsp; The funds raised will help pay for the memorial and allow the project to distribute much needed financial support to lesser-known charities and projects around the UK who care for AIDS/HIV sufferers in their communities. Stars joining in support of Project Lighthouse include It’s a Sin actor, Neil Ashton who played Grizzle in the hit Channel 4 series and music legend, Paul Weller. It is hard to believe that, almost forty years on and we still have no national memorial. For many of the younger generation they are unaware that this pandemic even existed. This project will go one step further, acting as not only a place to remember those we lost, those who supported them, but as a vital educational tool. Set in a garden of remembrance. Together we can make this happen. They did their bit, now it’s time to do ours. STEVE KEEBLE, Project Lighthouse The memorial will consist of a monument erected in the garden by Brighton AIDS memorial sculptor, Romany Mark Bruce, with a highly informative AIDS exhibition in the Museum with the aim of educating the thousands of visitors to the museum on the important part the building played during the AIDS pandemic in the UK. The team are asking music artists and performers from the 1980s to help stage a benefit concert around the time of the unveiling which has been earmarked for the first weekend in July 2022. It will also mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Terence Higgins. The project named ‘Project Lighthouse’ is LIVE from Wednesday 7th of April 2021 along with a donation page. Which is here https://www.after82movie.com/projectlighthouse&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<blockquote>The National AIDS Memorial at the London Lighthouse is continuing the legacy on which it was built. Hands in wallets, sleeves rolled up - people helping people. Where giant organisations swoop in and take over, we plan to keep this about togetherness. People joining forces for the greater good. To honour our lost ones, to celebrate 40 years of progress and to educate the millions of future visitors to the site on AIDS, the whole story.</blockquote>

It’s A Sin Stars Join National AIDS Memorial at London Lighthouse

With over 10 years experience in High Profile Public Relations and a reputation in the press as 'the gatekeeper,' it's no wonder that Michelle has worked on some of the biggest, most historic events in the media including the London Olympics and Guinness Book of Records. Yet she is probably best known for her work with the Middletons and Kensington Palace, solely managing the first ever PR campaign for Carole Middleton which went global overnight. She is currently project managing the UK AIDS…

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