Geoff Hurst: Sue Ryder
In 2010, my late daughter, Claire, was cared for at a peaceful Sue Ryder hospice. The nurses and care teams made Claire as comfortable as possible, giving us precious time together as a family and allowing us to go back to being Claire's parents. The expert, compassionate palliative care and bereavement support given by this charity meant an awful lot to me and my family.
Mary Beard: Wintercomfort for the Homeless
Since the early 1990s, my local Wintercomfort has been supporting the homeless in Cambridge, with everything from housing, accessing dental treatment and writing a CV to helping homeless migrants with English lessons. Last year Wintercomfort generously accepted my surplus-to-requirements turkey for its Christmas cook-up, but it prefers cash to keep on doing what it's doing – which sadly is very necessary, even in deceptively leafy Cambridge.
Christopher Biggins: HOPE
HOPE, set up by Maureen Forrest in Dublin, looks after Indian children on the streets of Kolkata. We house
