As an ambassador for the aid agency Cafod and the Anthony Nolan Trust, I need to be sure that my public support for those charities is a help for their work, not a hindrance.

Back in 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust could have asked me just to speak out about the lack of ethnic minority donors on the bone marrow register, but that would have meant nothing if I wasn't prepared to join up myself.

No matter what you have, no matter your experience level, sometimes you just need a hand.

The main event is to leverage aid and to make sure the U.S. is not alone.

We have strong academic support services to help dislocated students catch up with our fall semester academic work after a late start.

Our typical role is to work with the state in support of local and state agencies.