"Desert Sun"", Hopkins reported that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, but that he was ""high end"". Hopkins has a pet cat named Niblo, which he adopted in Budapest. Hopkins has offered his support to various charities and appeals, notably becoming President of the National Trust's Snowdonia Appeal, raising funds for the preservation of Snowdonia National Park in north Wales. In 1998 he donated £1 million towards the £3 million needed to aid the Trust's efforts in purchasing parts of Snowdon. Prior to the campaign, Hopkins authored ""Anthony Hopkins' Snowdonia"", which was published in 1995. Due to his contributions"
"Acting in Santa Monica, California. Hopkins served as the Honorary Patron of The New Heritage Theatre Company in Boise, Idaho from 1997-2007, participating in fundraising and marketing efforts for the repertory theatre. Hopkins contributed toward the refurbishment of a £2.3 million wing at his alma mater, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, named the Anthony Hopkins Centre. It opened in 1999. Hopkins is a prominent member of environmental protection group Greenpeace and as of early 2008 featured in a television advertisement campaign, voicing concerns about Japan's continuing annual whale hunt. He has also been a patron"
"course. Wilderness Foundation UK The Wilderness Foundation UK is a British charity which ""harnesses the power of wilderness to change lives, and the positive power of humanity to save wilderness"". The charity works with vulnerable young people and adults, bringing thousands of people into contact with nature each year. It was one of the seven charities nominated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to receive donations in lieu of wedding presents when the couple married on 19 May 2018. Prince Harry had visited the charity's headquarters at Chatham Green, near Chelmsford, Essex, in 2017, when he met students on a"
"Wilderness Foundation UK The Wilderness Foundation UK is a British charity which ""harnesses the power of wilderness to change lives, and the positive power of humanity to save wilderness"". The charity works with vulnerable young people and adults, bringing thousands of people into contact with nature each year. It was one of the seven charities nominated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to receive donations in lieu of wedding presents when the couple married on 19 May 2018. Prince Harry had visited the charity's headquarters at Chatham Green, near Chelmsford, Essex, in 2017, when he met students on a survival"
"for various charities through his shows with reptiles. Since the 1990s Hopkins has been more involved with conservation of British species and husbandry of tropical species of reptiles and amphibians. He visits schools and colleges giving educational talks and displays on reptiles and advises veterinarians on reptile diseases. Hopkins has been a controversial figure politically standing up for local causes including the fight to save the Prince Phillip Hospital A&E department and the neurosurgery at Morriston Hospital. Over the years, Hopkins has raised almost one million pounds for various charities and good causes. Hopkins has given private showings and talks"
"to a number of celebrities including Anthony Hopkins and frequently gives educational talks at Margam Country Park near Port Talbot. Geraint the Snakeman Geraint Wyn Hopkins, otherwise known as Geraint the Snakeman, is a television personality known for his work with reptiles. He has presented programmes on exotic pets in the UK and appeared on a number of programmes on animals, pets, ghosts and local affairs. He also runs Ghost Watch Wales, a paranormal investigation business, and is credited with inviting Most Haunted to a number of locations in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and Port Talbot. Hopkins was born in Hendy, Wales,"
"The Aspinall Foundation The Aspinall Foundation (formerly The John Aspinall Foundation) is a British charity (Registered Charity 326567) which works to promote wildlife conservation. It was set up by professional gambler and zoo owner John Aspinall in 1984 and runs the two zoos he set up, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. It also supports a number of conservation projects overseas to protect endangered species. The charity is now run by John's son, Damian Aspinall. In addition to running the zoos, which breed rare and endangered animals, the Foundation campaigns on a range"
"keen birdwatcher, and the statue of him at Morecambe shows him wearing his binoculars. The RSPB named a hide after him at the nearby Leighton Moss nature reserve in recognition of his support. In 1984 the RSPB bought the 459 ha (1,100 acre) Old Hall Marshes Reserve near Tolleshunt D'Arcy in Essex for £780,000 helped by donations to the ""Eric Morecambe Memorial Appeal"". Morecambe was the nephew of the rugby league footballer John ""Jack"" Bartholomew. Morecambe was sympathetic to the Conservative Party and sent a message of support (along with various celebrities) to Margaret Thatcher after she won the 1979"
"up with support from noted naturalists Gerald Durrell and his wife Lee Durrell. The Trust has since developed to help purchase and conserve land in over 20 countries worldwide and now has an annual income of over £3.2 million to fund land purchase and conservation in 2014. The Trust has maintained its links with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Lee Durrell remains a key supporter. The Trust's patrons are Sir David Attenborough, Chris Packham, and David Gower. Other high-profile supporters of the Trust are Bill Oddie, Tony Hawks, Mark Carwardine, Steve Backshall and Nick Baker. A partner organization, World Land"
"Royal Parks Foundation The Royal Parks Foundation is a registered charity established in 2003 (registered charity number 1097545). It is the charity that helps support London's eight London's Royal Parks for everyone to enjoy, now and in the future. The charity's patron is HRH The Prince of Wales. As part of its annual fund-raising efforts, the Foundation promotes Deckchair Dreams, through which artists donate individual works of art for the canvases of deck chairs which are reproduced and distributed through the Parks. Among the artists and celebrities who have contributed to the scheme are Damien Hirst, Will Young, Antony Worrall"
"within the National Park, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. It also contains the deepest and largest natural lakes in England, Wast Water and Windermere respectively. The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951 (less than a month after the first UK national park designation — the Peak District). It retained its original boundaries until 2016 when it was extended by 3% in the direction of"
"of the International Whaling Commission. IWC officially created the sanctuary on 26 May 1994. Adams supports the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) by shooting photos for them and writing letters. He wrote to the CEO of KFC restaurants in Canada in November 2007, asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing chickens. On 14 September 2014, Adams was the first artist to sing at the Invictus Games organised by Prince Harry in East London. Prince Harry reciprocated by attending Adams's exhibition on Wounded soldiers in London. Adams"
"2016. He stayed until the end of March 2016 to help rebuild a secondary school with Team Rubicon UK, and visited a Hydropower Project in Central Nepal. To raise awareness for HIV testing, Harry took a test live on the royal family Facebook page on 14 July 2016. He later attended the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, on 21 July 2016. On World Aids Day, Harry and Rihanna helped publicise HIV testing by taking the test themselves. On 27 December 2017, Harry was officially appointed the new president of African Parks, a conservation NGO. He previously spent"
"praised its ‘excellent standards of animal husbandry and welfare’. Knowsley Safari Park Knowsley Safari Park is a zoological park and tourist attraction in the Knowsley area of Merseyside, England. Knowsley Safari Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). The safari park contributes to conservation and research through links with conservation projects and its links with universities in Liverpool, Chester and Manchester. The park was opened in July 1971 by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby and Jimmy Chipperfield using the expertise of general"
"Price & Myers, was selected by the wildlife trust and its partners. Work commenced in 2009. The resulting Brockholes Visitor Village is the first floating visitor centre in the UK. It houses shops, an exhibition area, an activity room for schools and community groups, a restaurant and a conference centre. It has won national recognition, receiving: Brockholes (nature reserve) Brockholes is a nature reserve near Preston, Lancashire, England, just off Junction 31 of the M6 motorway. It is owned by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. Situated in the flood-plain of the river Ribble, it has the"
"Campaign for National Parks Campaign for National Parks – formerly the Council for National Parks and the Standing Committee on National Parks – is a UK registered charity promoting the National Parks of England and Wales. Their vision is: National Parks are beautiful and inspirational places enjoyed and valued by all. Their mission is: To inspire everyone to enjoy and look after National Parks. Campaign for National Parks is an umbrella body of around 30 environment and amenity groups, indirectly representing over 3 million people with an interest in National Parks. In 1936 a group of individuals and voluntary organisations"
"version with the title ""And on Piano … Nicky Hopkins"" (a hardback in the UK via Desert Hearts, and a paperback in North America via Backstage Books/Plus One Press). On 8 September 2018, the Nicky Hopkins ""piano"" park bench memorial, crowdfunded through PledgeMusic, was unveiled in Perivale Park near Hopkins' birthplace. The campaign offered the opportunity for pledgers to have their name inscribed on the bench and contribute towards funding a music scholarship at London’s Royal Academy of Music, where Hopkins himself won a scholarship in the 1950s. Names that have pledged in the campaign include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards,"
"the absence of wilderness areas in heavily cultivated Europe, as well as a longstanding interest in laissez-faire government in some countries, like the UK, leaving it as no coincidence that John Muir, the Scottish-born founder of the National Park movement (and hence of government-sponsored conservation) did his sterling work in the USA, where he was the motor force behind the establishment of such NPs as Yosemite and Yellowstone. Nowadays, officially more than 10 percent of the world is legally protected in some way or the other, and in practice, private fundraising is insufficient to pay for the effective management of"
"and playing an active role in environmental education and advocacy for conservation and especially against conversion of neighboring biodiversity rich forest into palm plantation together with international organisation such as Pro-wildlife and WWF-CPO. Recently the activities of KRCS have been boosted by the 2012 Conservation Leadership programme (CLP)Awards; a partnership between CI, FFI, WSC and BirdLife International. The Film ""Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"" starring Christopher Lambert and Andie MacDowell was shot in the park in 1984 before its establishment. Charles, Prince of Wales inaugurated the park in 1986, and there is a sign not"
"of any private organization on the continent"". Peter Fearnhead co-founded and continues to serve as African Parks chief executive officer (CEO). Michael Eustace, Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Anthony Hall-Martin, and Mavuso Msimang are also credited as co-founders. Prince Harry, who previously assisted with African Parks' 2016–2017 elephant translocation project in Malawi, was named president in December 2017. Robert-Jan van Ogtrop serves as chairman, as of December 2017. African Parks has received funding from the European Union, Adessium Foundation, Global Environment Facility, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, National Geographic Society, Nationale Postcode Loterij, Swedish Postcode Lottery,"
"Hyde Park, Green Park, St. James's Park and Regent's Park. Sara Lom of the Royal Parks Foundation said it had been ""wonderful to partner with Shanghai"" on the project. Royal Parks Foundation The Royal Parks Foundation is a registered charity established in 2003 (registered charity number 1097545). It is the charity that helps support London's eight London's Royal Parks for everyone to enjoy, now and in the future. The charity's patron is HRH The Prince of Wales. As part of its annual fund-raising efforts, the Foundation promotes Deckchair Dreams, through which artists donate individual works of art for the canvases"
"a heart attack at the age of 61 before his planned March 2012 conservation gala dinner in Durban to raise international awareness for the rhino-poaching crisis and to launch his new book, ""The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures"". Following his death, there were reports that some of the elephants he worked to save came to his family's home in accordance with the way elephants usually mourn the death of one of their own. Anthony was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the 1920s, his grandfather, who was a miner in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England had"
"Knowsley Safari Park Knowsley Safari Park is a zoological park and tourist attraction in the Knowsley area of Merseyside, England. Knowsley Safari Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). The safari park contributes to conservation and research through links with conservation projects and its links with universities in Liverpool, Chester and Manchester. The park was opened in July 1971 by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby and Jimmy Chipperfield using the expertise of general manager Laurence Tennant MBE, formerly the Chief Game Warden"
"the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to wildlife conservation. Edward Whitley (environmentalist) Edward John Whitley is a British financial advisor and philanthropist. Edward Whitley set up the Whitley Awards in 1993 in order to provide funding to local nature conservationists working around the world. One of the trustees of the Whitley Fund for Nature, which administers the Whitley Awards and other grants, is Sir David Attenborough. HRH The Princess Royal is Patron. Starting with an annual income of some £15,000 in 1993, the Whitley Fund for Nature is now supported by many"
"Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and America. In advance of the tour, Howard plans to memorise the capital city of every country in the world alphabetically, in order to recite the full list at the start of each performance. Howard lives in Camden, London with his girlfriend Cerys, a doctor, and their dog, a Jack Russell terrier named Archie. Howard appeared at Friends of the Earth's LIVEstock comedy and music event at the Hammersmith Apollo in support of the green campaign group's Food Chain Campaign for planet-friendly farming, on 12 November 2009. Since he was ten, Howard has supported Liverpool"
"numbers and income. A parkrun takes place at Heartlands every Saturday . Heartlands Cornwall Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, is a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK. It has been dubbed as Cornwall's first free cultural playground. It was developed at South Crofty's Robinson Shaft and spread over 19 acres in the former mining heart of Cornwall. The project was funded by the National Lottery and was opened on 20 April 2012 after 14 years of planning. In 2014 the project came close to closure and was forced to reorganise its business"
"is one of the UK's natural World Heritage sites. Tintagel Castle is a popular tourist destination in Cornwall, with the castle associated with the legend of King Arthur since the 12th century. There are 15 National Parks in the UK, including the Lake District in England, Snowdonia in Wales, and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park in Scotland. The British Museum in London with its collection of more than seven million objects, is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world, and sourced from every continent, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning"
"Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992, and was nominated three additional times. Hopkins has also won three BAFTA Awards, two Emmys, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and in 2008, he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. After graduating from the Royal Welsh"
"Conservation Foundation, which became an independent charity and was later renamed ""Wildlife Warriors Worldwide"". He also helped found International Crocodile Rescue, the Lyn Irwin Memorial Fund (named in memory of his mother, who died in an automobile crash in 2000), and the Iron Bark Station Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility. Irwin urged people to take part in considerate tourism and not support illegal poaching through the purchase of items such as turtle shells or shark-fin soup. Sir David Attenborough was an inspiration to Irwin, according to his widow. When presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award to Attenborough after Irwin's death at the British"
"in the hospital to benefit patients. It funds research initiatives, patient and family enhancements and state of the art medical equipment. Known as the 'Imagine Appeal' until 2012, Alder Hey Children's Charity is based within the hospital. On 14 October 2013 the charity launched a public appeal to raise £30m to fund equipment, facilities and research at Alder Hey's new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park. In October 2015 the charity announced over £20m had been raised. Alder Hey has numerous notable supporters, including Yoko Ono as Honorary Patron, Steven Gerrard as Appeal Founding Partner and Patrons including: In 2009"
"issued, clarifying that ""We do not control the copyright of all images of Stonehenge and have never tried to do so."" The organisation added that they request that commercial photographers pay fees and abide by certain conditions. English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection. This comprises over 400 of England's historic buildings, monuments and sites spanning more than 5,000 years of history. Within its portfolio are Stonehenge, Dover Castle, Tintagel Castle and the best preserved parts of Hadrian's Wall. English Heritage also manages the London Blue Plaques scheme,"
"she purchased Manor House Wildlife Park, St Florence, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire for £1 million. Her experiences at the zoo have been the subject of a number of television series, including Chaos at the Zoo, Anna's Welsh Zoo and Wild Welsh Zoo. She was charged for health and safety violations in 2012 after a mother and son were injured by a falling tree, but acquitted after her husband admitted that work fell under his remit. In 2015, she set up a charity called 'The Nature Foundation' to transport neglected lionesses from an abandoned zoo in Gyumri to Peak Wildlife Park. She"
"foundation launched a programme to breed Scottish wildcats, with plans to create a breeding centre on the island of Càrna, off the west coast of Scotland. The Aspinall Foundation The Aspinall Foundation (formerly The John Aspinall Foundation) is a British charity (Registered Charity 326567) which works to promote wildlife conservation. It was set up by professional gambler and zoo owner John Aspinall in 1984 and runs the two zoos he set up, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. It also supports a number of conservation projects overseas to protect endangered species. The charity"