Celebs help launch Health Workers 4 Palestine fundraiser

Louis Theroux, Mark Rylance, Zawe Ashton, Jonathan Pryce, and Glen Matlock were among cultural figures attending the Health Workers 4 Palestine Gala to raise vital funds for the charity’s Gaza Medics Solidarity Fund.

Health Workers 4 Palestine fundraiser

In the first 24 hours of the fundraiser, it has raised over £300,000. And it’s now appealing to the public with hopes to raise £1m. Every donation will help rebuild maternity wards, fund mobile clinics, and pay stipends to doctors in Gaza.

You can donate here.

Brian Eno and Antony Gormley donated art to the event. Motaz Malhees appeared fresh from global acclaim for his performance in The Voice of Hind Rajab.

Also in attendance were BBC Springwatch presenter Megan McCubbin, actors Juliet Stevenson, Khalid Abdalla and Denise Gough, comedian Jen Brister and Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos.

Health Workers 4 Palestine is an organisation of medical professionals from over 70 cities around the world. It advocates for Gaza medics and the protection of Palestinian healthcare.

Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan founded the group in 2023. In July 2025 he flew with the first Gaza child evacuated to the UK for medical aid from Cairo to London.

As over 1,700 health workers lose their lives in Gaza, and this month 37 international aid groups including Save the Children are blocked from entering, this fundraiser couldn’t be more urgent. A recent study has found that the population of Gaza has declined by over 250,000 people since 7 October 2003.

The Health Workers 4 Palestine Solidarity Fund is administered by local NGOs, getting emergency support to the medics and patients who need it most.

Actor Zawe Ashton said:

I’m here tonight to encourage people to donate to Health Workers 4 Palestine because I believe as an artist it’s the moment to advocate and use your voice for people whose voice is being distorted and silenced. The dismantling of healthcare in Gaza is one of the most dangerous and sickening parts of the genocide we’re seeing unfold.

Dr Abdel-Mannan said:

Tonight shows what is possible when culture refuses to stay silent. We are standing in solidarity with the over 1,700 health workers who have been killed in Gaza, and those who continue to save lives against the odds working under unimaginable conditions. Together, we are fundraising to support Gaza medics and the rebuilding of Palestinian healthcare.

The gala took place at The Savoy, London on 1 February 2026. To donate to the Solidarity Fund, go here.

Featured image via Ali Khadr / Health Workers 4 Palestine