Celebrities on BGC Partners trading floor to support Scope

Thanks to all the celebrities who took part for Scope in the fifth annual global charity day held by electronic brokerage firm BGC Partners.

Emma Noble - English model and actress.

Linford Christie OBE - the only British man to win Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European 100m gold medals

Cherie Booth QC - Scope patron

Jonathan Ashman - Jonathan is a motor racing entrepreneur

Jenny Seagrove - British TV and film actress, appeared in Judge John Deed and A Woman of Substance

Nicholas Owen - Journalist and TV presenter for the BBC

Jamie Bamber – British and Hollywood TV actor: Battlestar Galactica, Law and Order UK

Prunella Scales and Timothy West – Prunella famously played Sybil in “Fawlty Towers” and Elizabeth II in “A Question of Attribution”. Timothy has had big film roles in Nicholas and Alexandra, The Thirty-Nine Steps and Cry Freedom

Dan Gillespie-Sells - Lead singer, song writer and guitarist in pop band The Feeling

Beverley Knight MBE - British singer and songwriter

Clarke Peters – American actor, singer, writer, director who plays Detective Lester Freamon in The Wire.

Every year since 2005, BGC has held an annual Charity Day, on 11 September, in their offices around the world in memory of 658 colleagues who lost their lives in the 2001 World Trade Centre tragedy.

Scores of celebrities supported Scope and other charities at the London event on Friday and toured BGC's trading floor and even got the chance to take part in a "real trade" on the day.

Money raised from BGC’s profits gained on this day will be distributed to Scope and the 25 other charities chosen to take part.

The money raised for Scope will be used to fund its innovative projects with disabled children and young people, enabling them to achieve their life goals and enjoy the same opportunities as their non-disabled peers.

Jason Suckley, Director of Fundraising at Scope, said:

"Scope is delighted to be selected for a second year to be one of the charities which benefits from the BGC Charity Day. The staff at BGC work extremely hard to ensure that everyone involved has an amazing day, and that vital funds are raised for their chosen charities, including Scope."

The London event held last year was supported by over 120 guests on the trading floor including HRH The Prince of Wales, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, movie stars Kevin Spacey, Joseph Fiennes and Rosamunde Pike, and Olympic gold medallists Ben Ainslie, James DeGale and Rebecca Romero. Scope's celebrity supporters in 2008 included Cilla Black and comedian Ben Elton.

Similar events were held on Friday at BGC's offices worldwide, including those in New York, Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong.