Editing Hugh Grant (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
Grant is a patron of the [[DIPEx Charity]], which operates the website Healthtalkonline.<ref>Amanda Williams, [http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9043241.Docs_honoured_in_UK_health_awards/ Docs honoured in UK health awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214804/http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9043241.Docs_honoured_in_UK_health_awards/|date=3 March 2016}} (24 May 2011), ''Oxford Mail''.</ref><ref>[http://www.bipolar-foundation.org/2010/hugh-grant-backs-bipolar-disorder-experience-website/ Hugh Grant Backs Bipolar Disorder Experience Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064425/http://www.bipolar-foundation.org/2010/hugh-grant-backs-bipolar-disorder-experience-website/|date=4 March 2016}}, Equilibrium: The Bipolar Foundation (13 January 2010).</ref><ref>Fiona Barr, [Patient experience pioneer dies], DigitalHealth.net (31 May 2011).</ref> He is also patron of the Fynvola Foundation, named after his late mother; it supports the Lady Dane Farmhouse, a home in [[Faversham]] for adults with [[learning disabilities]].<ref>[http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/actor-hugh-grant-drops-into-fave-a83900/ Actor Hugh Grant drops into Faversham to support Fynvola Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042824/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/actor-hugh-grant-drops-into-fave-a83900/|date=4 March 2016}}, Kent Online (28 June 2010).</ref>

Since his mother's death in 2001, Grant has worked as a fundraiser and ambassador for [[Marie Curie Cancer Care]], promoting the charity's annual [[Great Daffodil Appeal]] on several occasions.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3353553/Hugh-Grant-backs-Marie-Curie-Cancer-Care-appeal-in-his-mothers-memory.html Hugh Grant backs Marie Curie Cancer Care appeal in his mother's memory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104191239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3353553/Hugh-Grant-backs-Marie-Curie-Cancer-Care-appeal-in-his-mothers-memory.html|date=4 January 2016}}, ''Telegraph'' (25 February 2008).</ref><ref>[http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/4103711.Hugh_Grant_backs_Wiltshire_Daffodil_Appeal/ Hugh Grant backs Wiltshire Daffodil Appeal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062816/http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/4103711.Hugh_Grant_backs_Wiltshire_Daffodil_Appeal/|date=4 March 2016}}, ''Gazette & Herald'' (8 February 2009).</ref><ref>[Hugh Grant in video plea for Marie Curie fund], ''Bolton News'' (9 March 2010).</ref> He is also a patron of [[Pancreatic Cancer Action]].<ref>Mary Elizabeth Williams, [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/pancreatic-cancer-action-charity-should-realise-that-the-disease-is-not-a-competition-9113135.html Pancreatic Cancer Action charity should realise that the disease is not a competition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004029/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/pancreatic-cancer-action-charity-should-realise-that-the-disease-is-not-a-competition-9113135.html|date=5 March 2016}}, ''Independent'' (6 February 2014).</ref><ref>[http://www.pressat.co.uk/releases/hugh-grant-holds-a-purple-p-to-show-his-support-for-pancreatic-cancer-awareness-month-a36db02704dc208880fe76ec29f6c4c6/ Hugh Grant holds a purple P to show his support for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429233001/http://www.pressat.co.uk/releases/hugh-grant-holds-a-purple-p-to-show-his-support-for-pancreatic-cancer-awareness-month-a36db02704dc208880fe76ec29f6c4c6/|date=29 April 2016}} (press release), Pancreatic Cancer Action (7 November 2013).</ref>

In December 2023, Grant worked with [[Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council|Hammersmith and Fulham Council]] to support their annual ''Big H&F Christmas Day Lunch'', with Grant spending Christmas Day serving [[Christmas dinner]] to elderly residents who might otherwise spend Christmas alone, and be at risk of [[social isolation]] and [[loneliness]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thecareruk.com/hugh-grant-spreads-festive-cheer-serving-christmas-lunch-to-elderly-residents/|title=Hugh Grant "Spreads Festive Cheer" Serving Christmas Lunch to Elderly Residents|date=29 December 2023|work=The Carer|accessdate=30 December 2023}}</ref>