Editing Chris Tarrant (section)

===Charity work===
[[File:Chris Tarrant honours Ukrainian refugee in the People's Portrait series.png|thumb|Tarrant promoting the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]]'s 'People's Portraits' series of [[Ukrainian refugees#United Kingdom|Ukrainian refugees]] at the [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool]]]]
Tarrant's charity work, for which he received an OBE in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3829923.stm|work=BBC News|title=Tarrant 'proud' to receive honour|date=22 June 2004|access-date=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625201337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3829923.stm|archive-date=25 June 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> includes: being an ambassador for the homeless charity, [[Centrepoint (charity)|Centrepoint]]; [[trustee]]/[[Patronage|patron]] of [[West Heath School (special school)|West Heath School]] for disadvantaged children; patron of Milly's Fund, set up in memory of murdered [[Surrey]] teenager [[Murder of Milly Dowler|Amanda Dowler]]; patron of Swings & Smiles, a charity for children with special needs.

He was a patron of the Headway Thames Valley, until he left in 2006, blaming "work commitments".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/game-show-host-quits-charity-of-mistress-1-1141796|title=Game show host quits charity of mistress|website=scotsman.com|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111210042/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/game-show-host-quits-charity-of-mistress-1-1141796|archive-date=11 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tarrant is a patron of the [[Fred Potts|Trooper Potts VC Memorial Trust]], Reading.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/trooper-potts-readings-only-victoria-10196288 |title=Trooper Potts: Reading's only Victoria Cross winner commemorated with statue outside Forbury Gardens |work=Get Reading |first=Nathan |last=Hyde |date=5 October 2015 |access-date=26 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025921/http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/trooper-potts-readings-only-victoria-10196288 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> As well as [https://www.berkshirevision.org.uk Berkshire Vision], a charity that supports the visually impaired in the Berkshire County.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kreatif|title=Patrons Berkshire Vision Berkshire Vision|url=https://berkshirevision.org.uk/people/president-and-patrons/|access-date=10 August 2020|website=berkshirevision.org.uk/|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2024, Tarrant promoted the National Lottery's 'People's Portraits' series of [[Ukrainian refugees#United Kingdom|Ukrainian refugees]] at the [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool]].