4 months ago 14th Jul 12:30
Samantha Morton has become one of the finest actresses of her generation with roles such as In America, Longford and Control, which have seen her secure two Oscar nominations for her work.
But away from the big screen the mother two is devoted to a series of charities that help make a difference in people's lives.
She is backing Vodafone Group Foundation's World of Difference Campaign that is searching for four people to put their jobs on hold for a year and take their skills and passion to work for their favourite charities.
I caught up with Samantha to talk about her role in the campaign, working for one of her charities for the day and her successful acting career.
Basically it’s a competition where we pick four winners who would like to take a year out of their live to go and work for a charity, they could do anything they could be in IT, media, fashion no matter how bizarre, as long as they are passionate about a charity, a UK registered charity.
Those selected will get their wages paid, up to £25,000 a year, and up to £20,000 expenses for that year. But it very important that people know that they have to get the support of that charity first, so you can’t just go oh I’m going to get in touch with the Vodafone Foundation because I want to go and work for a charity, people need to find something that they are passionate about, get in touch with the charity and say ‘Can you use my skills? and ‘can I help you in any way?’ and more often than not they are going to say yes.
The reason why I got involved was because it touched a personal note for me because a while ago I was reading the newspaper and I read about a woman who was a driving instructor and she decided, she had been in care herself, and she was looking for a charity for children in care and found that there wasn’t so set one up her own flat, literally in her bedroom.
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