NHS frontline staff and reality TV stars team up for charity single

NHS frontline staff from across the country are teaming up with a host of celebrities from Britain’s most popular TV and reality shows to produce a charity single to raise funds for the NHS’s Covid-19 appeal.

The chosen single, Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’, will be engineered and produced by Ed John of Apple Acre Studios.

Celebrities involved include: cage fighter and actor Alex Reid, X Factor 2013 runner up Nicholas McDonald, comedy legend Bobby Davro, Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin (who has recently lost two family members to Coronavirus) and Sandi Bogle, Ex on the Beach star, Jess Impiazzi, Coronation Street actress, Amanda Barrie, Benefits Street star, Dee Kelly, ITV’s Dapper Laughs, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Lady C, X Factors Andy Abraham , British boxing manager and promoter, Kellie Maloney, and Big Brother’s Simon Gross – the brainchild behind this incredible collaboration.

Simon Gross, who has brought this array of talent together for the single in support of the NHS charity appeal explained:

My aim was to bring together a fun, eclectic and diverse line up of celebrities from across the UK’s most popular TV shows and give something back to the NHS at this extremely difficult time.

“I want to say a huge thank you to everyone involved for donating your time to be a part of this amazing project, and to Universal for allowing us to use the track, and, of course, not forgetting our fantastic NHS working so tirelessly around the country right now to look after us all. Let’s hope we can raise lots of money for this wonderful cause with the help of the general public.”

NHS doctor Maria Walters of Elthorne Park Surgery, Ealing, one of the singers taking part, and passionate about raising money for the NHS, said that she was “thrilled” to be involved with the charity single.

Ellie Orton, Chief Executive of NHS Charities Together, commented:

This is a great initiative and I urge the public to get behind it and download the single. The proceeds from it will go directly to NHS charities in every part of the country and help provide essential support to NHS staff, volunteers and patients.”

The single will be available to download and stream via iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify and other music sites from 1st May with all profits going to NHS Charities Together.