JULES ANNAN works closely with the national children’s medical research charity, Sparks.

He regularly attends the charity’s busy diary of sporting and social events, photographing Sparks’s many celebrity Ambassadors.

With its rich sporting heritage, Sparks boasts such famous sporting figures as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Sir Trevor Brooking, Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Henry Cooper, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Johnson, James Cracknell, Ben Fogle, Richard Dunwoody, John Conteh, Sally Gunnell, Annabel Croft, Christine Ohuruogu, Steve Backley, Phillips Idowu, Tessa Sanderson, Rebecca Romero, Leon Taylor, AP McCoy, John Francombe, Jason Leonard, Josh Lewsey, Matt Dawson, Jeremy Guscott, Simon Shaw, Lawrence Dallaglio, Chris Sheasby, Will Greenwood, Joe Worsley, Martin Corry, Neil Back, Dan Scarborough, Ray Clemence, Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen, Matt Le Tissier, David Seaman, Pat Jennings, Glenn Hoddle, Mark Bright, John Salako, Ossie Ardiles, Bruce Grobbelaar, Mike Gatting, Phil Tufnell, David Gower, Steve Williams, Tim Foster, Pete Reed, Alex Patridge and David Haye.

From the world of TV and drama, Sparks can count on such well-known Ambassadors as Dennis Waterman, Robert Powell, Kevin Whately, Ronnie Corbett, Phil Daniels, Derek Martin, P H Moriarty, Floella Benjamin, Sian Williams, Chris Hollins, Jill Douglas, Kate Silverton, Dominic Holland, Rick Wakeman, Dermot Murnaghan, Eamonn Holmes, Tiff Needell, Emily Maitlis, Sharon Marshall, Jamie Bamber, John Bardon and Georgina Bouzova.

The current Sparks co-presidents are Gabby and Kenny Logan, with charity founder member Jimmy Hill as Life President.

Sparks, founded in 1991, has raised well over £17million to fund cutting edge paediatric medical research across the UK. It is a unique children’s charity insofar as it funds pioneering research across the whole spectrum of children’s medical research rather than being a single cause charity.