page_title: Robbie Williams
section_title: Charity
hierarchical_section_title: Robbie Williams / Personal life / Charity
caption_attribution_description: English: Robbie Williams before the charity match Soccer Aid. 27th May 2006 at the Theatre of Dreams, Old Trafford, Manchester Türkçe: Robbie Williams, Soccer Aid hayır maçı öncesi ısınıyor. 27 Mayıs 2006, Theatre of Dreams, Old Trafford, Manchester
context_page_description: Robert Peter Williams is an English singer-songwriter and entertainer. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1989 to 1995, but achieved greater commercial success with his solo career, beginning in 1997. Williams has released seven UK number one singles and eleven out of his twelve studio albums have reached number one in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom–four albums in the top 60–and in 2006 he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 1.6 million tickets of his Close Encounters Tour in a single day.
  Williams has received a record eighteen Brit Awards—winning Best British Male Artist four times, two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the 2017 Brits Icon for his "lasting impact on British culture", eight German ECHO Awards, and three MTV European Music Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s". According to the British Phonographic Industry, Williams has been certified for 19.9 million albums and 7.2 million singles in the UK as a solo artist. Five of his albums have topped the Australian albums chart.
context_section_description: Williams has set up a charity in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent entitled Give It Sum, its goal being to "improve local conditions and strengthen community life by giving money to those who are disadvantaged."
  Williams, with the help of friend Jonathan Wilkes, has organised charity football matches called Soccer Aid to raise money for UNICEF UK. A mixture of celebrities and professional football players have played Soccer Aid matches in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 at Old Trafford in Manchester and Wembley Stadium in London.
  Williams has been the Patron of the children's charity the Donna Louise Trust, based in Stoke-on-Trent, since 2002. The charity offers respite and palliative care to terminally ill and life-limited children who are not expected to live past the age of 16.
caption: Williams warming up for the 2006 edition of Soccer Aid
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