article_snippet: After completing the event his took to Twitter to thank everyone who had donated.
article_snippet: his later added: 'Thank you for your unending messages of good will and for your donations.
article_snippet: The money raised makes a huge difference to communities and individuals across the world .
article_snippet: Figures tell us that the £1bn has helped around 50 million people in the UK and overseas, 50 million people whose lives have been changed or saved by the generosity of people people have never met. '
article_snippet: It is an extraordinary thing that us do in Britain and I am enormously proud to be part of it. '
article_snippet: us thanks to every single person who has ever done their bit over the last 30 years - both the funny and the money.'