2000 Former Take That singer Robbie Williams set up the ‘Give It Sum’, children’s charity with the money he earned from a deal with soft drink giant Pepsi. The trust aimed to provide assistance for organisations in North Staffordshire, the place where Williams was born, It had a fund of £2 million seed money with beneficiaries including UNICEF and Jeans For Genes. Scottish act Travis sweep the Ivors 2000 Scottish band Travis stole the show at the annual Ivor Novello awards, which are held to reward songwriting and composing. Singer Fran Healy won two awards for Best Contemporary Song for the single ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’ and Songwriter Of The Year for the Travis album ‘The Man Who.’