--- description: Donate to a charity dedicated to educating girls in Africa, and you could win a date with 'The Wire' and 'Thor' star on Valentine's Day. title: Here’s How You Can Win a Date With Idris Elba image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here’s How You Can Win a Date With Idris Elba  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 11, 2017 4:30 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 11, 2017 4:30 PM CUT Ever fantasized about chatting up Idris Elba about [Baltimore politics](http://www.theroot.com/blog/the-grapevine/watch%5Fidris%5Felba%5Fexplains%5Fwhy%5Fstringer%5Fbell%5Fwas%5Fsuch%5Fan%5Fimportant%5Frole/ "undefined") or the best way to [guard a bridge in outer space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXjQee9VA4 "undefined")? Well, your dreams could become a reality. The British star is [offering up a date](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/Idris-Elba?utm%5Fsource=youtube.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=omaze&utm%5Fcampaign=experiences.idris-elba&utm%5Fterm=STCLaunch&oa%5Fh=4ibxg1 "undefined") with him on Valentine’s Day for a good cause—swoon! Elba, looking dapper in a suit and sipping champagne, makes the pitch in a video. He’s raising money for [Omaze’s “W.E. Can Lead” initiative](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/Idris-Elba?utm%5Fsource=youtube.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=omaze&utm%5Fcampaign=experiences.idris-elba&utm%5Fterm=STCLaunch&oa%5Fh=4ibxg1 "undefined"), which is dedicated to ensuring that girls across Africa have equal access to education and leadership opportunities. Fans can enter a lottery for the date by going to the Omaze website and making a donation—$10 gets you 100 entries in the lottery, $25 for 250 entries and so on. “That’s right, love, just you and me. No one else around. Just us,” the actor promises in the video. “For dessert, you can have whatever you want, and I mean _whatever_ you want. Candy hearts is just the beginning.” How can you resist? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631416/idris-elba-date-valentines-day-charity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631416/idris-elba-date-valentines-day-charity/"},"headline":"Here’s How You Can Win a Date With Idris Elba","datePublished":"2017-01-11T16:30:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:06.331Z","description":"Sip champagne with the Brit for a good cause","url":"https://time.com/4631416/idris-elba-date-valentines-day-charity/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631416/idris-elba-date-valentines-day-charity/","name":"Here’s How You Can Win a Date With Idris Elba"}}]}] ```