ACTOR Benedict Cumberbatch is supporting a drive to raise money for Syrian refugees by lending his support to the release of a charity single.

    He is introducing a short video called “Help Is Coming,” which accompanies the Crowded House track of the same name.

    The single is available now on iTunes and will be available on 7” from The Vinyl Factory on Sept. 29.

    It has been put together by journalist Caitlin Moran and music critic for The Times Pete Paphides, with money going to Save the Children.

    “‘Help Is Coming’ was recorded by Crowded House over 20 years ago, but it evokes with uncanny empathy the howling uncertainty faced by thousands of families arriving in Europe for the first time.”

    The hard-hitting short film that accompanies the song was made by Mat Whitecross, who uses interviews with children fleeing from Syria along with footage of boats making it to dry land.

    Cumberbatch introduces the film, reciting lines from the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire, a Kenyan-born poet who arrived in Britain as a baby.

    The Sherlock actor then said, “As people watching this tragedy unfold from the safely of our homes, with our safe children, we want to say that we see you, we hear you and help is coming.”(SD-Agencies)