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On Friday 16th November Pudsey and co return to our TV screens for their annual fundraising extravaganza, BBC Children in Need.
Why not make this the year you get involved? Donating on the night really makes a difference, but fundraising with your colleagues gives you the chance to raise more and have lots of fun!
Make your page today. If your organisation has a company fundraising profile, you can link your page to it. Search for your company here.
Why support Children in Need?
All donations to Children in Need are split between charities supporting disadvantaged children and young adults in the UK. Will you help beat last year’s total of £46 million?
Find out more about the projects Children in Need supports
Get inspired
We’ve collected some of the most popular fundraising ideas, so you can take your pick. And if you want something to really get your heart racing, follow in the footsteps of these companies:
- Lindt, the workplace of “master chocolatiers”, is getting right behind Children in Need. From climbing mountains to running half marathons, they’re burning off calories from a fair few chocolate bars and raising a serious amount of money in the process. They’re fast approaching a fundraising total of £9,000.
- Staff from DIY retailer B&Q challenged colleague Paul McCartney to get his legs and chest waxed for Children in Need. ‘I know a lot of people would like to see me in pain – so now is your chance’, explains Paul, whose ordeal was witnessed by customers at the Ballymena store.
- Paul McCartney being waxed for Children in Need
- Employees at car manufacturer Peugeot are throwing themselves into raising money for Children in Need too. Some staff decided to swap the comfort of their cars for bikes, with Steven Milne pedalling from Peugeot HQ in Paris to the UK HQ in Coventry. Another keen employee, Trevor Stedman, hit his fundraising target by skydiving. Together, Peugeot staff have raised more than £8,500.
Steven Milne from Peugeot poses with Pudsey
Gordon Swanston and Billy Mace from Busseys Peugeot, Norwich, cycled 174 miles from Ravenglass to South Shields for Children in Need. Gordon says: ‘We were really surprised by the generosity of strangers’ and ‘our biggest challenge was overcoming the language barrier between Norfolk and Newcastle’!
Trevor Stedman's charity skydive
What’s your company doing for Children in Need? Leave a comment below to let us know.
