06/05/2022

  BBC Children in Need Schools Ambassador, Joe Wicks visited school children at Howardian Primary School in Cardiff as part of BBC Children in Need’s Thank You Tour to celebrate the fundraising efforts of schools across the UK following the charity’s 2021 Appeal in November. During the visit, Joe met with school children to find out more about their fundraising in 2021, and what fundraising they plan to do to support the charity’s 2022 Appeal. As part of the visit,…

06/11/2019

In just under a week, BBC Children in Need’s Got It Covered album, featuring some of the UK’s biggest names from stage and screen, has secured the No.1 spot in the midweek Official Chart Update, and could be heading to the No.1 spot in the UK’s Official Albums Chart on Friday. A whole host of critically-acclaimed actors volunteered their time to play a special part in this incredibly exciting album for BBC Children in Need, including: Helena Bonham Carter CBE who covered Both Sides Now…

03/07/2018

Family Fund Business Services, the trading subsidiary of the charity Family Fund has been chosen to deliver BBC Children in Need’s Emergency Essentials programme to support children and young people across the UK with grants worth over £3 million to meet their most basic needs. BBC Children in Need’s Emergency Essentials Programme supports families living with severe financial, health and social difficulties, and provides items that meet children’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker…

21/06/2018

BBC Children in Need has awarded a total of £52,224 in new funding to three local groups working with disadvantaged children and young people across Cardiff. This latest boost, from the charity’s small grants programme, is the second round of funding awarded to projects so far in 2018 and brings the total invested in Cardiff to more than £1.2million.    NoFit State Community Circus Ltd has been allocated £16,206 over two years to provide circus-based sessions for children and young…

17/11/2017

RADYR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL WIN A SPECIAL BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDIA WORKSHOP TO CELEBRATE SCHOOLS FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN  Media teams have visited schools across the UK delivering BBC Children in Need media workshops to celebrate secondary schools participating in the ‘Big Spotacular’ fundraising campaign, in partnership with Lloyds Bank. BBC journalist, Nadira Tudor and independent producer/director Michael Wray, have visited Radyr Comprehensive School in Cardiff to celebrate schools across the country participating in the Big Spotacular, the schools fundraising campaign by…

13/11/2017

Lloyds Bank and BBC Children in Need announce the return of school fundraising campaign ‘The Big Spotacular’ Last year, local schools including Eastern High School, St Brides Major Church, Cwmlai Primary School, Cyfarthfa High School, Tonyrefail School, Victoria Primary School and Woodlands Montessori Nursery raised  a huge £136,590 for BBC Children in Need Since 2015, over 324 schools in Cardiff have raised money for the charity year on year   Lloyds Bank is calling on schools across Cardiff to join the…

07/11/2017

Cineworld is once again supporting BBC Children in Need with special screenings of the hugely popular BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s concert which will be screened in 49 Cineworld cinemas across the UK on Monday 13th November at 8:30pm. BBC Children in Need Rocks the 80s is a spectacular concert featuring a star studded line up of artists performing some of the biggest hits of the 80s, those taking to the stage include; a-ha, Bananarama, Boy George, Erasure,…

07/07/2017

The charity thanks the public for helping to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. Today (Thursday 6 July 2017) BBC Children in Need announced its final fundraising total for the 2016 Appeal, a record-breaking £60 million. The charity said that the incredible total would not have been possible without the public once again coming together to help raise money to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.  The 2016 total grew to…

03/07/2017

BBC Children in Need has allocated over £29,600 in new funding to a group working with disadvantaged children and young people across Cardiff. This is the third time that BBC Children in Need has awarded new funding to projects across Wales this year, with further funding to be allocated throughout 2017. This latest boost of funding, from the charity’s Small Grants programme, brings the total invested in Cardiff to more than £1.4m. Friends of Pentre Gardens has been allocated funding…

18/05/2017

Projects will use the funding to support children and young people living in areas of deprivation in Cardiff BBC Children in Need has committed a total of £19,913 in new funding to two local groups working with disadvantaged children and young people across Cardiff. This latest boost from the Charity’s small grants programme brings the total invested locally to more than £1.5 million. Recipients of the funding include Pentrebane Zone which has received a grant of £10,000 to provide a woodwork-based…