en ±«Óãtv Children in Need Feed Welcome to the ±«Óãtv Children in Need blog - the place to find the very latest news and information about the ±«Óãtv's official charity. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:16:42 +0000 Zend_Feed_Writer 2 (http://framework.zend.com) /blogs/childreninneed Peugeot launches Pudsey's Dream Wheels Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:16:42 +0000 /blogs/childreninneed/entries/fea7ed37-6cbb-3db9-9ecf-4e962b1302eb /blogs/childreninneed/entries/fea7ed37-6cbb-3db9-9ecf-4e962b1302eb Paul Condon Paul Condon

It is always great when something is a lot of fun and helps us to raise money. Our pals at Peugeot have used their expertise to create Pudsey’s Dream Wheels, an online game that lets kids and grown-ups alike design their own dream car.

Tamara Ecclestone, Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries recreate a scene from 'Grease'.

The game launched on Friday with some help from Tamara Ecclestone, and the boys from Freshly Squeezed, Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries who recreated an iconic scene from Grease with Tamara channelling her Sandra Dee and the boys looking slick as T-Birds.

Your imagination can run wild as you customise your paintwork, wheels, bumpers and bonnet – you can add everything from wings to eyelashes to your car. Once you’ve crafted your dream wheels you can describe what is special about your design and for a small donation enter it into a gallery to be entered into a competition to win a new car. The entries will be shortlisted to just 10 before being judged by an expert panel with the winner announce on 8 December.

If you’re looking for some special Christmas presents, your dream wheels can even be printed onto a range of different merchandise, including t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers and even tea towels. All these stylish items come with a donation to ±«Óãtv Children in Need and by buying your personalised gift; you’re entered into the competition too.

Log on now and create your own set of dream wheels at (terms and conditions can be found there too)

]]> 0 Countryfile Calendar 2013 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:23:27 +0000 /blogs/childreninneed/entries/adb3aec4-29af-36fd-86f1-2ddbdbda78f7 /blogs/childreninneed/entries/adb3aec4-29af-36fd-86f1-2ddbdbda78f7 Paul Condon Paul Condon

Our wonderful friends at ±«Óãtv One's Countryfile are helping to support ±«Óãtv Children in Need again this year, once again producing a fantastic calendar. Here's what they had to say about the calendar from their own web page:

"It’s that time of year again whenÌýwe launchÌýthe Countryfile calendar, featuring all twelve finalists in our annual photographic competition. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. With around 50,000 entries on the theme of ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’, we were spoilt for choice. We do hope you enjoy the calendar and that, with your help, once again we’re able to raise more than a million pounds for the ±«Óãtv Children in Need Appeal from calendar sales. Last year’s calendar raised more than £1.2 million for the charity.

The photo features in the 2012 Countryfile Calendar, with profits going to ±«Óãtv CiN.

The overall winner of this year’s competition, chosen in a public vote by our viewers, is Dave Foker’s On The Move (pictured above). He gets to choose from photographic equipment to the value of £1,000.

The judges, John Craven, Chris Packham and Jo Brand, chose their favourite too. It was Jean Burwood’s Rainbow’s End that took their fancy. Jean gets £500 worth of equipment.

Jo Brand, John Craven and Chris Packham select the winning entry.

Now if you would like to see these beautiful shots on your wall you can click on the order link below, or call the order line on 0844 811 7044. The calendar can also be ordered by post by sending your name, address and cheque to: ±«Óãtv Countryfile Calendar, PO Box 25, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1ZG. Please make cheques payable to ±«Óãtv Countryfile Calendar.

The calendar costs £9 and a minimum of £4 from each sale will go to the ±«Óãtv Children in Need appeal. Click on the link below to buy yours.

The winning entries are revealed on ±«Óãtv One's Countryfile.

]]> 0 The Today programme's Design-A-Radio Competition Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:00:47 +0000 /blogs/childreninneed/entries/9fb629a9-8882-3e55-8b95-b03ba43b3cd7 /blogs/childreninneed/entries/9fb629a9-8882-3e55-8b95-b03ba43b3cd7 Paul Condon Paul Condon

The Today programme wanted to do something special to commemorate its move to New Broadcasting House later this year and to help ±«Óãtv Children in Need, so came up with the idea of running a competition to get listeners to design a limited edition radio to raise money for the charity. The radio is now available to order from the .

The Winner Revealed!

On Tuesday 3 July 2012, the Today programme announced the winner of the Design-A-Radio Competition. Huge congratulations to Mr David Hampson, whose winning design will shortly go into production and will then go on sale this Autumn to raise funds for the 2012 ±«Óãtv Children in Need appeal.Ìý

To be one of the first to see what our very special ±«Óãtv Children in Need digital radio will look like, watch this on the ±«Óãtv News site.

The competition: how it came about

The competition was to design a 'skin' or outer cover for a DAB Radio made by Tivoli Audio and it was open to design students across the UK, as well as amateur designers and Today listeners.

The competition brief asked people to come up with a design that reflected the great traditions of radio but also represented broadcasting in a contemporary way, just as the restored and expanded New Broadcasting House in London does.

The competition launched on 5th April, closed on 11th May and the judging took place on 15th May. The judging panel consisted of:

  • Stevie Spring, Chair of Trustees for ±«Óãtv Children in Need
  • Deyan Sudjic, Director of The Design Museum
  • Sarah Montague, Presenter ofÌýToday
  • Ceri Thomas, Editor of Today
  • Joining the panel as a Design Advisor was Tom DeVesto, Founder and CEO of Tivoli Audio.

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Tom travelled from Boston, Massachusetts to London to be present for the judging process. The panel wanted his guidance on whether the shortlisted design ideas could be realised and manufactured within the given timescale.

Stevie Spring and Ceri Thomas look over the designs.

Sarah Montague gives her opinion on one of the entries to Tom DeVesto.

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The finished product

The winner's radio will go into production this summer and be on sale in autumnÌý2012 for a limited period. £50 from each radio sold will go towardsÌý±«Óãtv Children in Need.

You can look at some of the entries that were submitted to the competition in our .ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Although there's only one winner, there are plans to exhibit a selection of the best and most interesting entries alongside some classic radios of the past at the ±«Óãtv and/or the Design Museum.
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The Today Programme

The Today programme launched in October 1957 and has been ±«Óãtv RadioÌý4's flagship news and current affairs production ever since. Seven millionÌýlisteners tune in each week, and December 2012 sees Today return fromÌýits current base at Television Centre in Shepherds Bush to its originalÌýhome at the renovated Broadcasting House.

For a fascinating Today report on the history of radios, visit theÌý.
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Who You Help: WAC Wonderweb

Some of the projects that ±«Óãtv Children in Need funds have strong links with radio - such as based in North West London. It's a multi-media project for young people with autism and other learning disabilities.

The group has their own radio station kitted out from donated equipment and they present programmes from a recording studio in the college where they're based. Every week they broadcast a live show featuring music, chat, features and interviews. They also produce podcasts on subjects as varied as computer games, the meaning of life and the Olympics!

Hayden has been going to the project for 4 years. "WAC Wonder Web has quite frankly changed my life. Through the project we want to challenge the attitudes of others and show we're not stupid and to increase our confidence and the confidence of other young disabled people and... be completely random!"

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Tivoli Audio

, which won the tender to manufacture the radio was founded by Tom DeVesto in 2000. Tom remains the Chief Designer and his passion for "the magnificent medium of radio" led him to be involved in this project. He says that Tivoli Audio is honoured to work with ±«Óãtv Children in Need on this special project.

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