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Rob’s Helping Hands
Pudsey Bear
Chief Fundraiser
When an accident left fitness fanatic Rob Groves a paraplegic, he had to come to terms with a whole new way of life. Now he’s cycling from Edinburgh to London to raise money for ±«Óătv Children in Need – using just his hands!
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Happy Easter from Toby, Lucas and Stamford
Pudsey Bear
Chief Fundraiser
Toby, Lucas and Stamford are getting into the Easter spirit by colouring in Easter eggs! All three have cerebral palsy, a condition affecting the part of the brain that controls muscle movement. By learning to hold the pencils correctly and colouring within the lines, they are also developing crucial co-ordination skills.
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Who You Help: Sufyan and MG
Hannah Loughlin
Journalist
Less than a year ago, Sufyan was like any other 12-year-old boy. He loved playing sport, especially football and rugby, liked hanging out with his mates and was looking forward to being a teenager getting up to trouble! Then very unexpectedly, his life began to unravel.
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Who You Help: Chickenshed
Hannah Loughlin
Journalist
Part funded by ±«Óătv Children in Need, the Chickenshed theatre is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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Who You Help: The Urban Hope Youth Project
Hannah Loughlin
Journalist
Urban Hope is a vibrant youth project based at St Stephen's Church in North London. The project runs after school activities for girls aged 11-18 from low-income families who are socially excluded in Islington.
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Who You Help: New Horizons Youth Centre
Hannah Loughlin
Journalist
We are halfway through Poverty and ±«Óătvlessness Awareness Week and continuing to look at the work done by organisations to help vulnerable young people who are dealing with issues around homelessness. New Horizon Youth Centre is a youth crisis centre in Chalton Street, Camden, London.
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Charlie's Army Blog
Hannah Loughlin
Journalist
In September 2013 ±«Óătv Children in Need were excited to be contacted by the team working with Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth.They were looking to recruit some young people to take part in work experience at this year’s 1Xtra Live events in London, Bournemouth, Liverpool and Leeds.
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The heroes of 2013
Pudsey Bear
Chief Fundraiser
It’s nearly Christmas, and of course that means that it’s nearly New Year! As we keep moving ever closer to what promises to be a very exciting 2014, we can’t help but take the opportunity to have a few little glances back at some of the great stuff that happened over the past year.
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HMRC fundraising hero visits ChildLine
Pudsey Bear
Chief Fundraiser
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff are big supporters of Children in Need. Last year people across the department dug deep into their pockets and organised dozens of fundraising events in their own time, raising more than ÂŁ100,000 from offices across the country.
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Thank you to all our fundraising heroes!
Pudsey Bear
Chief Fundraiser
Here at Pudsey HQ we’ve had a little bit of a celebratory week - last Friday our cracking Appeal Show saw us raise a record-breaking £31.1 million – a remarkable amount that we couldn’t have reached without the support of fundraising heroes from all over the UK.