BBC Children in Need Launch Presentation Ideally this should be used for a whole school assembly. However, if this isn’t possible, this material can also be used as a year assembly or during tutor time.

Everything’s changing… And this year young people in schools across the UK are joining forces to become Champions of Change for BBC Children in Need.

This year’s BBC Children in Need is going to be bigger and better than ever before! We’ve all grown up with Pudsey Bear – you’ll probably associate BBC Children in Need Day with dressing up, having fun with your friends, maybe throwing sponges at teachers… To us, it may be about adding a bit of excitement to an otherwise dull November day. But for lots of children and young people across the UK, it changes lives for the better the whole year through.

Introduction to BBC Children in Need (click below for video) (Insert YouTube video link) https://youtu.be/rifa0GrANuI

BBC Children in Need is helping young people in our area right now. Young people just like us. As the film shows, BBC Children in Need isn’t just about helping little children – it’s also about changing the lives of young people like us. The money raised is funding projects in our area right now! In fact, you or someone you know may even have benefited from money raised for BBC Children in Need. It would be good to add some examples of projects in your area here – visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/psvxkB6QDMK63pgHmP5RJF/who-you-help to find out more

Even small amounts can change lives £1 helps an 11-year-old girl who has been bullied to make friends and grow in self-esteem at her local youth club £8.50 means a teenage boy with autism can spend an hour at a life skills course where he can learn to travel independently £10 pays for a music therapy session at a hospice where a six-year-old girl with a brain tumour can have some joy in the last weeks of her life £20 pays for a therapy session for a young boy with alcoholic parents, helping him understand their illness and manage his anxieties £40 helps support a 17-year-old girl who was dependent on drugs to turn her life around and find a job Last year as a school we raised (find out how much and add the total here). This was enough to (add an example of what the money could have been used for using the above examples). The money you all donated really did make a difference. And this year we want to do even better.

This year BBC Children in Need is asking us all to become Champions of Change Click on the image to find out more… Video 1 Champions of Change Launch! (Insert YouTube video link) Welcome, everyone! It’s been an amazing couple of weeks, with all sorts of mad fundraising activities going on around school for BBC Children in Need. Now it’s time for us to celebrate! Video link: https://youtu.be/CIWnEuKW53c

Yes, at [Add name of school] the students are taking over! Over the coming weeks, we’re going to do all we can to raise lots of money for BBC Children in Need in the build-up to the big day on Friday 13 November! [Add a photograph of your lead Champions] (Add your school name and a photo of the lead Champions to this slide.) We’re your lead Champions for BBC Children in Need (you could introduce yourselves here). In the build-up to BBC Children in Need Day, we’re going to be organising all sorts of events and activities to raise money – you’ll probably see a lot of us!

What are we going to do? We hope that lots of you will take part – there really will be something for everyone. We already know that we’re going to (add details of activities already decided, e.g. dressing up on the day, Celebration of Champions). If you’ve got ideas for your own fundraising activities, please let us know You may well take part in activities related to BBC Children in Need in lessons too.

0000.00 What’s our aim? Our school’s fundraising target is… (Add your fundraising target here) Our school’s fundraising target for BBC Children in Need 2015 is £XXXX. It’s going to be a challenge to achieve this, but we believe we can do it if we all work together. We’ll find out if we’ve succeeded at our Celebration of Champions Assembly/Event on 13 November! Please come and talk to us if you’d like to get involved, or speak to (add name of lead teacher). Thanks in advance for all your support. It’s going to be lots of fun and really will change the lives of children and young people for the better.

So let’s get started as Champions of Change! Play the introduction song again Get involved… Raise some money… Change children’s lives!