Pudsey and council staff join forces to raise £1,600
Pudsey Bear paid a special visit to Warwick Museum on Friday (16 November) while fun-loving staff from Warwickshire County Council dressed down – and helped raise over £1,600 for charity!
FUNd-raising activities for his year’s BBC Children in Need took place across the county council. Warwickshire Museum Services raised nearly £500 by recycling old phones and selling cookies.
Over 70 mobile phones came in, each raising £5 for the appeal paid by Fonebak, who worked in conjunction with Children in Need to give £5 for every unwanted mobile phone.
Michelle Phillips, Visitor Services Manager, said: "We were thrilled to show once again that museums have a major part to play in contemporary events such as Children in Need. We were delighted at the number of visitors who brought old mobiles in and enabled us to raise such a great sum."
Warwickshire County Council’s ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Services raised £250 from their annual raffle. Sixteen prizes were donated by staff and management.
Meanwhile, staff working in the Children, Young People and Families directorate celebrated Diwali, Eid and Children In Need, raising £487, and teams in the Performance & Development directorate dressed-down, raising around £200.
Pensions and Treasury Management ran a cake stall and tombola in aid of Children in Need, raising around £250, while the PHILLIS Team, Adult Services Management Group, Adult Learning and IDS (Integrated Disability Service) Team paid a £1 entrance fee to get into their premises at Orion House on Friday and also ran a raffle with prizes donated by various members of staff.
In all, kind-hearted Warwickshire County Council staff raised over £1,600 for the cause.
BBC Children in Need aims to positively change the lives and prospects of children and young people living in the UK who have suffered hardships, difficulties or disadvantages of some kind.
Each year, the charity provides support to thousands of youngsters aged 18 and under, including those who have experienced homelessness, neglect, abuse or poverty, and those who’ve encountered serious illnesses, disabilities, psychological disorders or addictions.