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BBC Children in Need and Lloyds Bank invite you to be a part of the Big Spotacular
BBC Children in Need is partnering with Lloyds Bank once again this year for their new 2016 fundraising appeal – the Big Spotacular!
Nurseries, schools and colleges across the UK will be going spotty for BBC Children in Need by dressing in spots, selling spotty cakes and taking part in spotty themed challenges to raise money.
Building on last year’s campaign, which proved to have a positive impact on student skill development, including teamwork, communication, self-motivation and confidence, students will learn about the cause of the charity whilst they raise money to make a Spotacular difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
We are encouraging educational establishments to request their FREE Spotacular Fundraising Kit - containing fundraising ideas, resources and plenty of goodies to enable them to go as spotty as possible. Those that request their free kit before 16 September will be in with the chance of getting a visit from Pudsey Bear himself as part of the Pudsey School’s Roadshow. The iconic BBC Children in Need mascot will be travelling throughout the UK armed with merchandise to help schools kick-off their fundraising.
Spotacular will build on BBC Children in Need’s 2015 schools campaign, which saw over 15,500 schools and millions of children take part. Research conducted by Future Thinking, who surveyed a sample of 123 schools that used the educational resources as part of the 2015 programme, found that:
- Teachers felt the programme had a positive impact on children’s skills development - especially teamwork (96%), communication (96%), self-motivation (95%), confidence (94%), leadership (89%) and decision making (89%)
- Teachers also saw a positive impact on pupils’ social attitudes and knowledge – awareness of the challenges faced by other children (99%), taking responsibility for their actions (94%) and appreciation of their community (91%)
- The children embraced the programme; enjoying the freedom, motivated by the responsibility and feeling a sense of achievement and pride, and teachers noticed that usually less engaged & shy children had the opportunity to ‘shine’
- 97% of schools who used the resources said they would be likely to participate again in 2016 and 95% would recommend the programme
- “It had a massive impact on their social skills” – KS4 Teacher
- “It made me more confident to talk to somebody else I wouldn’t normally be around” –KS2 Pupil
Stuart Beaver, Director, Partnership & Community Programmes, Lloyds Banking Group said: “Handing the fundraising planning over to the children was a great success last year, and I cannot wait to see what spotty ideas they come up with across the country to raise money this year.”
Jonathan Rigby, Director of Marketing and Fundraising, BBC Children in Need, added: “This year’s ‘Big Spotacular’ schools campaign is set to be sensational and we can’t wait to see the UK’s schools sign up to get involved. Everyone’s efforts will make a huge difference to young lives across the UK so we hope to see lots of schools going spotty to help raise money.”
To find out more about the Spotacular campaign please visit: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/schools/