Children in Need launched on Christmas day in 1927 on the radio, with the first televised performance taking place in 1955. It became a BBC telethon show in 1980, and the famous Pudsey was introduced five years later.
For the 29th annual BBC Children in Need, t2 spent the week fundraising to raise as much as possible for the charity that helps disadvantaged and under-privileged children in Great Britain.
Friday 14th November kicked off with hot bacon rolls being sold in the staff kitchen. A George Foreman grill, bumper packs of rolls and bacon, and an early start fed the entire office and filled the fundraising pot with over £80.
Two Pudsey Scratch Card Sweepstakes took place, raising £54, where there two bottles of wine were up for grabs. This was followed by a raffle with 14 prizes varying from pantomime tickets and a bottle of Champagne, to a folding screw driver and a padlock!
Prizes for the raffle were donated from various members of t2 staff, and with over 100 tickets sold, the raffle was a huge success. There was also a sweepstake to determine how many pairs of shoes our resident fashion icon, Lisa Gill, owns. The total was a whopping 95 pairs!
Finally, a dress down day took place on Friday, to support the fundraising for BBC Children in Need. All staff took part, and overall the day was a great opportunity for employees to come together to have fun while raising money for a very worthy cause. Trainees at t2’s training centre in Newport also donated to the cause, so a big thank you to them.
Rob Marr, Managing Director of t2 business solutions said: “t2 always tries to do something for BBC Children in Need, last year raising a fantastic £250. This year we set ourselves a bigger target to raise £300. We managed to hit this, which is fantastic.
“I would like to thank all t2’s employees for their generosity during this time, and congratulate everyone on raising so much money for such a worthy charity.”
