Workplace Children in Need Gala Fundraising Event
Post categories: Children in Need
|12:34 UK time, Friday, 20 November 2009
Wow what a night! Last night we topped £100,000 for our 2009 Workplace Children in Need campaign. Through the power of partnerships we raised £17,630 at our gala fundraising event last night. It was a great occasion and all in a good cause. We took over Studio 6 at BBC TV Centre and invited our partners and staff to enjoy a pre-Pudsey evening with an auction, raffle, entertainment and dancing. The results are due in large part to the immense generosity of partners. I want to pass on a huge thanks to our Platinum Partners - Overbury, Balfour Beatty Workplace, Johnson Controls, Aramark and Bovis Lend Lease who contributed nearly £68,000 towards our fundraising campaign. Andy Collins, our MC for the night, did a brilliant job. He conducted the auction which raised over £13,000 and included VIP visits to top BBC shows including Top Gear, Jonathan Ross, Question of Sport 40th Anniversary Special, Alan Titchmarsh, and Graham Norton. There were also bids for a VIP Tour of the Olympic Stadium, and a Queens Park Rangers Experience. Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hardy led Pudsey onto the dance floor and then invited the assembled audience to take part in a Cha cha cha group dance. You can see everybody having fun, and helping us raise money, in these photos.
Their support was crucial in making the night happen. Thanks must also go to others who contributed their services or donations for our auction - Wilson James, Lambert Smith Hampton, BBC Studios & Post Production, Capita Symonds, OCS, Swiss Post, Serco, Partytecture, Digital id, Relax, Nintendo, and Bobby's Props.
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