Children in Need 2025: Everything you need to know

Children in Need day is here and we want to know if you are doing anything to raise money at home or at school.

If you've never heard of it before, Children in Need is a charity that raises money to help children and young people across the UK.

Every year in November there is a special TV programme packed full of fun including comedy, music and plenty of special guests, all trying to raise as much money as possible.

Are you getting involved? Are you having a bake sale? Maybe you're doing a sponsored bounce or maybe even a sponsored silence? Let us know in the comments below.

People across the country are doing loads of whacky and wonderful things for Children in Need.

Across the UK, BBC local radio presenters are raising money by braving the weather and walking one thousand miles between them, whilst three-legged.

Different guests are joining the presenters along the route to share the journey and their legs, from panto dames to RNLI crews.

The three-legged legends are walking to iconic spots like Stonehenge or the very tip of England, Land's End.

To raise money BBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox took part in an epic 135-mile mission to get Pudsey the bear, to the town of Pudsey in Yorkshire.

That meant that Sara's ran and walked around a marathon a day for five days!

Sara set off from Kielder Forest on the Scottish borders on Monday 10 November and arrived into Pudsey on the afternoon of Friday 14 November .

She even got a boost to get her through the final leg with a message from the Prince of Wales.

"You're so nearly there and I know the people of Pudsey will all come out and welcome you with huge, open arms. Big hugs, and hopefully lots of your favourite crumpets!"

As she crossed the finish line she celebrated by punching the air, before taking some time to see her husband Ben, and her kids.

Her efforts raised more than £6m for Children in Need.

After finishing she said: "That was the hardest thing I've ever done... I can't believe it."

There are plenty of different ways you can get involved from raising money with your school to coming up with your own challenge with help from an adult.

If you need a bit of inspiration don't worry because the Children in Need team have got a bit of help this year from the stars of Strictly Come Dancing.

The result is 'Challenge Yourself to 25' - a special dance that some of the Strictly pros are teaching people in a series of videos.

The idea is once you've learned the dance, you can perform it in front of your class, or school, to do your bit for charity.

Children in Need 2025 will be live from Salford, on BBC One at 7pm, on Friday 14 November.

Don't worry if you aren't able to stay up for the full three hour show, you can catch all the best bits on BBC iPlayer afterwards.

Lenny Rush will return to the presenting line up on the night - he became the first child presenter of the live show in 2023.

Some of the Gladiators are set to put their muscles to good use on the night too and there will be a performance from the BBC Children in Need Choir with a special arrangement of Coldplay's song Yellow.

Whether you are getting involved in 'Challenge Yourself to 25' or you have a fun challenge of your own. We want to know what you are doing for Children in Need this year. Let us know in the comments.