BBC Scotland Executive Report 2007/08

It was a record-breaking year for the BBC Children in Need Appeal in 2007. In Scotland the highest ever total of £1,680,742 was pledged on the night and the highest ever UK total was raised – over £36 million.

Every part of BBC Scotland was involved in the Appeal on Friday 16th November – the television broadcast was the first major live broadcast to come from the new studios in Glasgow at Pacific Quay. Radio Scotland broadcast Children in Need themed programmes throughout the day, Radio Shetland, Radio Orkney and Radio nan Gaidheal all gave their enthusiastic support and online produced a Scottish Children in Need website. Pacific Quay also played host to brand new online radio station, Radio Pudsey, which was a home for fundraisers right across the UK to tell us what they had been up to. It used the latest technology available to broadcast and this has led to the development of the new Radio Scotland zones.

In 2007, 224 grants worth £3,797,065 were made throughout Scotland. These grants, which range from £300 to £117,000, are making a difference for children and young people who may be affected by homelessness, neglect, abuse or poverty, or those who have encountered serious illness, disabilities and psychological disorders.

Children in Need web pages:

• go to bbc.co.uk/scotland/pudsey and bbc.co.uk/pudsey