Children In Need – Don’t discard dreams, let them inspire you

Thank you very much for giving some of your time to read my blog and taking an interest! My name is Tori and I am trying to not just raise awareness of ‘Children in Need’ but also to raise awareness of what wonderful things they do! I hope you learn something from this blog and take away a new mind set of what ‘Children in Need’ do and stand for!

I would like to tell you straight away about one of the many things that ‘Children in Need’ have done, showing you why you should care about helping! Look at the little boy in the picture, this is Harrison, he is just 8 years old. He needed an emergency operation to remove part of his skull because he had water on his brain, at first, he couldn't walk without bumping into things but a year later, thanks to the help of ‘Children in Need’ and BIBIC in Somerset, he is doing brilliantly. At BIBIC Harrison receives treatment from the physiotherapist that ‘Children in Need’ funds to help Harrison with his coordination skills. They have helped Harrison learn to do things most children take for granted, such as balance and coordination. Harrison needs to wear a helmet at school to stop him banging his head and doing damage but he can now go swimming, ride a tricycle and is having lots of fun with his friends. Every £15 that ‘Children in Need’ raise could help pay for an hour of specialist nursing for a severely disabled child, don’t you think that such a little amount of money is worth it to put a smile on his face? If you want to see more stories like Harrison’s and how ‘Children in Need’ helped, follow this web link: http: //www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/who-you-help/index.shtml


If you are wondering how you can get involved, worry no more! There are lots of ways in which you can help my advocacy and change lives! Firstly, you could do one of the points below to show your support! (If you wouldn’t mind, could you please comment below to say that you have done one of these and say which one?!)

• Follow ‘Children in Need’ on Twitter
• Like ‘Children in Need’ on Facebook
• Go on to the ‘Children in Need’ website and click on ‘Share’ in the top right hand corner and choose a site you are a member of and share it on that site! (please note that you can share/like/follow on Facebook and Twitter in this way too.)

Secondly, please could you comment below and give your response to the following questions?

• What is your nearest home town and what country are you in? (So I can see how far my advocacy has spread)
• Had you heard of Children in Need BEFORE you read this blog?
• Have you ever donated money to Children in Need?
• Have you learnt something new about this organisation from my blog?
• Do you now feel more inclined to donate money to Children in Need?
• If you have any other comments, please include them in your response, and don’t forget to spread the word amongst your family and friend to try and persuade them to help out in any of the ways above!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog and I really hope you will do at least one of the steps above! Come on everybody, let’s take action together!

Thanks!
Tori