Children in Need

BBC Children in Need’s mission is to help ensure every child in the UK should have the opportunity to thrive and be the best they can be.
Our ambition is to create positive and lasting change across the UK for the children and young people who need us most. We raise money both throughout the year and in our annual November appeal and we fund local charities and projects who help remove the barriers that are facing children and young people, so that they can thrive. We do this by investing in positive relationships that strengthen children’s wellbeing and help them navigate the challenges in their lives.
We fund 1,800 local charities and projects which directly support children and young people in communities right across the UK. We support children and young people affected by a whole range of disadvantages such as poverty, disability, illness, distress or trauma. Together with the BBC and our partners we tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the UK’s children and young people today, including: mental health and wellbeing, violence impacting young people, child sexual exploitation, holiday hunger; access to employment, and social injustice.