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.
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.
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.
| 12:34 UK time, Friday, 20 November 2009
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