Our Partners

Every year BBC Children in Need receives a massive boost from the kind and generous support of it's Corporate Partners. In 2011, they were part of our record breaking fundraising efforts thanks to the dedication of their staff and the generosity of their customers. See below to see who supported us in 2011. Thank you so much and here's to a successful 2012!

We are also fortunate to have many community groups support us, including RIBI, Round Table, TOGs to name a few! See our Ideas for Communities page to find out how you can get your group involved.

Our Corporate Partners

Our fabulous friends at ASDA have supported us for 11 years raising over £12.5 million in that time. Last year colleagues and customers raised £1.65 million of that total through their great range of BBC CiN products and staff fundraising. ASDA colleagues focused on baking lots this year, developing a range of products and events to support this most popular of fundraising activities.

ASDA have always been such amazing supporters and we'd like to say thank you to all of their colleagues and customers - we couldn't do it without you!

Greggs staff once again aimed high in 2011 and pushed their total over the £1 million mark for the first time since they began supporting us in 2007 - what a great result! Special BBC Children in Need cupcakes and doughnuts and the first meal deal for children went spotty this year to raise money for us and our official merchandise could be found in stores alongside these tasty products. Staff had fun raising money with a series of exciting events countrywide to inspire Greggs' customers to donate.

We are so proud of what the Greggs team achieved with this great total - thank you so much to each and every staff member and customer that supported us for your brilliant efforts!

The team at Costco pledged a fantastic £500,136 to the BBC Children in Need Appeal. As well as helping members save their pennies with a special Pudsey money box, staff were once again generous with their time, organising a number of fundraising events at warehouses around the country. Events included staff breakfasts, car washes and the famous Costco golf day kicking off activity in the Summer. Thanks to all staff and members for their great support!

Boots supported BBC Children in Need for the eighth year running in 2011 and totalled up more than £500,000 for us. They were stockists of our official merchandise, including super soft Pudsey & Blush bears and ears, their own specially designed keyrings and wristbands and for the first time some exclusive spotty Nail Rocks nail wraps. Boots staff and customers did a great job for us, so thank you very much!

The Post Office, along with friends from Royal Mail and ParcelForce Worldwide supported us once again in 2011 raising their highest amount ever for BBC Children in Need. As well as having fundraising buckets in over 10,000 Post Offices across the UK, over 100 stores had fun selling BBC Children in Need wristbands and Pudsey Ears. So many members of staff got involved raising money however they could, from knitting events and cake sales to football matches and auctions. Thank you to all their staff and customers who supported us. We can't wait to see what you all get up to in 2012.

The team at Welcome Break were working with us for the eighth year running in 2011 and managed to fundraise a wonderful £280,000 beating their 2010 total! Staff came up with all sorts of ideas to inspire the generosity of their customers and make their pit stops a little livelier. In addition to getting involved with on site fundraising events, customers were able to 'Spend a Penny and Spare a Penny' thanks to special donation boxes outside the most used facilities on site. Welcome Break also collected donations at till points and stocked BBC Children in Need merchandise to keep the pennies coming in. Thanks to all Welcome Break people for their unstoppable energy - we can't wait to see what 2012 will bring!

Polka dots took over at B&Q in 2011 with lots of products being sold with a donation to BBC Children in Need. In store fundraising and events in most stores across the country from face painting to GIG-a-thon's which all contributed to a fantastic £250,000 being raised. This smashed last year's total by a staggering £150,000. Well done to all the staff and customers of B&Q for your fantastic support.

Nationwide were an official 'Ways to Pay' partner in 2011, but staff didn't just collect donations; they made a healthy chunk of their own raising over £200,000. As well as host of staff fundraising activities across their various sites, branches also stocked and sold official Pudsey products to support their donation. A big thank you to everyone, staff and customers for your generosity.

Pudsey Bear and his very best friend Blush were available in Build-A-Bear Workshop stores in 2011 to help raise money for BBC Children in Need. They even have their own fabulous outfits so that they could help you to show your spots and raise lots! Donations were made on all marked items. Some stores held their very own Pudsey parties raising money with pawsome games and face painting for all their customers to enjoy. Thank you beary much Build-A-Bear Workshop!

Frankie and Benny's made sure that customers had a good meal and did a good deed ahead of the BBC CiN Appeal in 2011 by selling their specially designed Pudsey pizzas with a donation to us! Staff also got creative with their fundraising, holding lots of events and even running their charity breakfasts for us, where customers make a donation instead of paying for their meal. The F&B team managed to raise a total of £125,000 for us which is wonderful. Thanks to all the staff and customers who gave their time and donations so willingly.

The team at LEGO UK pulled together in 2011 to create a unique Lego Pudsey Bear with all LEGO profits donated to BBC Children in Need. LEGO jumped at the chance to help our work at BBC Children in Need by donating LEGO to some of our projects and inviting some of the children we work with to Mini Model Build events. Look out for more creative ideas in 2012!

Our technology friends at BT give fantastic support to BBC Children in Need, providing the network that delivers calls to volunteer call centres all around the UK - enabling our thousands of volunteers to take so many generous donations from the public. BT also provide our donation website facilitating millions of pounds worth of payments each year. On Appeal night, BT themselves provide hundreds of volunteers to support the influx of donation calls, with BT staff also showing their spots to raise thousands of pounds through their own fundraising efforts.

Thanks to each and every one of the staff at BT who supported us in 2011 - another truly great effort.

Our friends at PayPal provide the facility to process donations, so that we can offer more ways for supporters to donate. They also get involved with fundraising activities, and help us to realise innovative ways to engage with supporters through digital platforms.

Other fantastic corporate partners that worked with us in 2011 - thanks to each and every one of you:

Aramark
Bosch
British Gas
Coventry Building Society
Domino's
Leeds Building Society
Orange/T-Mobile
Lakeland
HMRC
Jo Jingles
WHSmiths
Ecats
Scottish and Southern Energy
Scholastic
National Grid