Children in Need

Could Pudsey and BBC Radio Wiltshire's radio presenters be riding in to a town near you?

Last year in the West, Children in Need raised nearly a million pounds. This year with your help (and help from a few suspicious looking cowboys!) we want to try to match that total.

We'll be out and about around Wiltshire finding out what you're doing to raise money for Pudsey.

We'll be taking photographs for our online gallery, you could even be a radio star and chat to one of our presenters live on-air and we want to know what you're doing for Children in Need 2008.

So whether your holding a sponsored head shave, jumping out of a plane, trying to remain silent or working a day for free - come along and tell us all about it.

Charities helped by CIN

All this week on BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Radio Swindon we'll be finding out a bit more about the charities that have been helped by Children in Need.

BBC Radio Swindon Breakfast with Shaun Hodgetts:

Among the more usual events for Pudsey, he's visiting a home in Cavendish Square, Swindon, where they've made a Cathedral out of WOOD for Children in Need.

Shaun hears from the Swindon Koalas

He's also been finding out where the money's going including the charities Swindon Ten,  Eighteen Project, and Swindon Koalas (they're not furry tree-hugging creatures, they actually run pre-school groups for children with disabilities!)

BBC Radio Wiltshire Breakfast with Graham Seaman:

Graham has travelled around Wiltshire during Children in Need week and his show has gone live to Devizes Market Place where the local Lions Club have been raising money by dressing up as Clowns! Click on our Pudsey gallery to take a look at the pictures!

What a cunning disguise!

He's also been finding out about how the money's been spent at the Stepping Stones Playgroup for babies & toddlers in Trowbridge. As well as doing a mighty fine impression of a cowboy! You can hear Graham Monday to Friday 6am - 9am.

Midmorning with Graham Rogers:

Gets his cowboy hat on and goes in search of his horse.

At Greatwood, the home for retired race horses near Marlborough. They've used your Children in Need money to help children with special needs.

Hands up if you know who this is

He's also been finding out what happens when a life-size yellow bear tries to board a bus and travel around Salisbury on Children in Need day.  You can hear Graham Rogers Sunday to Friday 9am - 12pm.

The Two Hour Lunch with Mark O'Donnell:

Mark loves Children in Need and this year has been chatting to the folk at Wessex Community Action to find out how they spent their Children in Need money.

Recognise the glasses?

And has been discovering how the Mitchemp Trust unlocks the potential in disadvantaged children. You can listen to Mark with The Two Hour Lunch, Monday to Friday, 12pm - 2pm.

The Afternoon Show with Sue Davies:

Sue's been on home territory this week for Children in Need and having fun at Devizes Market Place, where she met the Devizes Lions Club, each year they dress up for Pudsey. This year they dressed as clowns!

Look at those guns!

She's also been finding out how some local Wiltshire companies are raising money for Pudsey including, Legal & General, who have joined forces with local school pupils and challenged them to a quiz "Are you smarter than a Peatmoor Child?" You can hear Sue weekdays, 2pm to 4pm as she talks to people about their lives in Wiltshire.

Matthew Smith:

Has chatted to villagers in Aldbourne, for Children in Need they decided to see how many people they could to squeeze into their library, which just so happens to be the smallest library in Wiltshire!

The baby of the bunch, more a calf-boy!

Matthew also rounds up each day by telling us how Pudsey fund raisers across Wiltshire have got on and how much people in leisure centres across Kennet have been wobbling for Pudsey! You can hear Matthew weekdays, 4pm to 7pm.

Weekend Breakfast with Mark Jones:

On the seventh day of Children in Need week Mark rounds up all the fundraising from across the week and finds out if we've raised as much money as Wiltshire did last year.

Pudsey has travelled round Wiltshire all this week to discover what you're doing for Children in Need, click on the link above to take a look at our Children in Need 2008 gallery.

That fringe doesn't hide a thing!

You can listen to Mark Saturday and Sunday 6am - 9am.

Charities that have benefited from Children in Need

Swindon Koalas
Swindon Ten Eighteen Project
Splash, Chippenham
Splitz, Trowbridge
Summer Fun in Calne
Devizes and District Opportunity Centre
Sarum Orchestra, Salisbury
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon Stepping Stones, Trowbridge Devizes Child Contact Centre Victim Support, Wiltshire