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-Yes it's very important, indeed,
down here at the Nottingham Tennis Center.
Children in need.
It's been a fantastic evening so far.
We've had more fancy dress than you can shake a stick at.
We've had tennis matches.
You name it, it's been going on.
But as I said before, children in need.
It's all about raising money.
It's about helping children that just need that little bit
extra.
And there are lots of groups who benefit from the money
that you raise.
One of them is here, it's the Ear Foundation.
Now, welcome.
What do you do?
-We support deaf children and their families
using the latest hearing technologies
to enable them to develop their communication skills,
develop spoken language, in order
that they have better opportunities in a hearing
world.
-And how many families do you help then?
-We help, probably about 1,000 families a year.
Both here in the East Midlands.
But thanks to Children in Need, we
support families all across the country.
From little babies, all the way through to teenagers.
-And it really does make a difference?
-It makes a massive difference.
Children in Need has enabled us to run groups
for very complex children, both here and in London.
And also, we've just received a really lovely grant
from Children in Need, which is going
to help us run our preschool program for the next the years.
-That's fantastic.
And you all look gorgeous.
Thank you for coming down here.
So now we meet the people that raise the money.
And we have some lovely Onesie Walkers here.
What did you do?
Well it was walking, I guess.
-Yeah we walked 11 miles in [INAUDIBLE].
-And you walked in onesies?
-Yeah, we did.
-And did people just give you money along the way?
-Yeah we did collect on the way.
-Thank you so much.
And there is a gentleman here who
proves that you can look cool in a onesie.
Not that you don't as well, obviously.
Right.
Hucknall Roundtable, you are great, great friends
of Children in Need.
2,013 pounds, how did you manage this?
-Mainly due to the generosity of the public.
And the good old hard labor of asking them for the cash-ins.
At the train station, making sure
they don't get on the train until they've actually paid,
that does work.
And a huge thank you to Collins Cash and Carry who
contribute every year, and they make a massive difference
to us.
-And you make a massive difference to us,
because you've been doing it for a while now.
-We've been doing this longer than the BBC
but you just didn't quite know it.
-OK.
Well we'll argue about that one later.
Thank you all very much.
And thank you for coming along as well.
We have a giant check here for 5,000 pounds.
I think they could get a bit of a round of applause for that.
[CROWD CHEERING]
-Who did this?
Who is this and how did you do it?
-It's DHL Express through our customer service's department
and all the stuff.
They've had colored hair, shaved heads, colored eyebrows.
27 people in the DHL [? taxi. ?]
-27 people in a DHL-- do they have to be very small?
-Smaller than me.
-And what color did you do your eyebrows?
-And then we also operate the DHL call center,
which is normally customer services
but is the donation line for Children in Need.
-Fantastic.
Thank you for that.
Now, I get this name wrong every time, don't I?
It's Corner Nursery, no, Children's Corner.
Come here.
You look great in your Dalmatian outfits.
What did you do?
-We've raised money and we've made cakes.
And also a paper mache.
-We love, love the paper mache.
It is super.
And how much did you raise?
-88 pounds, 78.
-And you've been dressed like that all evening?
-Yes.
-You are brilliant.
Thank you very much, indeed.
And a giant thank you to everybody
who raises money and helps us here on Children in Need.
We don't know what we'd do without you.
It's the best part of the year.
It's here on down to Christmas now, isn't it?
That's just about it from us.
Don't forget, that Children in Need goes on on the BBC
all the way through the evening.
But lovely Oscar is going to sing us out
from the East Midlands.
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