School joins BBC for Children in Need challenge
BBCA primary school in West Sussex has raised more than £4,800 for BBC Children in Need through a series of fitness challenges.
The charity has been inviting people to take on their own challenges inspired by the number 26, as part of the Challenge Yourself 2026 campaign.
St Nicolas & St Mary CE Primary School in Shoreham-by-Sea raised the sum through sponsored timed fitness challenges, donation buckets and a sale of Children in Need goodies.
Assistant headteacher Helen Woodman said: "What a wonderful experience for our pupils and staff and a great cause to be involved with."
One way of getting involved has been to "Run for Pudsey and Joe Wicks", which challenges people to walk, run, or roll their way to a marathon distance.
Participants in the challenge, including BBC Radio Sussex reporter George Carden, clocked up two miles (3.2km) a day in the lead-up to Children in Need appeal day on Friday.
Carden and executive producer Mark Carter hosted an assembly at the Shoreham school to celebrate completing the challenge.
After finishing his run, Carden said: "I'm feeling better than I did half-way through, when I felt very tired.
"Two miles a day surprisingly takes a toll especially with no rest days to break it up.
"It feels really nice to have run all that distance for such a good cause though."
Carter said: "It's been fantastic to see the children engaged in our Children in Need challenges.
"There's been some incredible fundraising and lots of fun along the way."
BBC Children in Need funds people in local charities across the UK that create connection, confidence and safety.
Whether it's a child living with serious illness or disability, carrying a burden that feels too heavy to manage alone, experiencing anxiety, isolation or grief, facing inequality or a lack of opportunity, or going without essentials such as food, clothes or a bed, the charity helps to make sure there is someone there for them.
Find out more and donate to BBC Children in Need here.
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