Children in Need: The Best Bits

Hello and welcome to the Children in Need fundraisers party in Belfast.

This is where we say thank you to everyone who has been donating to

Children in Need. It is not too late to give money to help children in

Northern Ireland who need it most. This is how you can do it... .

At the teddy bears picnic, we will hear from some fundraisers who have

been all over the country doing that yet, and I have bought my Teddy

Long, a bunny rabbit from the good old days. He is a big softy. I

brought my husband 's from when he was a little boy. He is in safe

hands which you must donate to see him again! His friends will be happy

with that! So what is going on? It has been a easy Children in Need

this year. Coming up later, rate musical formance is including a 150

strong choir who have been performing Gary Barlow and Andrew

Lloyd Webber's hit song. And find out what happened when two Radio

Ulster presenters went head-to-head in the Bake Off Challenge. That was

supposed to be prevented. It is not great! I look forward to

seeing that! But your money does make a difference. Last year, over

50,000 children and young people were helped by Children in Need in

Northern Ireland and one project that has been supported is Horizon

West and County Fermanagh. This is a children's Hospice providing respite

care in April setting for families of children like Grace. -- in April

setting. Grace was born after a normal

pregnancy probably within the first 24 hours though, we noticed

something was not right. The neurologist diagnosed Grace with an

extremely rare condition. With her condition, 50% are dead within the

first year so it is fantastic she is now three and a half. Every day has

been a bonus. Having a rise in West on the doorstep is a major step

forward for families in this area -- one. We are about five miles outside

Enniskillen and Hoople want to access Horizon West, they have a

long journey. Children have specialist equipment that has to be

long journey. Children have packed up and some children do not

travel well. So the journey by car can be very tiring for the children.

When Grace comes in for day care, she is greeted courteously, as we

all are, but especially Grace because everybody loves her.

We do see how she interacts and smiles. She looks around. We know

that she knows we are there. She is just a beautiful child. We went

through a grieving process, if that makes sense, because we would

grieving for the child we thought we had and she was gone. We have a

different child now. Yes. I was reading a poem about when you are

thinking due boarding a flight to Italy but it is Holland, but as you

get your head around it and you accept the diagnosis and the

prognosis that you have a child living with a condition that is life

limiting, you look at Holland and you think, it is not a bad place. It

has windmills and it has tulips. It has lovely attractions.

If you have a family of children who are healthy and well, you sometimes

do not appreciate the difficulties that some families we see would

experience. And in order to give families those opportunities, we are

able to provide respite here in a safe environment.

able to provide respite here in a We have two of the daughters also

who need our love and care and attention -2 macro of the daughters.

That is why the Hospice is very important.

We can get some respite and do things with our other daughters.

Any donation you make will make an enormous difference to the children

and families that use Horizon West. The Children in Need money will be

vital for that so please pick up the phone.

Your money can make a real difference to children like Grace.

Your money can make a real To donate ?10, just text the word

donate to... And Children in Need could not

support Horizon West without fundraisers like these. Amanda, you

have been doing it for 20 years, tell us about it. Every year, we

fundraisers for Children in Need. We wear pyjamas, we bake, we take

photographs and sell them to parents. And over the years, we have

raised ?20,000. You have a lot of children from the nursery here. They

have been going round in pyjamas every week and they are having fun.

Look at these faces, hello! Lovely smile! Tell us what you have done. I

have walked up the mountain. A mountain near, and so young! She is

only seven. We benefited from money from a community association so she

wanted to give something back and this was her weight by walking and

doing -- and raising ?1000. You are all heroes, this is my favourite.

Time for some music from one of the biggest bands around at the moment.

It is One Direction, with a special performance of their hit. This is

Best Song Ever. # Said her name was Georgia Rose. # And her daddy was a

dentist. # Said I had a dirty mouth. I got a dirty mouth. # But she

kissed me like she meant it. # I said, "Can I take you home with me?"

# She said, "Never in your wildest dreams." # And we danced all night

to the Best Song Ever. # We knew every line. Now I can't remember. #

How it goes. But I know that I won't forget her. # Cos we danced all

night to the Best Song Ever. # I think it went, oh, oh, oh. I think

it went yeah, yeah, yeah. # I think it goes, oh. # You know, I know, you

know. I'll remember you. # And I know, you know, I know. You'll

remember me. # And you know, I know, you know. I'll remember you. # And I

know, you know, I hope you'll remember how we danced. # How we

danced. One, two, one, two, three. # How we danced all night to the Best

Song Ever. # We knew every line. Now I can't remember. # How it goes. But

I know that I won't forget her. # Cos we danced all night to the Best

Song Ever. # It goes something like, yeah. # We danced all night to the

Best Song Ever. # We knew every line. Now I can't remember. # How it

goes. But I know that I won't forget her. # Cos we danced all night to

the Best Song Ever #. # I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went

yeah, yeah, yeah # I think it goes oh # Best Song Ever # It was the

Best Song Ever # It was the Best Song Ever It was the Best Song Ever.

Could I have a bright pink? Pudsey has been travelling around Northern

Ireland to different places this year and he has been helping to

collect your money for Children in Need.

Hello and a warm welcome to Seaview for the special BBC Northern Ireland

Children in Need five aside tournament!

Well saved I Thomas Kane! How he did that, because he has never saved

anything else before! Everything you have been doing

around the country, fantastic. And you can still donate to Children in

Need. Time for some more music and to

someone who is a rising star. Performing her new single Dancing In

The Dark, this is Andrea Begley. # I get up in the evening. # And I

ain't got nothing to say. # I come home in the morning. # I go to bed

feeling the same way. # I ain't home in the morning. # I go to bed

nothing but tired. # Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself. # Hey,

there, baby, I could use just a little help. # You can't start a

fire. # You can't start a fire without a spark. # This gun's for

hire. # Even if we're just Dancing In The Dark. # Message keeps getting

clearer. # Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place. # I check my look

in the Mirror. # I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face. # Man, I

ain't getting nowhere. # I'm just living in a dump like this. #

There's something happening somewhere. # Baby, I just

There's something happening there is. # You can't start a fire.

# You can't start a fire without a spark. # This gun's for hire. # Even

if we're just Dancing In The Dark. E # You can't start a fire sitting

'round crying over a broken heart. # This gun's for hire. # Even if we're

just Dancing In The Dark. # Even if we're just Dancing In The

Dark. # Even if we're just Dancing In The Dark.

Cheering And Applause you have been such a busy girl releasing your

album but you still found time for Children in Need. To get out and

enter some choir is was a huge experience for me. I

enter some choir is was a huge from them and their enthusiasm and

hopefully they look a bit from aid. And he went back to your own school.

It was wonderful to go back to my own school. Let's see how they all

got on. I've been singing since I was no wage and some of the best

places I remember singing are at schools, so where better to start

then Saint Papworth Academy in the gallon? -- Saint Patrick 's Academy

in Dungannon? I have so many wonderful memories. May as well. I

can hear the choir at the minute. It's so good to be back. You guys

sound absolutely fantastic. I just heard some of the warm up there.

Maybe I can join those. Please do. Has anyone any questions for

Andrea? Can you give us any advice for the night? Focus on the song and

enjoy it and get into the music and feel it. # if I was a boy...

It's fantastic to be back in my old school but we have to get onto next

school. Hello, everybody. How are you all

doing? What does everybody think about Pudsey showing them

choreography? Yes! # make this moment last forever... #

have you any questions? After hours be her sing, does your throat gets

sore. The best thing to me is to make sure you don't talk or shout

too much and also have hot drinks with lemon and honey in it. Are you

nervous before going on stage? Everybody has nervous but it is good

to have nervous as long as you use them to have energy to think about

your performance and try to concentrate on the song and make

sure you do the best you can. We will hear from two more choir 's

letter in the programme, but now we need more fundraisers. We are from

Christchurch primary school in Bangor. What did you do girls? We

danced for one hour. Over to the doctor's table. Have you been busy?

How many teddies looked after. There were no fatalities so far, thank

God. I may sent over my houseman that my husband's Teddy letter. You

have raise money with your golf. Yes. Our total so far comes to 17 K.

Keep up the good work. All the money raised here will provide money for

local projects. New Lodge Arts provides opportunities for children

and young people to participate in the arts in their local area of

North Belfast. New Lodge Arts provides

opportunities for young people in North Belfast to get involved in

arts activities. Tonight we are down in the 13 getting ready for the

dance performance which is taking place at the Water Works Park as

part of the North Belfast and Antrim magical evening. Without the support

of people like Children in Need, we would not be able to do what we are

doing because the young people we work with are not necessarily from

families that can afford to go to theatres across Belfast and maybe

don't have access to transport so we try to provide activities in their

areas and make it as accessible as possible.

I feel that a large arts are very supportive and they provide projects

that will get young people off the street. My favourite thing is they

help me make new friends from different communities and do

something we love to do. It is an amazing organisation. It is

multicultural and is a great chance for young people to come together

and create and be expressive through the arts. We all have the same goal,

it is about enjoyment and reaching our full potential. New Lodge Arts

has given me a chance to work with people and do help me with dancing

and acting. We have been doing stuff that I never thought I would have

done before. It is about being self expressive, learning respect and

self-identity and teaching confidence. It is a vast range of

skills and very beneficial for young people to take part. Sometimes I

think people think about the arts as entertainment, which of course it is

entertainment, but it is a lot more than that. Community arts has the

ability to change people 's lives and Children in Need of money really

helps projects, we could not do projects like this without that

money. Thank you, everybody, for your support. It has been brilliant

here. Go on, grab your phone now. Your ?10

really will make a big difference. Now, who would have thought that

it's 50 years since the first episode of Doctor Who appeared on

our screens. Well, if you're a episode of Doctor Who appeared on

then we've got something really special for you. MUSIC: "Doctor Who"

Some day, you could just walk past a fez. Never going to happen. ?? GREEN

As instructed, nothing has been touched.

This is why we called you in. 3D again. Hmm. Interesting. The broken

glass. No. Where it's broken from... Look at the shatter pattern. The

glass in all these paintings has been broken from the inside. SMASH

As you can see, all the paintings are landscapes. No figures of any

kind. So? There used to be. Something's got out of the

paintings. Lots of somethings. Dangerous. This whole place has been

searched. There's nothing here that shouldn't be, and nothing's got out.

Oh, no, not now! Doctor, what is it? No, not now, I'm busy! Is it to do

with the paintings? No, this is different. I remember this...almost

remember. Oh, of course. This is where I come in. Geronimo...!

Doctor! Wait! Oh... Now, it wouldn't be a party without

a few biscuits and buns. Paula McIntyre is here from BBC Radio

Ulster. We have been making a few biscuits. Isn't it beautiful? Very

artistic. You are in involved in the Saturday magazine and ready roster.

John Cole and Jerry Kelly are always commentating your bakes. Can they do

anything themselves? Jerry can even turn on and on. John people think

can cook but people will see a different side of that. We set them

a chance to see who could come up with the best bun. Let's DARD let's

take a cut them in the kitchen. You have 30 minutes. It will start now.

So what do we do? That's it. I have bits of Shell in

this. How are you whisking already? You might want a bit of help in

there. You are all right. You need to take that bit of Shell out. There

are no shelves in that. Does it matter what shape they are? No, as

long as they are in the middle. 20 minutes left. Are you ready to go

into the oven? A light tap there. Good luck. Last time I felt like

this, my wife was having a baby. Can I put the oven up a bit? No! John,

eat your heart out! Look at that. The buns are gone. They are both

inconsistent sizes. We will go to icing now. How do you get down to

the bottom? I press it down with a spoon, you see that wooden thing.

How would the toothpaste in your house look? You're helping him. The

point of holding it around your fist is to prevent that. Shall I wash my

hands? Good man, John, you're doing well. Shall I do this on yours or

John 's. ? There is your Pudsey transfer and you want to do a nice

wee dot. Can you do that? All the same? I am only practising. Take

your time. John isn't being artistic, he is just doing it. Time

is up. I think that is a good effort. Put my gun -- my barn

against... My bum. May the best eight win. Pudsey is going to sell

the buns now. -- me the best baker win.

Gerry was the winner but beating was the loser. Thank you, Paula. Thank

you, Gavin. Now let's catch up with what has been happening out and

about. Pudsey, what are we are going to do?

We are going to chop these onions. Like pepper. -- P. Pudsey, lobster.

Enjoy your meal. Lobster, Don. Well done.

My name is Chloe and I with my mother and grandad for

Children in Need. We met the school choirs from St

Patrick's Academy in Dungannon and several macro -- and Ballyholme

Primary School, so we decided to send out singer-songwriter Jordan

O'Keefe, who made it to the final of this year 's Britain's Got Talent.

So he had a lot of advice to share with the choirs. They say if you

want to find the stars, go to Hollywood. That is in County Down,

of course! I know it is your first time

tonight, I have been there before, so if you have questions and advice,

as me any questions. What is it like performing on television with the

cameras for the first time? The best weight to do it is to ignore it --

the best way. Think about what you are doing and the lyrics and your

performance. Go into your own world and single way, that is what I do.

What happens if you need to seize? I was once singing in front of 25,000

people and a B came up and sat in my hand. -- bee. People were looking,

going, what is this boy doing? But sometimes things happen and you have

to get on with it. It went away, it was all good.

We definitely found stars here. We are going to Belfast next. Pudsey,

let's go! Hello, I am Jordan. Are you going to

sing with me? First, get your cheeks like this and go... So go through

the notes. Can you give advice about how to not get nervous?

the notes. Can you give advice about confident in yourself and your group

of friends you are singing with. He will do very well.

# it is you. # I am in love with you.

The choirs have been working hard and I have been joined by Susie and

Keira. How have rehearsals been going? They have been going well and

we have been purchasing for six weeks every break time and we come

down to the Music Room to meet Mrs Smith and we practice with an apple

in our hand in our break! What about you? Great, everything has been

going good and we have been practising hard. Are you ready for

the performance? Yes, I think so. What are you most excited about?

Think -- singing in front of everyone in the UK, icon plate! Good

luck. I believe you have a mental here. No pressure, -- a mental

here. No pressure, Andrea Begley, how have they been singing? If they

sing as well tonight, they will be amazing. Going to nail it? It is

sounding beautiful, they should just do it. Any final advice is to mark

sing well, becomes evident, enjoyed it. Spoken like a confident man!

Performing Sing, it is the fabulous BBC Children in Need choir.

?? new line # Some words, they can't be spoken only sung. ?? new line #

So hear a thousand voices shouting love. ?? new line # There's a place.

# There's a time in this life. # When you sing what you are feeling.

# Find your feet, stand your ground. # Don't you see right now the world

# Find your feet, stand your ground. is listening to what we say? # Sing

it louder, sing it clearer. # Knowing everyone will hear you. #

Make some noise, find your voice tonight. # Sing it stronger, sing

together. # Make this moment last forever. # Old and young shouting

love tonight. # To sing, we've had a lifetime to wait. # Wait, wait,

wait. # And see a thousand faces celebrate. # Together, celebrate. #

You brought hope, you brought life, conquer fear. # No, it wasn't always

easy. # Stood your ground, kept your

faith. # Don't you see right now the world

is listening to what we say? # Sing it louder, sing it clearer.

# Knowing everyone will hear you. # Make some noise, find your voice

tonight. # Sing it stronger, sing together.

# Make this moment last forever. # Old and young shouting love tonight.

# Some words, they can't be spoken, only sung.

# To hear a thousand voices shouting love and life and hope.

# Just sing. # Just sing. # Just sing.

# Sing it louder, sing it clearer. # Knowing everyone will hear you. #

Make some noise, find your voice tonight.

# Sing it stronger, sing together. # Make this moment last forever. #

Old and young shouting love tonight. # Hear a thousand voices shouting

love. # they were fabulous! Autism is a lifelong social and

communication disability that affects how a person communicates

with and relates to other people. It also affects how they make sense of

the world around. It is a spectrum condition also known as ASD, and it

means while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their

condition will affect them in different ways. Over 300 children

are diagnosed with autism in Northern Ireland every year.

are diagnosed with autism in As a parent, it is your job to catch

your kit big for -- before they fall and our kids have fallen every day,

that means communicating, socialising, processing

difficulties. Imagine living in a kaleidoscope and the world is

constantly changing, but the world does not change for them, they have

to change for the world. We have six children, four boys and

two girls. Two boys with ASD. There is Jack and there is Ben, with ASD,

he is ten. This time last year, we were in a different place. Jack was

in a very dark place and we were holding on to him with our

fingertips. A very unhappy child, no confidence, no self-esteem.

This project is one of the places Children in Need supports. They run

and after schools club for children and young people with learning

disabilities and special educational needs. Adults and high school

volunteers offer their time to help provide a safe and supportive

environment for young people between the age of six and 11.

At Ballycastle, we are delighted to be funded by Children in Need. We

have 18 young people, a lot travel great distances to attend schools

which means they are missing out any chance to socialise and they cannot

after-school clubs. This is the only opportunity to make new friends.

Jack would never have gone outside the front door without himself and

now he jumped out of the car and runs in to the club.

Junior gap is the name before we could see children were falling

through the gaps and there were no after-school clubs or groups for

many of the children we have here. Without the Children in Need

support, we would not able to run this project. When Jack first came

here, he was so scared to come and now he is so settled, it is

fantastic to see what he can achieve.

My boys have realised that life is fun and there are good things. And

they may be nervous and scared and fun and there are good things. And

have challenges, but they are with people who can work with them and

who can put their hand out to catch them.

Al-Anon takes great pride in volunteering at the club to help

Jack. -- Al-Anon. I have watched some of the young people from

September and they have grown in confidence. They have achieved

friendships, it is a wonderful social event for them to come to

every Wednesday. Jack keeps on saying, she does not

try to fix me, mummy. Imagine living in a world where everybody was

trying to fix you as if there was something wrong with you.

What we have learnt as a family from the club is that autism is only one

aspect of their personalities and it does not define them as people.

Green light has enabled the two boys to be themselves. And it is like

meeting them for the very first time is two separate people. Without

Children in Need, my boys would never have the opportunity to be

boys, to find they are happy. For us as parents, to see your children

happy, I am extremely grateful. Your money can help objects like

this make a real difference to the lives of children here in Northern

Ireland. It is easy to donate ?10 to Children in Need. Text the word

donate... Everyone who donate is a Children in

Need hero, and some of them are with me now. What have you been working

on? We did a bake sale. You have a massive cheque, which is nice. I had

a tea dance, which is raised 5250. Let's move on over here. What have

you done? We had a pyjama day. Nice Winnie the Pooh. Another very shiny

track from lock free campus. We have Winnie the Pooh. Another very shiny

done a bed push and the ones the party and raised ?1200. It came to

1200 on the nose. If you like East Enders, you will enjoy our next

piece as Albert Square is filled with cast members for a damn

spectacular like you have never seen before.

# we have come too far to give up who we are # she's up all night to

the sun # I'm up all night to get some # I'm up all night to get

lucky. # Now, if you like Eastenders then

you'll enjoy # were all night for good fun #

we're up all night to get lucky. # were up all night to the sun, were

all night to get some, were up all night to get lucky # we're all night

to get lucky. # Thank you to everyone who has been

fundraising for Children in Need. You know that your money will be

spent where it is needed most. Here are just a few of the things that

you have been doing to raise money. Would you like to give to Children

in Need? Thank you, boss. You'll be the prettiest girl ever.

Young Ross, how are you doing? You're more than welcome. It all for

a good cause. This is our double seat go-kart. I was thinking I could

set back here and you could do all the pedalling. For children and

need! -- Children in Need! # If you feel that he's lost # Why

not guide him and help the pain that he has inside? # Don't walk away

now. # Be right there behind him. # Show him the day's a brighter day #

Yeah. # Yeah. # On a street corner he's

lost in the past. # Strangers that judge him but

no-one asks. # A tear in his eyes, he forgot how

to laugh. # Oh oh oh. # Do you know why he sits there?

# Do you know his name? # Can you not see the sorrow? Can

you not see the pain? # He needs help to smile again.

# He needs shelter from the rain # Cos if you feel that he's lost why

not guide him? # And help the pain that he has

inside. # Don't walk away now Be right there behind him # Showing the

day's a brighter day # Yeah, yeah. # yeah, yeah # On a street corner

he's lost in the past. # Strangers will judge him but no-one will ask.

# If you feel that he's lost why not guide him and help the pain that he

has inside? # Dont walk away now, be right there beside him. # Show him

today's a better day. # Yeah. # yeah, yeah.

That's great stuff. BBC Children in Need currently funds 236 projects in

towns and villages all over Northern Ireland with grants totalling over

?6 million. One of those is New Pin in Gobnascale in Derry.

New Pin works to break destructive parenting patterns with a focus on

the mother 's' support and their mental health. It is very

difficult, especially if you are depressed, to manage with your

children, so we tried to look at supporting the mothers while

painting a picture of what happens to children when things start to go

wrong in families. I first came here, I was in a bad relationship. I

didn't see it at the time, I thought it was normal, then a friend told me

about this place. When amen With the it was normal, then a friend told me

girls, you realise you are not on your own. You can have a cup of tea

while they are in the playroom and chat about stuff. A lot of the

support is from the women themselves because if you are with other people

who may have a similar experience, who can share that with you, you

feel a bit better before you get into any kind of formal work. I

suffered with postnatal depression and the support from here and my

health visitor meant I came out the other side, but if I didn't have

here, I would normally have been a mother from hell. -- probably. New

Pin is my family. The girls look after the children and they look

after me. You can bond with your children and follow their lead and

let go of all the messy stuff. Become hopefully a better mummy.

When I first came in here, I wouldn't speak to anybody. Even my

children word, they clung to me but now they have come out of

themselves. It gives me chances to do things I wouldn't ordinarily do

in the house, like now we are doing at work and I wouldn't have the time

and patience to do that at home. It New Pin were too close, I would be

back to that bad place, not wanting New Pin were too close, I would be

to do anything or interact with my children. I think everyone at home

should support Children in Need because it helps organisations like

this and young mothers and families. It gives them a brighter future.

Your money helps children and young people in Northern Ireland reach

their potential through projects like New Pin. It is easy to donate

?10 to Children in Need. Lots of fund-raising still going on

and face painting as well. You have been working like crazy. We have

raised ?13,400 and it has been amazing. How did you collect the

money? We had and it's a knockout events in August where everybody

from the Northern stores took part. We had friends and family come along

and that helped raise the money, then stores after words were doing

pyjama days, we have had spent classes and a lot of different

functions going on in different stores. Well done. Thank you. Don't

forget it is not too late to donate some money. You can donate in banks

and building societies or your local Post Office. You can visit the

website and pay using your credit or debit card account. You can donate

by mobile phone app or send a cheque or postal office -- or postal order

to this address. A huge bear hug to everyone who has been donating

money. . Your money will make a difference to children in Northern

Ireland. And before we go, let's take a look at what the fundraisers

of Northern Ireland have raised for Children in Need 2013. And the total

in Northern Ireland is ?818,070. Fantastic! Well done to everyone who

has lifted the phone or taken part in fundraising. Without you Children

in Need wouldn't be able to support hundreds of charities and groups in

Northern Ireland. And while the party continues here in Belfast

we'll leave you with some of the great moments from this year's

Children in Need.