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For the past 35 years,

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BBC Children In Need has been making life better

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for countless numbers of young people.

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Here in Northern Ireland, we're just putting the final touches in place

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-for this year's appeal. How's it going, girls? ALL:

-Great, Barra!

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Last year, you helped us raise an incredible £49 million

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with £723,333 donated here in Northern Ireland.

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In this programme, we're going to show you how just some of that money

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has transformed lives.

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It's making a difference for people like Lauren and her mum.

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Every day is a challenge for Lauren.

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She has a lot to cope with on a day-to-day basis.

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And I feel so lucky to have her in my life.

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She's just amazing in every way.

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It's opening up new worlds for children with multiple disabilities.

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My daughter is Orla.

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She's got Dravet syndrome, which is severe epilepsy.

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To be honest, it's hard, because whenever Orla takes a seizure,

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you don't know whether she's ever going to come out of it.

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You don't know whether it's going to be her last.

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And it's bringing fun to challenged communities

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right across the country.

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Hayley was always a person who was just into herself.

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She is a liver transplant patient.

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I kept Hayley wrapped up in a bubble for so long.

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At the start of the summer scheme,

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Hayley didn't want to go. Now, she doesn't want it to end.

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She absolutely loves it. She's just Hayley now.

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Just her bubbly, funny self.

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Later on, I'll be meeting a few fundraising heroes,

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but first, I'd like you to meet Lauren.

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# When you love someone... #

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Hi, my name is Lauren, I'm 15 years old,

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and I go to school in Loreto College, Coleraine.

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I live in Ballymoney with my mum and my dog, Rosie.

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Are you ready? Go!

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When Lauren was born, she was just amazing in every way.

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She was such a blessing and she was very sociable,

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very outgoing, had lots of friends.

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This is my room.

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As you can see, it's very pink,

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and this is because I had it painted when I was six years old,

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and I wanted to be a princess when I grew up.

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This is my favourite teddy, Snoozie.

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Who I've had since I was three years old,

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and I just thought she was cute so I've slept with her every night.

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-She actually lost her nose.

-SHE GIGGLES

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In January of 2012,

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when Lauren was 12,

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Lauren had an ongoing headache which was excruciating,

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which wasn't going away.

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So, after her scan,

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we were brought back to our local hospital,

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and we were given the devastating news that Lauren had a brain tumour.

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# You'll never know

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# Just what you were... #

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The first brain surgery was successful.

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After her second surgery, unfortunately,

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she developed every complication,

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and she went into a coma

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and we were just in despair at that stage.

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Um, but it was the power of prayer that pulled her through.

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# I will try to fix you... #

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Every day is a challenge for Lauren.

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She has a lot to cope with on a day-to-day basis

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and I feel so lucky to have her in my life.

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She's just amazing in every way.

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# Tears stream

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# Down your face... #

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I wanted to show you this.

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This was my proton mask

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while I was having radiotherapy in Florida in America.

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Here is what it does now.

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It's my lampshade!

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People think it's quite creepy, but it's quite relaxing

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and it gets me to sleep quite easily. So...

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Lauren, come on! It's time to get ready to go.

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Sorry, I have to go get ready.

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Hello!

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Children In Need have helped us in every way.

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We have been very lucky to have been offered therapy sessions

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through Action Cancer.

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Lauren is so relaxed after her therapy session.

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She sleeps so well and so sound that night.

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Lauren has been very isolated due to her illness,

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and without Children In Need funding Action Cancer,

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Lauren and myself would not be able to have this...

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..cherished time that we have.

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# I will try to fix you. #

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Your money helps BBC Children In Need in Northern Ireland

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give grants of...

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..to projects working with young people affected by illness.

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Thank you.

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And you can help us keep supporting projects

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like these by donating some money to BBC Children In Need right now.

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You can choose to donate £5 or £10.

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Now, this is Studio 8 in Broadcasting House.

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It's the home of BBC Radio Ulster and through this window,

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one of our fundraising heroes is hard at work.

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We have got £650, but we need more. We need as much money as we can get.

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And we keep it in here, and more money we need...

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We need more money for a wee break around the Fermanagh direction.

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So, get the money in, and while you're getting the money in,

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I'm going to play a bit of music.

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And give me a ring on 03030 80 55 55.

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COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS

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You have been doing the auction now for almost ten years,

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you must have raised quite a bit of money?

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I'd say, over the last ten years, we have raised about...

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I'd say, 350,000. And, you know, we've been very lucky to do that

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because I started the auction just before the recession hit,

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and the recession came in then,

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and still, the people of Northern Ireland came out

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in their hundreds and thousands to give their money, you know?

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It was just fantastic to get it, and they never eased back.

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Every year, we can hit around 30,000, and by the time we finish,

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it goes up another 2,000-3,000.

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It's just fantastic. They have great hearts in Northern Ireland.

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And the people who give us the gifts to give away,

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we've got cruises, we've got holidays in the sun,

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we've got Belleek china,

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holidays in different hotels around Northern Ireland.

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So, Northern Ireland people are fantastic.

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People have won a lot of great items.

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What has been the most unusual?

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I would have to say, I think,

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when I saw a cement mixer there in front.

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That just took the biscuit, and I didn't think it would go,

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but it just flew! It just flew out!

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And over the last couple of years now, last year and this year,

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we've got a hot tub! People love the hot tub!

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And we've got boxing shorts and all,

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coming in here from the boxers

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and we've got loads and loads of stuff.

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And it's not just about the big items, the small items count, too,

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because it's just about getting the money in.

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Some children would ring in to us and they would say,

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"Uncle Hugo, I have £10 or £20 that I have been saving in me jar.

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"I'm going to send it in to you for Children In Need."

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And, you know, it's just lovely.

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And, if it couldn't move you, then you've no heart at all.

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The cruise that's worth £2,500,

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any chance I give you £200 right now, and you'll give me that?

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Well, another 50 quid and you never know!

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THEY LAUGH

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-Why do you do it?

-Because I love doing what I'm doing.

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I love people. I just love the fact

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that we're doing what it says on the tin.

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It's for Children In Need, and everything we get

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goes to Children In Need, so we do what it says on the tin.

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Finally, your message for people at home?

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People at home, just keep on doing what you are doing.

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Because, if you weren't doing what you're doing,

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I couldn't do what I'm doing all week. So, thanks a million.

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When times are hard and money is tight,

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often it's those services which are considered as luxuries

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that are the first to be affected.

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A visit to the theatre can bring magic into all our lives,

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but for some children and young people,

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the theatre has to be brought to them.

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# If it's all right with you

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# We like to see you smile... #

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Replay is the only theatre company in Northern Ireland

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providing sensory performance

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for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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Replay are a touring company. We jump in the van,

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we bring the van to schools,

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community centres.

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Kind of wherever the show needs to go.

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And then, we build a bubble,

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which takes scaff towers, ladders

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and about an hour of half of heavy manual labour.

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Within the bubble, there's lights and there's stars

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and there's room for boats.

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The children are physically moved in the boats into the bubble

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and there's a completely different

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spaceship environment created for them, and it is magical.

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HE RINGS BELL

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My daughter is Orla.

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She's got Dravet syndrome, which is severe epilepsy.

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To be honest, it's hard,

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because whenever Orla takes a seizure,

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you don't know whether she's ever going to come out of it.

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You don't know whether it's going to be her last.

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The children that I would teach in school have profound difficulties.

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This may mean that they're life-limited,

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and it definitely would mean that their quality of life

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can be affected by the illnesses that they have.

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Most of them would have severe forms of epilepsy,

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they would have global developmental delay, they would have autism,

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they might not be able to walk or talk.

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Our current show is called Closer

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and Closer is a really fantastical journey into space.

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So, the children all join us in a spaceship

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with six different aliens

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and they travel through the galaxy

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looking for the secret of the universe.

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That kind of fantasy unlocks something magical for the kids.

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-Hi, Commander.

-Hello!

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'For kids with those kinds of disabilities,

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'there's just something really important'

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in igniting their imaginations

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and in giving them those creative opportunities.

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THEY WHOOP

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THEY WHOOP

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Boop! GIGGLING

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Can you see anything?

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'It's awful exciting.

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'Do you know, they have music, they have lights,

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'they have crackling sound effects.'

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So, it is all pretty active.

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Miriam enjoys the play group

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because she enjoys noise,

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music, she loves hearing people's voice.

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# Kieran, Kieran, Kieran... #

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'Towards the end of the show,

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'just to enforce the fact that the children

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'have been so important to the show,'

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'we sing their names to them in a cappella.

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'And it can be the most beautiful experience.'

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The funding that we get from Children In Need

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is absolutely vital to enable us to continue this work.

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Without their funding,

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we simply wouldn't be able to take these shows into schools.

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We wouldn't be able to give the children these experiences.

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And if any children deserve the opportunity

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to have wonderful experiences,

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it's these children that we work with.

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This is therapy.

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It's joy and it's magic,

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all rolled into one.

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And you can make it happen for other children, too.

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Thanks to your support,

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BBC Children In Need in Northern Ireland is able to give...

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..to fund 62 projects

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working with disabled young people in Northern Ireland.

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Thank you.

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Now, mention BBC Children In Need

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and you mostly think about the night of the big television appeal.

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But, of course, work goes on behind the scenes all year round.

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Currently, the charity supports almost 200 projects

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across Northern Ireland with grants totalling more than £8 million.

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And I'm off to meet the woman at the helm.

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What does Children In Need actually mean for people in Northern Ireland?

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Well, all children deserve

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to have a strong and good and supportive childhood.

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They deserve to feel safe.

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To have fun and to be able to have the skills they need

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to choose the future that they want.

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Unfortunately, not all children do have that good childhood.

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Some people may be dealing with bullying, maybe bereavement,

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maybe it's domestic violence or abuse, or they could just be living

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with the effects of poverty and deprivation.

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So, the projects that BBC Children In Need is able to support

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helps those children to build on their strengths.

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To have a good time, to feel safe,

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and to be able to deal with whatever it is

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that the issues are that they have challenging them.

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But whatever it is, the projects that we fund

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help them to have fun, to make friends, to try new things,

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and hopefully, to reach their potential.

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How much of a role does the public still play in fundraising?

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A critical role, Barra. Absolutely critical.

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Our charity is your charity. It's the BBC's charity.

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It belongs to everybody.

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BBC Children In Need has projects

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in every county across Northern Ireland,

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and indeed, throughout the UK.

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We want to support your communities

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and the children in your community.

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So, when people raise money for us,

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it comes back manyfold

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into their own communities,

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to help children to have that childhood that they all deserve.

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And it's not too late to do something for tomorrow night.

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Never too late, never too little, Barra.

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Every penny that's raised goes directly to projects.

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So whether it's your pocket money or whether it's a much bigger

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amount of money that you raise, it really doesn't matter.

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And it doesn't matter if you haven't planned it yet - plenty of time,

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you can do it tomorrow or you can do it after the 13th.

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You can give us money at any time

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because we're working all year round to support projects right here

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in Northern Ireland, so whatever you can raise, it'll help.

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As Paddy said, why wait until the big show tomorrow?

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You could give BBC Children In Need some money right now.

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Mental ill health among young people is a serious

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and growing problem in Northern Ireland.

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More than a quarter of young people have experienced

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a mental health concern,

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with a tenth of 15- to 16-year-olds having actually self-harmed.

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Last year, BBC Children In Need funding allowed the MACS project

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to work with young people at risk.

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I became homeless when I was 17.

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My mental health was not in a good place at that time.

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Anne's story needs to be heard.

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Some of our young people have been through the care system,

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many will have poor family relationships.

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They may have very few support networks.

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When I became homeless, the stress and anxiety of everything...

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..was really difficult and my physical and mental health

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and my emotional health all took a turn for the worse.

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Then I just crashed.

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I think people are still ashamed to come forward

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and say they have a mental health problem.

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It's really important that people are more upfront about it

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and that we are talking more openly about it,

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and trying to reduce the stigma that is around out there.

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I was suicidal for months.

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It took well over a year till I had the breakdown, last November.

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MACS is a charity who are based in Northern Ireland.

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Our tag line is it's for young people who don't have a fair deal,

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so they could be homeless, they could be self-harming,

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mental health problems,

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and our job is to support those young people to get where

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they want to be in life.

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I was in hospital for seven weeks.

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I was in two different mental health wards.

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I always heard voices in my head and, you know, really scary stuff.

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MACS contacted me as soon as I got out of hospital.

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They met up with me and kind of, you know,

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chatted about what was going on and what was going to happen now.

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So they got me set up with housing support

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and within two weeks I was moving in.

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Last year we supported 780 young people.

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We work across numerous different areas,

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so Belfast has a head office but it also has a housing service.

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We have an office and a house in Downpatrick and an office

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and a house in Newry and an office in Lisburn,

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and we're hoping to open a house there next year.

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When I first moved into MACS housing,

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I couldn't grab hold of the fact that someone actually cared for you

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and wanted to support you, so that took a while to come round to.

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They made a really, really big impact

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on my life with setting me up,

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you know, with simple things like doctors and, you know,

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even outpatient appointments.

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Just little things like that,

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but mean such a big thing when you're in that place.

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With the funding from Children In Need

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we're able to see more young people.

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It means they're not on a waiting list

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and they're not waiting around, because their concerns

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and their issues are so deep that they need an instant support.

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The money that Children In Need has raised for MACS alone,

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it's a huge thing.

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I wouldn't be here today without them, and that's a big thing.

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I wouldn't be alive.

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Thanks to the money which you give,

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BBC Children In Need is able to give grants of...

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..to fund 43 projects working with marginalised young people

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in Northern Ireland.

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Now, Children In Need grants vary from a few hundred

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to many thousands of pounds.

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Often it doesn't take a lot of help to make a big difference,

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as a community summer scheme in East Belfast has found out.

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I have four children. I have one that has special needs.

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She is a liver transplant patient.

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Rhys has albinism and that incurs some visual impairment

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and he has also now been diagnosed with autism.

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His summer holidays, the whole routine is not there,

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so then he gets confused and angry and frustrated.

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And with the summer scheme being set out,

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it just keeps him in that wee routine and he loves it.

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Hayley was always a person who was just into herself.

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I kept Hayley wrapped up in a bubble for so long.

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At the start of the summer scheme Hayley didn't want to go,

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at the end she doesn't want it to end.

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She absolutely loves it.

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And she's just Hayley now, just her bubbly, funny self.

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Coming here and just coming down to pick him up when he's playing

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with the other kids, it just melts my heart, to be honest.

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But it has been amazing, just to see him mixing.

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The differences I would see in children are their confidence,

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their own self-awareness and the respect that they

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have for each other and the help that they give to each other.

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We offer seven family trips out.

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These are trips that maybe otherwise these

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families wouldn't be able to attend.

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Either they don't have transport of their own or it's financially

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not available for them.

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I've made lots of friends and they're really nice friends,

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and they don't be cheeky.

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-It is amazing.

-It is.

-It gets the whole community together.

-Yeah.

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And it just...

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It's like a whole community spirit.

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Today's all about having a fun day so parents and children

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and people in the community can get together and have a real fun day.

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Enjoy burgers, bouncy castles, popcorn, Slush Puppies

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and candyfloss.

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It's important to the community

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because there's nowhere else unique as this place.

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This place is open from early in the morning to the afternoon

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in the summer, and there's nowhere else really for the kids to go.

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If Children In Need didn't help us out

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we wouldn't be able to do all this.

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-ALL:

-Thank you!

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Your generosity allows BBC Children In Need to support 37

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holiday play scheme projects in Northern Ireland,

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with grants of...

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This is clearly the most important part of Broadcasting House.

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Yes, it's my weather forecasting home.

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And it's time to have a quick look at some of the fabulous

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activities you'll be getting up to tomorrow night.

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And once again, the fundraising forecast is looking great.

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The staff of SuperValu in Ballymoney have just started

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a trolley push from the store to Broadcasting House in Belfast.

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Maybe I'll see you here tomorrow night.

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And if you pass them on the road, give them a donation.

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In County Down, the pupils at Saintfield High School

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are having a talent contest.

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To vote, pupils must make a donation

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and the act with the most money is the winner.

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Sounds like a great idea.

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In Kilrea, Go Pro Kart Racing are holding a Children In Need open day

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and they're waiving their usual fee

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in return for a donation to Children In Need.

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Brilliant.

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Down in Kilkeel, make your way to Jim's Youth Centre

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for a family fun day,

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or pop in to the Sally Gardens Community Centre in Poleglass

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for their fundraising coffee morning.

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In Crumlin Leisure Centre, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council staff

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are running a fundraising spin-a-thon from 6pm.

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And finally, well done to the solid folk at the Northern Ireland Concrete Society

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who hope to raise £3,000 for Children In Need

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at their annual ball tomorrow night.

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Now, there's a fundraising foundation to build on!

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And we'll stay in Derry for our last look at another of the projects

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you've helped make happen this year.

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Strathfoyle, it's a housing estate based five miles

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outside the city of Derry.

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It's actually a rural community.

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I mean, it's a very family-orientated community

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but it is an area of high social need.

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The Strathfoyle Women's Centre runs a wide

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and varied range of programmes for women.

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We have our on-site childcare creche facilities for children

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and within that we run the drop-in/respite programme,

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and it really is a lifeline for people.

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When Sean was born, who's my second son, it was such a dark time.

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It was...

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You know, it should have been, "Oh, I have a new baby,"

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it's, "I should love him unconditionally," and I didn't

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get that, and I thought, "This baby doesn't like me."

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I broke down in front of the health visitor and it was her that said,

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"This is normal, and we can help you with this."

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And then I was diagnosed with post-natal depression.

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There's days, and the only way I can describe it,

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it's like you're drowning.

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So the doctor, you know, can put you on medication and things,

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but the best thing to do is just to get out

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and sort of get the break.

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So my mum had actually started doing a computer course with

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the Strathfoyle Women's Group, so she talked to me

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and I went up and the baby got to go to the creche

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and I got a couple of hours of being Lisa for a while.

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The parents that are actually using the drop-in,

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they are actually given a bit of time out from family stress, really.

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The children are able to come to the creche

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and while the children are here they're actually being

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cared for, you know, and they absolutely love it.

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I mean, Bella-Rose, at the start she was crying.

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They had to pull her off me and then I was crying - I couldn't

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settle, thinking, "Oh, my God, I'm just abandoning them here."

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But now she's like, "Bye, Mummy," and they're helping her develop

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her own wee social skills and her own wee personality

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and it makes me feel better, knowing you sort of have that support.

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Cos there is days where you don't want to get out of bed,

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you don't want to do anything.

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But you can't do that - you have to get up, you have to do it.

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My mental health issues are going to be ongoing.

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You know, it's not a quick-fix thing.

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It's not something that you wake up one day and it's gone,

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it's something you have to work at and you have to look after yourself.

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And that for me is going out and socialising at the Women's Group.

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I would be lost without it.

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I wouldn't even like to think where I would be

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if I hadn't been involved with the Women's Group.

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I definitely wouldn't be sitting here talking to you now.

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With your help, BBC Children In Need gives...

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..to 27 family support projects in Northern Ireland.

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And so, the stage is set for tomorrow night's TV extravaganza,

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and it promises to be a great one.

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Jo Scott and I will be here in Belfast keeping you across all that's

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happening in Northern Ireland. Thank you all so much.

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Without you, we simply wouldn't be able to give

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so many people that extra little bit of help when they need it.

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Let's make tomorrow an even better night

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and help Children In Need change a lot more lives.

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See you tomorrow at 7.30.

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