# BBC Children in Need raises record £15.3 million on the night

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/11/22/bbc-children-need-raises-record-153-million-night/
- Published: 2003-11-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

BBC Children in Need yesterday evening raised £15,305,212, overtaking the record
£13.5m raised last year.

 

This year’s figure was the most the children’s charity fundraising campaign has 
ever raised in one night. The charity hopes therefore to beat last year’s final 
total of £26 million.

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According to the BBC, 10.3 million people watched the start of the TV telethon at
7pm on Friday. The audience peaked at 12 million at 9pm, representing a 47.7% share
of the total TV audience.

 

Since it started in 1980, BBC Children in Need has raised more than £340 million.

 

The next deadlines for applying for funds from BBC Children in Need are 30 November
2003 and 30 March 2004. The new application forms and guidelines are already available
in both English and Welsh and can be downloaded from the Children in Need Web site.

 

www.bbc.co.uk/cin

 

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