# Charity Christmas appeal films 2020: the round-up (part one)

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/11/23/charity-christmas-appeal-films-2020-the-round-up-part-one/
- Published: 2020-11-23T09:10:06+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**With Christmas just a month away, here are the first of this year’s appeal films
from charities including Christian Aid, RNLI, and GOSH. **

 

 

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> Hope is under threat for young people facing county lines, abuse and neglect. 
> Our specialists [#FightForHope](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForHope?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw),
> providing support for young people who've had it toughest.
> Help keep a child's
> hope alive this Christmas. Send a message of hope or donate today🌟 [https://t.co/ocy92Z7s79](https://t.co/ocy92Z7s79)
> [pic.twitter.com/02Y2QHA3Fe](https://t.co/02Y2QHA3Fe)
> — The Children's Society (@childrensociety) [November 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/childrensociety/status/1328427621059756033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

#### The Children’s Society

 

This Christmas, [The Children’s Society](https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/) is
asking people to help keep hope alive for children in difficult circumstances, either
by donating or sending a message. The film shows a teenage boy’s hope being eroded
when he’s forced to carry drugs by some older boys and is then arrested and taken
to a police station, before it’s built back up again when he’s helped by one of 
the charity’s specialist workers.

 

 

 

> This is Summer, and she is THE STAR of our new Christmas Appeal – see her story
> here: [https://t.co/UKLRYPgOeP](https://t.co/UKLRYPgOeP) [pic.twitter.com/poPioxin7q](https://t.co/poPioxin7q)
> — Alder Hey Children’s Charity (@AlderHeyCharity) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/AlderHeyCharity/status/1329805449445576705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

#### Alder Hey Children’s Charity

 

[Alder Hey Children’s Charity](https://alderhey.nhs.uk/about-us/alder-hey-childrens-charity)‘
s appeal film stars Summer, a patient at the hospital, who is being treated for 
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. It shows how one day during her treatment she was
visited by Georgina, an Arts for Health practitioner at Alder Hey and a cellist 
at the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and how this helped her. Georgina is one
of the ward musicians funded by the charity.

 

 

 

> Today, we launch our biggest ever fundraising appeal, asking for your help to 
> support dying children & their families this [#Christmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Christmas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> As part of the appeal we have our first-ever television ad!
> Stand with families
> this Christmas, donate today:[https://t.co/vAzaedlIJG](https://t.co/vAzaedlIJG)
> [pic.twitter.com/JBkQFFYiQN](https://t.co/JBkQFFYiQN)
> — Children's Hospices Across Scotland (@supportCHAS) [November 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/supportCHAS/status/1328263035430072323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

#### CHAS

 

[CHAS](https://www.chas.org.uk/)’s 2020 Christmas fundraising campaign is its biggest
since it launched appeals to build its hospices, and includes it first-ever television
appeal. The emotive film draws on the real stories of families to talk about child
death, capturing the pain and heartbreak of losing a child. The charity is fundraising
to help it overcome the impact of the pandemic and continue supporting children 
and their families, both throughout this Christmas and beyond.

 

 

 

 

#### Together for Short Lives

 

[The Together for Short Lives](https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/) Christmas
appeal has seen its Patrons Holly Willoughby, Peter Andre and Mason Mount record
special ‘Christmas Together Appeal’ messages, asking the public to support seriously
ill children and families. The films tell the story of Alfie and his family, and
their experience of hearing their son’s diagnosis with Duchenne, and their struggle
to get the right support. In her film, Willoughby appeals to the public to help 
families like Alfie’s this Christmas, while Andre shares how the family were left
to cope.

 

 

 

 

#### Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity

 

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity ([GOSH Charity](https://www.gosh.org/))
has launched a special animated film to bring to life the journey patients make 
from hospital to home at Christmas.   The film is part of GOSH Charity’s **‘**[Home For Christmas](https://www.gosh.org/christmas)’
campaign and features Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) patient Mia, who was specially
animated alongside her sister Amy. Both sisters were treated at the hospital years
apart for the same rare condition, chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

 

It was made in partnership with creative agency Adam&EveDDB, which partnered with
animator and illustrator Marlies van der Wel. The soundtrack was composed by Pieter
de Graff.  Media was arranged by Hearts & Science and has largely been donated free
of charge by Ocean Outdoor, JCDecaux, Verizon, News UK, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

 

 

 

> This Christmas our lifeboat volunteers are ready to drop everything to help those
> in trouble. Now we’re asking for your help to bring the crew home safe to their
> families with the gift of a monthly donation. Sign up at [https://t.co/yh2DCtxPc6](https://t.co/yh2DCtxPc6)
> [#RNLIChristmasAdvert](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RNLIChristmasAdvert?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/KzMw3f627Q](https://t.co/KzMw3f627Q)
> — RNLI (@RNLI) [November 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/1327230096718094337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

#### RNLI

 

This year’s [RNLI](https://rnli.org/) appeal ad was filmed on location at the lifeboat
station in Lyme Regis, Dorset. The ad highlights the dedication and commitment of
all its lifesavers who will be on call during the Christmas period – with the charity
asking for the public’s help to ensure their volunteers can continue saving lives.

 

The RNLI has produced the ad in-house, featuring RNLI lifesavers who will be in 
action over Christmas. It follows 26-year-old full-time TV Production Coordinator
and crew member, Georgia Robson. Whilst preparing Christmas dinner, she has to drop
everything and leave her family behind race to Lyme Regis Lifeboat Station at the
sound of her pager.

 

 

 

**Editor’s note:** _the video previously embedded here (https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CAda14-waW8) is no longer available._

 

#### Thames Valley Air Ambulance

 

[Thames Valley Air Ambulance](https://www.tvairambulance.org.uk/) has launched an
animated short film to showcase the charity’s emergency lifesaving services. The
animation centres on real life former patient, 11-year-old Lucy, who experienced
a horrific injury last New Year’s Eve. Lucy herself lends her voice to the film 
as she retells the events of the night, how she felt and how the charity saved her
life. The animation is part of Thames Valley Air Ambulance’s Christmas appeal to
raise funds to ensure it can provide emergency medical care by air and land 365 
days a year.

 

 

 

 

#### Christian Aid

 

[Christian Aid](https://www.christianaid.org.uk/)’s Christmas appeal asks people
to help build hope for communities struggling even more than usual this year due
to the impact of the coronavirus. It focuses on Imote in Nigeria, who has looked
after his younger brothers and sisters since his parents’ deaths and who, this year,
has been unable to sell the produce from his farm, leaving him unable to buy food
or basic household supplies.

 

 

 

Main image: RNLI