Variety, the Children's Charity

Back to work with a bang today! Lots planned this year, including distributing the funds from the #MJBall24 to the various causes - watch this space! Raising £1,204,488 was the highlight of 2024 and I just wanted to take some time to thank Caroline Whitmore and the team at ITV Granada for this amazing piece of coverage, and for all who supported. Please do take the time to watch, and wishing you all a very happy new year! #itvgranada #itv #itvnews #granadanews #happynewyear #recordbreakingcharity #manchestercharity #bestmanchesterevents #manchesterredcarpet #northwestcharity #northwestphilanthropy #youngpeoplescharity #supportingyoungpeople 

Happy New Year!🥳 Start the New Year by giving something back to help disabled and disadvantaged children. With your support we can ensure children have access to life-changing equipment and experiences that create lasting memories. Donate today to make 2025 a good year for children across the country ✨ https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ

We wish all of our Variety family across the UK and internationally a very Merry Christmas!🎄🎅 As we enjoy ourselves today, take a moment to think of all the children who may not have such an enjoyable Christmas. There's still time to donate today and help bring the magic of Christmas to a vulnerable child. Donate now: https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ ❤️

Give the gift of Christmas to a vulnerable child 🎅 Over 600,000 children with disabilities are living in poverty in the UK today. Extra costs of specialised care and equipment leave little room for experiences that make Christmas magical. ✨ Your kindness could fund life-changing equipment and essential food vouchers for exceptionally vulnerable children and young people. Donate now: https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ

🎅The children at St Clements and St John’s enjoyed a festive visit from Father Christmas, thanks to Variety Wessex! Santa gave gifts while elves Giggles and Dizzy entertained the kids. Huge thanks to Little Gizmo’s Entertainment and our generous donors! 🎁✨ Help us to support more disabled and disadvantaged children at Christmas time by donating here: https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ

Christmas giving 🎁 Our lovely Variety Wessex team went out bucket collecting at Tesco Branksome this week to raise funds for children across the country who need it most this Christmastime. Generous shoppers contributed to a bucket collection and £131.88 was raised! ❤️ Frances Cornelius, chair of Variety Wessex said: “Thank you to the Tesco Branksome customers who gave so generously at this time when every penny counts. The children we support will benefit and all the money raised will go towards helping them. Thank you my Variety helpers and Tracy Powell who stepped in to help when one of our collectors couldn’t get to the store.” Donate here to ensure we can give the gift of Christmas to disabled and disadvantaged children: https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ

Variety Star Power ⭐ This unique collection of never-before-seen photographs highlight the incredible stars who have supported Variety over the years. Hear from the founder of Cool Rivers, Jude Vidal, on discovering these images and the wonderful ways they can be used! Take a look: https://lnkd.in/eYHPexr2

🎄🎁 A heartfelt thank you to Earnix for their incredible generosity this Christmas! They donated 100 Christmas presents to Variety, allowing us to bring some extra joy to the students at The Brook on Broadwaters School in North London💖 The students and staff are filled with gratitude, and here’s a special thank you from the team with a festive song! 🎶✨ Donate here to help us bring more children Christmas cheer: https://lnkd.in/d_UXgFYZ

Yesterday was our first children’s Christmas party since pre-Covid – and what a party it was! 160 disabled children from schools across Glasgow joined us at the Crowne Plaza for this special event with dancing, gifts and a visit from Santa and friends. Many thanks to our Variety Scotland volunteers who organised the party, and to the Society of Personnel and Development Scotland, the staff at Buchanan Orthotics, and the attendees at our annual ball whose generosity made this event possible. If you would like to support our work and help disabled and disadvantaged children in Scotland do get in touch. #VarietyScotland #charitygiving

Mark won the American Golf Award for Unsung Hero at the Variety Disability Sports Awards! Mark is an adaptive rowing coach who does everything he can to come up with innovative ways for young people to access the sport. 🚣 Mark is one of our Voices for Change, he always goes the extra mile and has empowered many disabled & disadvantaged young people across the country. Take a closer look at our Voices for Change campaign here: https://lnkd.in/e6yhxbku #voicesforchange