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Ho Ho Ho festive fundraisers! It鈥檚 the midst of the Christmas season and hopefully your evenings are full of hearty cheer, baubles and mince pies, all set against a backdrop of angelic carol-singing choirs, Wham!'s Last Christmas聽and, of course, the legendary Noddy Holder telling you exactly what time of year it is. We鈥檙e certainly getting festive here. We鈥檝e got mistletoe and Santa hats and tinsel and all sorts of other goodies. It鈥檚 hard not to get totally聽wrapped up in the festive spirit of giving at Pudsey HQ, as we鈥檙e constantly reminded of just how generous and the wonderful people of the UK can be.

One team who showed a generosity which really blew us away was the very good and kind folk at Legal and General, who took to their nationwide fundraising聽with gusto and raised over 拢76,000 across the whole business! Legs were waxed, cakes were baked and staff also聽got stuck into聽a 鈥榦nesie鈥� challenge. It鈥檚 hard work to wear a onesie all day, but somebody鈥檚 got to do it! Not only this, but for every insurance policy sold direct in November, Legal and General gave a donation to Pudsey.聽Happily, in the end all that hard work really paid聽off and raised an outstanding amount.聽As you can see from the photo below of the glorious Cardiff team, the team look like they all had an ace time.

The below photo was sent to us from Rebecca, a staff member at Brighton and Hove High School, and shows聽two聽happy聽pupils having some Pudsey-themed fun! Junior Head Sian聽told聽us a little bit about the exciting in-school fundraising that took place in November: 鈥淭his year for 主播大秀 Children in Need the girls in year 4 at Brighton and Hove High School Juniors, an independent girls school, organised a special fundraising event. They rallied parents, staff and pupils to take part in a number of activities. Girls came dressed in spots and enjoyed a delicious cake sale. In total the girls, with a little bit of support from family and friends, raised over 拢700.鈥� A huge well done from Pudsey and the team to everyone who helped out.

The whole team here at Pudsey HQ was delighted to hear once again聽from a group of fundraisers who organised one of our favourite fundraising events of the 2013 Appeal. Staff at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital held a 24-hour CPR-a-thon! The team took it in turns, via 15-minute shifts, to administer CPR to a mannequin for a whole day. Senior Resuscitation Officer Vicky, who helped to organise the event, described the day to us:

鈥淲e had families come in and their children participating alongside grandparents and they were all there to raise money for this great cause. We had people come back in during the night after working a full day just to take part alongside massive support from the Fire Service for the majority of the event. We never had a moment during the whole 24 hours when we were on our own and it is down to the commitment from our staff that this was possible. Pudsey was a brilliant addition to this and the children and adults alike were so excited to see him and have their picture taken, he even closed the event by doing the last lot of CPR!鈥�

When Pudsey's not busy聽fundraising, it seems like聽he's picked up a few hidden skills - we never knew he could do CPR!聽It sounds like the event was a huge success, and the best bit of all 鈥� it raised over 拢3,000 for disadvantaged children and young people at over 2700 projects all across the UK. Amazing work guys, you should be very proud!

And finally, as we鈥檙e coming up to Christmas, we want to say a big Merry Christmas to all of our fundraisers and thank you all for making this a record-breaking year!

Did you do something amazing this year? Or perhaps you鈥檝e got something big planned for next year that you鈥檇 like to tell us about? Either way, we鈥檇 like to hear about it! To get in touch and tell us about all your fundraising, simply email your local address on , and tag us @主播大秀CiN on and or @Pudsey Bear on . It鈥檚 easy. So go, help us celebrate a great 2013!