Pudsey has pumped £30,000 into a project working with disadvantaged Angus children and young people.
The BBC Children in Need fundraiser has announced the five-figure grant to help the work of Angus Carers Association over the next three years.
The Arbroath-based charity will use the money to deliver a programme of sports and activity sessions, as well as day trips for disabled children and their families across Angus.
The new funding award was made possible following BBC Children in Need’s 2019 Appeal in November.
Angus Carers Association will use the grant to provide sports and social activity sessions as well as day trips for disabled children and their families across Angus.
Families programme development worker Leanne Mowbray said the boost would help deliver a programme to help youngsters make new friends and grow their confidence and self-esteem.
Florence Burke, national head of Scotland at BBC Children in Need said: “We’re so pleased to have been able to award Angus Carers Association with this funding.
“At a time of so many additional challenges for so many families, this grant demonstrates how important it is that we’re able to continue to support positive changes in local children and young people’s lives.”
Across Angus, BBC Children in Need is currently funding six projects to a value of more than £215,000.
The latest grant was made possible by the success of last November’s Children in Need appeal.
Following The Big Night In appeal in April, which brought BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief together for the first time, BBC Children in Need also launched a number of dedicated funding programmes to support local charities across the UK who are providing essential help to children and young people during the coronavirus crisis.
