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| As the BBC Children in Need Appeal is so well known we have not included any information about the charity on this web site. If you do want to learn more please click the link to go to their official site: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey which will open in a new window. | |||
Benjamin has been raising money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal since November 2001 and so far has raised: |
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£6,730 (last
up dated 10/01/2007) |
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As well as staging his own events for the BBC Children in Need Appeal, Benjamin also goes to other events where he can raise money for his favourite charity. Click here for details |
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Benjamin
is still performing at many Charity Concerts
and he always takes along copies of his CD Ben Jamming. But this
year he has also been invited to perform on the main BBC Children
in Need
Night
- Friday 17 November 2006 at the home of Welsh Rugby - The
Wales Millennium Stadium. Being a harpist, Welsh
and a great fan of the Welsh Team Benjamin
was thrilled to bits when the WRU invited him to come and join
their fund-raising for BBC Children in Need and to play a piece for
the crowd
during the half time interval -
with
over 70,000 tickets already sold this
will be the largest audience Benjamin has yet performed to! Lots
of harpists, harp makers and harp retailers have pledged to sponsor
Benjamin by making donations to the BBC Children in Need Appeal. |
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Over
the last two years, the phone has rung with increasing frequency,
with requests for Benjamin to perform at Charity
Concerts and other events. At his young age he should not take on too
much, so again he will not be staging his own Children In Need Concert
in 2005. But,
where
ever he
plays
he
still takes
copies
of his CD
Ben Jamming. Recently he was invited to perform at a small event
hosted by Federation
of Small Businesses, after he had finished playing every person/couple
in the room bought a copy of his CD! |
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Although Benjamin's concerts in 2002 & 2003 had been a great success, we did not repeat it for 2004, instead Benjamin has been performing at places where he can sell copies of Ben Jamming or collect donations. We do not yet have a final figure, but see above for the running total to date. |
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| Why BBC Children in Need? | |||
Benjamin
is often asked why he choose support BBC Children in Need. Well,
he had been invited to perform in a charity concert being staged
by CAFÉ (Cardiff
Amateur Flute Ensemble) and while driving to a rehearsal he asked
if he could do his own charity event. When asked who he wanted to
help Benjamin stated that he wanted to help Pudsey as Pudsey looked
after
Children. It turned out that Benjamin really had been listening to
Terry Wogan talking about Children in Need on his breakfast show
as Dad was driving him to nursery in the mornings! |
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| Updated 10 January, 2007 | |||