Popular radio presenters Stevie Lennon and Grado hosted a charity sports day in Glasgow on Friday.
The pair, from Go Radio, hosted the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) sports day event called Childhood Day. It is part of the charity’s annual day of fundraising.
Taking place at the Golden Jubilee Hotel in Clydebank, Newsquest staff from Glasgow, London and Manchester took part, participating in a number of activities including a Gladiator joust, tug of war and inflatable dodgeball.
Newsquest, the publishing company who own The Glasgow Times, announced in January it would be forging a major partnership with the NSPCC. As part of the partnership, Newsquest is gifting at least £6m worth of advertising to the charity across its extensive portfolio of titles, online and in print.
Newsquest staff in Glasgow were headed by David Ward, managing director of Newsquest Scotland during the event.
David said: “The team and I are delighted to be involved in the sports day.
“It provides us an opportunity to help raise awareness and funds to support the phenomenal work the NSPCC and Childline deliver.
“The day has been very well organised and looks great fun.”
Brett Wild, who guided visually impaired ski racer Millie Knight to become GB’s first Snowsport World Champions in 2017 and Kathleen Dawson, Olympic swimmer for Team GB, both attended the event as guests.
Sports aside, on Friday and Saturday, Lidl GB will donate £1 to the NSPCC for every customer that spends £10, scans the Lidl Plus app and submits their donation.
All the funds raised from Childhood Day will go towards ensuring the NSPCC can continue to deliver services like Childline to those children who need support and feel they have nowhere else to turn.
The NSPCC’s Childline service is delivering, on average, more than 500 counselling sessions a day to children and young people across the UK, with mental health, family relationships and friendship issues being the top concerns.
In 2023/24 Childline delivered 188,000 counselling sessions to children and young people and in more than 17,000 sessions the young person said Childline was the first place they had talked about their concerns.
Rebecca Wilcox, president of Childline, said: “As a mother, as well as the President of Childline and a volunteer for the service, I believe it’s incredibly important for young people to have a safe space where they can discuss anything that might be troubling them.
“Childline will always be here for every young person, no matter the nature or size of their concern.”
Sir Peter Wanless, NSPCC CEO, added: “Every day Childline continues to be a safe port for hundreds of children struggling with a widening range of issues and concerns.
“Events like Childhood Day play an essential part in providing the support we need to keep Childline running day and night for young people, some of whom have nowhere else to turn.
“As well as raising vital funds for the NSPCC Childhood Day also encourages children and families to celebrate childhood.
“This is why we are calling on communities, schools and families to take part in fun activities."
To find out more on how to get involved in Childhood Day, click HERE
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