Features / All set for this year’s Children in Need
OVER 90 prizes will be up for auction during this year’s BBC Radio Shetland Children In Need fundraiser.
Items like travel to the Scottish mainland, a three night stay in a Shetland lighthouse and free Victoria Pier car parking for one year will be up for grabs during the auctions on Friday.
£23,000 was raised last year for Children In Need in Shetland through the station’s efforts and local fundraising events.
Disability Shetland and the local befriending scheme are two examples of Shetland charities which receive funding through Children In Need.
BBC Radio Shetland senior producer John Johnston said: “The charity helps out good causes across the country, and the fact that so much money comes back to Shetland is a big motivator for us.
“At a time when there are lots of demands for fundraising, we’re always amazed by folk’s generosity – and hope that we can manage to raise a similar amount again this year.”
Friday’s show will kick off at 6.10pm, with live music due to come from acts like Rack & Ruin, Kansa and Shetland’s young fiddler of the year Emma Leask.
Here is the full list of auction prizes:
Early auction 7 to 9pm:
- A giant cuddly Pudsey Bear
- Five potted Fuchsias, ready for planting
- Handmade Fair Isle dags (fingerless gloves)
- Singing lessons with Andy Ross
- Festive hamper
- House of Commons goody bag
- Yoga classes
- Shetland Rugby strip
- Potted Nordman Christmas tree
- Afternoon tea in Unst
- Five kilos of Smoked Haddock
- A sack of Ness tatties
- Rack & Ruin t-shirt
- Shetland scarf
- Denner in Yell
- Shetland shawl
- Yell handbag
- Shetland Soap hamper
- Three potted Sycamore trees, ready for planting
- Gardener’s gift box
- Hillswick jewellery
- His + Her walking sticks
- Cake Fridge custom fancies
- Five kilos of mussels
- One year’s supply of Shetland Butter
- Nordic ‘Shaela’ sheepskin
- Two wheelie bin brackets, fitted
- ‘Paw Patrol’ party visit
- £100 worth of fish of your choice
- Prosecco reception at Sumburgh Airport
- Accordion and Fiddle Festival package
- Shetland Family History membership
- A signed debut album from local band Trookers
- A large painting of Spiderman – donated in tribute to the late Stan Lee.
Late auction 9 to 11pm:
- A giant cuddly Blush Bear
- Large photo of Eshaness cliffs
- Up Helly Aa Shetland gin
- Shetland Jewellery pendant
- Six potted flowering currants, ready for planting
- A fish box full of mauve primroses
- Five kilos of Haddock
- Shetland wool spun travel rug
- A seafood meal at Frankie’s Fish + Chips
- Six month membership to Shetland Weight Lifting Club
- Folk Festival package
- Line Dancing lessons
- Up Helly Aa galley photo
- Three course meal at The String
- Two tickets for Courtney Marie Andrews at Mareel
- A Goat Soap gift box
- Lamb’s wool Fair Isle snood
- Lerwick Brewery tour and tasting
- Handmade wooden Christmas tree
- Large framed draatsi picture
- Islesburgh Hostel weekend
- Scottish Parliament goody bag
- Music lesson at High Level
- Vidlin Pot with Mirrie Dancers scarf
- A framed miniature jumper board
- Fair Isle ganzie
- Knitted doll
- Shetland style Fair Isle tie
- Scoop hamper
- Alloy wheel refurbishment for one car
- Signed copy of Da Fienlnadringa Trows, a new dialect book for bairns
- A large printed canvas featuring a pair of Shetland ponies
- KANSA’s brand new album The Rowan Tree – along with two tickets to the album launch in Mareel.
STAR Auction 9pm to 12am:
- Children in Need Burra Bear
- Weekend away in Aberdeen (Flights + B&B)
- The chance to present Give Us A Tune
- Trip for twelve on the Dim Riv longship
- Return flights for two to UK mainland
- Laverick print by Paul Bloomer
- A Cunningsburgh Show winning multi coloured Fair Isle blanket
- Park for free on Victoria Pier for one year
- A trip for eight on Lerwick Harbour’s tug boat
- A fisherman’s wife themed peerie oorick
- Sunday lunch for ten at the Scalloway Hotel
- A wall mounted photoprint
- Two tickets for Jason Manford at Clickimin
- A tune written by Peter Wood
- Accommodation for two people at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory
- Pottery + ceramic making session for six people
- Chocolate making session for up to ten bairns
- Tickets for four people to the Puss In Boots pantomime
- A sailing trip to Papa Stour
- Asta golf course membership and merchandise
- Free swimming for a year (any pool)
- Stay two nights in a luxury Lerwick apartment
- Return flights for two to Fair Isle or Foula
- £200 towards the purchase of new tyres
- Textile workshop and wine for four people
- Three night stay in a Shetland lighthouse
- Design + knit your own scarf
- Handcrafted wooden Chevrolet model bus
- Shetland book collection
- Return NorthLink trip for four people, with car and cabin
- A trip for up to six people on the Sullom Voe harbour tugs.
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