STV Children's Appeal

STV Children's Appeal
STV Children's Appeal logo (2015-)
Presented by	Lorraine Kelly Sean Batty (2015-)
Country of origin	Scotland
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
Production
Location(s)	STV Studios, Glasgow
Running time	Various
Production company(s)	STV Productions
Release
Original network	STV
Original release	11 September 2011
Chronology
Related shows	Children in Need
External links
Official website

STV Children's Appeal (previously named STV Appeal) is a Scottish charity appeal organised by STV and The Hunter Foundation, in aid of the STV Charitable Trust (number SC042429).

An annual venture, the STV Children's Appeal is committed to providing support across a wide range of issues affecting Scotland, and in its first year the charity's work was focused on supporting children and young people affected by poverty.

Working closely with six major Scottish charities, each of them well-established experts in the area of child poverty (Aberlour, Action for Children, Barnardo’s Scotland, Children 1st, Save the Children Scotland and One Parent Families Scotland), STV Children's Appeal helps local projects all over the country who work hard to support children at risk of poverty.

In addition to raising essential funds, STV Appeal 2011 focused on raising awareness, challenging stereotypes and bringing attention to the real extent of child poverty in Scotland, aiming to tackle both the causes and effects of poverty and disadvantage.

A number of companies have been sponsoring the appeal since its creation, including Lidl

The STV Appeal 2011 launched during the summer, with many fundraising events taking place across the country, including Seán Batty's 130 mile Western Isles Challenge, zip-slides (including John MacKay, Sean Batty and "Miss Scotland", Jennifer Reoche), The Hour experts running the 10k, go-karting competitions, boogie-boogie dance challenges, comedy nights, sky-dives, a shark dive by STV Sport presenter Caroline Henderson and race nights; as well as a special celebrity edition of 7.30 for 8, hosted by Kaye Adams – plus much more across the whole country.

Lorraine Kelly presented The STV Appeal 2012: Live Show on Friday 7 September, live from STV Studios with a host of Scottish guests including music from Amy MacDonald and Michelle McManus and reports from Kaye Adams.

2012 Appeal raised £1.9million.