Songs of Praise launch Christmas Card competition
The world’s longest running religious television series has launched a Christmas Card competition, open to people across the UK, to raise money for BBC Children in Need.
Songs of Praise has launched a UK-wide competition calling on all budding artists to dig out their paintbrushes, to help raise money for BBC Children in Need. The competition will give amateur artists the opportunity to have their artwork featured on a Christmas Card which will be sold during the festive period to raise money for the Charity.
Welcoming entries from people of all ages and abilities, the public are being encouraged to artistically reflect what Christmas means to them. Entries will be judged on their originality, creativity, public appeal and their ability to capture the spirit of Christmas.
A total of ten winners will be selected, by a small judging panel, and their artwork will be used to create a card for the Songs of Praise Christmas Card pack. The judges, to be announced in due course, will include an expert from the arts world and a presenter from Songs of Praise.
Songs of Praise have long been supporters of BBC Children in Need, broadcasting Children in Need special programmes and appeal films to their audiences for over 20 years. This will be the first time that they have launched a competition to raise money for the Charity and are asking the public to use their imagination and creativity to capture what Christmas means to them in a piece of artwork.
Director of Editorial at BBC Children in Need, Gareth Hydes said: “It’s great to be working with Songs of Praise on the Christmas Card competition. We are thrilled that the proceeds from these cards will go to BBC Children in Need and will make a meaningful difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in communities across the UK.”
As well as the competition, BBC Children in Need will be sharing ‘how-to’ films on their social media sites over the course of the competition to share ideas, inspiration and creative ways to get arty.