BBC Children in Need gives county more than £80,000

BBC Children in Need has announced a total of £81,382 in new funding to ten organisations working in South Yorkshire, as the results of the Charity's most recent grant round are released.

Sheffield project Buzz has been awarded £8,545 to provide a quiet space for children and young people who have experienced extreme distress or neglect in their lives.

Ignite Imaginations, based in the city, has been awarded £9,870 to deliver monthly art sessions to children from deprived areas.

BBC Children in Need now funds 59 projects in South Yorkshire with over £2.7million hard at work to benefit young lives in the county.