To mark the occasion, we are looking back at the creative and unusual ways local residents have supported the charity throughout the years.
Every year, the people of Sheffield rally behind Children in Need, generating vital funds for young people, local charities, and worthy causes across the globe.
From fancy dress and fun runs to leg waxing, here is a nostalgic look at Sheffield’s fundraising highlights spanning from the late 1980s through to the 2010s.
Do you recognise any of these fundraisers from over the years?
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Pictured at the Hillsborough Park running track, where the Sheffield Boxing Centre organised a sponsored run for Children in Need. Seen is Bomber Graham as he gets set for the run, November 1996 | Johnston Press
2. On the march
Staff and children from the Cornerhouse Nursery in Hillsborough, Sheffield, set off on their charity walk for Children in Need, in 1997 | Sheffield Newspapers
3. Sausage & mash
Pictured at Asda, Handsworth, Sheffield, where a world record attempt was made to create the largest sausage and mash as part of National Sausage Week. Seen are the creators of the giant as they complete their work. Shoppers were given the chance to sample the effort free in return for a donation to the Children in Need charity, on October 30, 2002
4. Meet the Wombles
Rotherham United player Trevor Womble meets his namesake, Uncle Bulgaria Womble, at a free film show at the Classic Cinema, Rotherham, for a party of needy children from the Sheffield district in December 1974 | Sheffield Newspapers