JOE WICKS: Last year, local schools including Orgill Primary School and Millom School, raised more than £29,000 in support of the charity
BBC Children in Need Schools Ambassador, Joe Wicks, is calling on schoolchildren and teachers to get together and get fundraising.
There is less than a week to go for schools to be in for a chance of receiving a visit from Joe this Autumn as part of his Schools Tour programme for BBC Children in Need.
The Body Coach, Joe Wicks said: "There is something amazing about children coming together to help other children, and I can’t wait to see schoolchildren up and down the UK once again get together and go the extra mile to make a difference!
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