30 November 2015
Newsdesk
To celebrate the highly anticipated UK release of SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE on 21 December 2015, Twentieth Century Fox has teamed up with ITV Text Santa to create 15 celebrity designed iconic Snoopy kennels and this past weekend, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the kennels began a nationwide tour! The aim of the tour is to showcase the kennels, which are bring auctioned in support of this year’s Text Santa, to the public.
The tour kicked off at London’s Regent Street as part of Hamleys Toy parade on Saturday, before moving on to Birmingham on Sunday. There are 4 remaining dates on the tour:
Saturday 5 December: Glasgow, University Place, Byres Road
Sunday 6 December: Manchester, Intu Trafford Centre
Saturday 12 December: Liverpool, Derby Square
Sunday 13 December: Swansea, Castle Square
The kennels have been designed by an eclectic mix of UK and international celebrities from the world of film, music and sport and these are being auctioned to the public in aid of this year’s ITV Text Santa Charities - Macmillan Cancer Support, Make-A-Wish® UK and Save the Children.
Snoopy fans can bid to get their hands on their favourite creation (full list of kennels and their designers below) at an online auction through Rosebery Auction House, www.roseberys.co.uk/snoopy which is live now. 100% of all proceeds of the auction will go to ITV Text Santa and the three charities: Macmillan Cancer Support, Make-A-Wish and Save the Children.
For those who are not in need of a kennel for their pampered pooch, £5 donations can be made to text Santa now via text. Simply text SANTA5 to 70760. (Texts cost £5. 100% of your donation will go to the Text Santa charities. You must be 16+. Please ask the bill payer’s permission. Last date for donations is 5pm on 8th January 2016. Go to itv.com, stv.tv or u.tv for terms & full charity details.)
SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE celebrity kennels include:
· “Panda’s Palace” - Hollywood actor, Jack Black
· “Snoopy Darling” - Actress, Joanna Lumley
· “The Corrie Crib” - The cast of Britain’s longest running soap, Coronation Street
· “Queen of Bark-ness” TV personality, Sharon Osbourne
· “Terry’s Hut-Trick” Professional football player, John Terry
· “Pawla Kiely” Irish fashion designer, Orla Kiely
· “The Wimbledog” Wimbledon winner, Andy Murray
· “Snoopy Spice” TV Personality, Melanie Brown
· “Ground Dog Day” Premiership football team, Everton FC
· “Snoopy of London” Luxury department store, Liberty
· “Girls on Paw” International girl band, Little Mix
· “Snoopy Snaps” British fashion photographer, Rankin
· “The Doggy Paddle” Olympic gold medallist, Tom Daley
· “The Original Snoopy” Peanuts Worldwide
· “All Back to Snoopy’s” Indie rock band, The Vaccines”
· “ McBeagle” Brit Pop Boyband, McBusted
The Snoopy Kennel activity is just one of the ways in which Text Santa aims to raise money to help families in need at Christmas. There is a range of Christmas fundraising activities you can take part in this December to support the ITV Text Santa Appeal such as signing up for the Do It For Charity Text Santa Run, participating in a Text Santa Christmas quiz or taking part in the Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day in the lead up to the Text Santa show on Friday 18 December. For more information visit itv.com/textsanta.
The appeal hopes to inspire a whole army of fundraisers to raise more money than ever before. The money raised will go towards funding nurses and other essential workers so people affected by cancer get the support they need; granting wishes to enrich the lives of children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions and transforming children’s lives here and abroad to give hope to families in difficulty at Christmas.
Text Santa is now in its fifth year and has so far raised over £21million for UK charities. The annual appeal also helps to increase awareness of the vital work of the charity partners by using ITV’s reach to millions of viewers across the UK. 100% of the money will be shared equally amongst the Text Santa charities going directly to support their vital work. All donations to Save the Children’s international work will be matched pound for pound by the UK Government up to £5 million.
Last year, thanks to the public’s fantastic generosity, the money raised through Text Santa helped to provide 45,000 hours of specialist care to help young people fight cancer, support over 3,600 people suffering from dementia, and provide 51,650 hours of care to children and their families.
In this, the fifth year of the show, supporting Text Santa for 2015, appeal partners include Papa John’s, Vodafone, Twentieth Century Fox and department store Liberty.
Go to www.itv.com, www.stv.tv and www.u.tv for terms & full charity details. More information on how to get involved in Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day can be found at www.ITV.com/textsanta.
