Text Santa in the Anglia region

The final preparations are under way for the annual ITV Text Santa appeal show, due to take over the channel at 8pm tonight.

ITV stars have been busy preparing for the show, which is hoping to raise funds for Age UK, Barnardo's, BeatBullying, British Heart Foundation, CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices.

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It's Text Santa night on ITV and all this week we've been telling you about the charities to benefit from our annual Christmas appeal.

We've featured reports on Age UK, Barnardo's, Beat Bullying, the British Heart Foundation and Clic Sargent. And tonight, it's the turn of Help the Hospices.

We've been finding out how the charity has supported one of the hospice services in our region - which, for one woman, has made a big difference to her life.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Lauren Hall

For more details about our Text Santa appeal, click here

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions.

You can watch 'Text Santa' tonight on ITV, with all the fun starting at 20:00

For more details about our Text Santa appeal, click here

As part of our Text Santa appeal, we are supporting six charities, helping them to raise money and awareness of the work they do.

The next charity we are going to tell you about is CLIC Sargent. Here's how CLIC Sargent helps children and young people with cancer and their families.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's David Hughes

For more details about out Text Santa appeal, click here

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions.

As part of our Text Santa appeal, we are supporting six charities, helping them to raise money and awareness of the work they do.

The next charity we are going to tell you about is the British Heart Foundation. Here's how the charity helped one young woman come to terms with her condition.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Lauren Hall

For more details about our Text Santa appeal, click here

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions.

As part of our Text Santa appeal, we are supporting six charities, helping them to raise money and awareness of the work they do.

The next charity we are going to tell you about is Beat Bullying. The charity is tackling a growing problem, fuelled by how easy it is to put hateful anonymous posts on social networking sites.

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Natalie Gray

For more details about our Text Santa appeal, click here

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions.

As part of our Text Santa appeal, we are supporting six charities, helping them to raise money and awareness of the work they do.

The next charity we are going to tell you about, is Barnardo's. Click below to watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Lauren Hall.

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions.

Over the past week, we've been telling you quite a lot about this year's Text Santa appeal.

We're supporting six charities, helping them to raise money and awareness of the work they do.

Over the next week, we'll be telling you more about those charities - and tonight we start with a closer look at Age UK.

For more details about out Text Santa appeal, click here

100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions._

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backed ITV's Text Santa campaign when he popped into the ITV News Anglia studio earlier today.

You can find out more about the Text Santa campaign by clicking here

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100% of donations made by viewers are evenly distributed to ITV's chosen charities within three months of each televised appeal.

All Text Santa operating costs including staffing and the programme itself are funded directly by ITV as part of its corporate giving, and not from its corporate partners or viewer contributions._