Vernon will be taking on marathons and ultramarathons across four days to get him from Victoria Park in Leicester to Bolton Wanderers’ football stadium in his hometown
I was just settling into my new mid-morning routine and now this! Everyone who has previously undertaken a BBC Children in Need challenge has raised so much money for this brilliant charity, so the pressure is on, but I’m up for it...
Vernon says:"I was just settling into my new mid-morning routine and now this! Everyone who has previously undertaken a BBC Children in Need challenge has raised so much money for this brilliant charity, so the pressure is on, but I’m up for it... so come on, let’s do this!" In the lead up to Vernon’s challenge, listeners will be able to listen to supporting content on BBC Sounds .
In 2020, the station brought together some of the most iconic global artists for the official BBC Children in Need single, a reimagined cover of Oasis’ Stop Crying Your Heart Out . Performers included Cher, Clean Bandit, Mel C, Jamie Cullum, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Lenny Kravitz, Kylie Minogue, Nile Rodgers and Robbie Williams and more.