Personalised videos marking special occasions to boost King's Lynn charity Scotty's Little Soldiers

Personalised videos marking birthdays and anniversaries are set to help raise funds for Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

Production company Your Big Day has launched the new initiative, which will help people mark loved ones’ important dates who they are unable to see face-to-face during the current lockdown, and support good causes.

And in a bid to help raise much-needed funds for charities across the UK, Your Big Day has pledged to donate a percentage of each video sale to charity, with Lynn-based Scotty’s Little Soldiers being one of the causes to benefit.

Narrated by former BBC and ITN news anchor Sir Martyn Lewis, each six-minute video provides the opportunity to create a personalised message to a loved one who is marking a landmark occasion, followed by a video taken from the archives of ITN and Reuters of the date being celebrated.

From celebrities and royalty to news, fashion and even house prices, each film depicts what life was like during the year being marked.

From the sale of every video, costing £19.50, £6 will be donated to Scotty’s, to help it continue to deliver integral support to its members at an incredibly difficult time. Promo code SCOTTY should be entered at checkout for the charity to receive the donation.

Sir Martyn said: “At times like this we all need to be doing what we can to support good causes like Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

“We’re living now in very strange times when we’re unable to see those closest to us, and online communication has become so important.

“What we’re trying to do with Your Big Day is create a unique birthday or anniversary gift which has a personal touch and by doing so benefitting charities like Scotty’s so they can continue to do their job.”

Scotty’s Little Soldiers was founded by war widow Nikki Scott in 2010 after her husband, Corporal Lee Scott was killed in Afghanistan the previous year, leaving behind two young children.

The charity does lots of things to support its members, offering outstanding development opportunities through a range of activity and educational grants, and helps put smiles back on those brave faces by providing respite breaks, posting them birthday and Christmas presents and remembering the anniversary of their parent’s death.

Usually, at this time of year, Scotty’s would be arranging for the families, all grieving for a loved one, to go on respite break but sadly these things aren’t possible at present.

In recent weeks, the charity has had to adapt to the current climate and has been using modern technology and arranging exciting virtual events and activities to engage with its members.

Nikki said: “We’re extremely grateful to Sir Martyn and Your Big Day for thinking of Scotty’s Little Soldiers and for giving us the opportunity to be part of this initiative.

“Creating personalised videos for loved ones, particularly now, is such a great way to show that you’re thinking about them.

“For many of our families this is an incredibly difficult time, and we need donations like this to help us maintain our fundraising, as our members need us now more than ever.

“Over the last few weeks, we have a changed the way in which we’re engaging and supporting our members, but we need as many people as possible to help us maintain that level of support.”

To order a video visit www.yourbigday.tv/ and enter promo code SCOTTY to ensure £6 is donated to the charity.