Does money raised from phone votes go to BBC Children in Need?
In accordance with the BBC Code of Conduct for competitions and voting, NO MONEY from calls made to Strictly Come Dancing will go to charity. The main focus of fundraising at the BBC has always been the big appeal shows on BBC One and surrounding activity. That continues to be the case. Raising money for charity through premium rate phone calls has only ever been an incidental and occasional activity on BBC programmes. Although we recognised many viewers enjoyed giving to charity in an incidental way through these phone lines, our main concern was clarity for viewers. The new policy of having just two premium call categories – one capped at 15p for all BBC programmes and the other for any charity appeals – would make it even clearer to audiences what to expect when they interacted with BBC programmes in competitions or votes. As such the BBC does not make any money from phone voting.
