Dancefloor Queen Launches Childhood Memories Campaign

29 January 2008

Singer and model Sophie Ellis-Bextor is supporting The Children's Society's Hundreds and Thousands of Childhood Memories campaign.

Hundreds and Thousands of Childhood Memories is our campaign to collect the country's favourite childhood memories. We are asking people to submit their favourite childhood memory so that we can understand what makes for a good childhood for children in the UK today.

To find out more about Hundreds and Thousands of Childhood Memories you can visit www.hundredsandthousands.org.uk

What's Sophie's favourite childhood memory?

"August 10th 1987 was the day my little brother was born and I was so excited to be a big sister. Jack's father is my step-dad and on the day Jack was born I was with my dad who was really happy for me and made me a special coin to mark the occasion. I remember being proud not just that I finally wasn't an only child any more but also that my parents had moved on to better things since their divorce. Now I have a huge family with lots of brothers and sisters so I guess that date was the start of the happy ending.''