It’s your chance to discuss this extraordinary year, one-to-one, with your favourite journalists. Marina Hyde, John Crace, Jonathan Freedland, Anushka Asthana, Owen Jones and others will be taking your calls and donations at the Guardian and Observer 2020 charity appeal telethon this Saturday.
This year’s appeal cause is disadvantaged young people, and we are raising money for three charities doing fantastic work at the sharp end of the Covid-19 social crisis: UK Youth, which funds grassroots youth work schemes; Young Minds, which helps young people with mental health support; and the anti-poverty campaigners Child Poverty Action Group.
One of those answering your calls will be the Guardian editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, who in her introduction to the appeal earlier this month said: “Getting life back on track during Covid has proved hard for many of us; but for millions of young people it will be a very major challenge.
“Society’s odds were already stacked against youngsters from economically deprived communities and from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds; the pandemic has brought those stark inequalities into even sharper focus, whether it is in the job market, around holiday hunger, or access to online schooling.”
She added: “By putting young people at the heart of this year’s Guardian and Observer charity appeal, we signal our support for the generation we hope will flourish after Covid. Today’s young people must not become a lost generation.”
Other journalists on hand to take your calls include: Polly Toynbee, Amelia Gentleman, Peter Bradshaw, Simon Hattenstone, Coco Khan, Owen Gibson, Nosheen Iqbal, Denis Campbell and Emma Graham-Harrison.
The lines will be open between 10am and 4pm GMT on Saturday 19 December. To make a donation by credit or debit card, and have a chat with our journalists, call 020 7550 9347.
Alternatively, you can donate online at guardian.ctdonate.org.
We’ve already raised more than £450,000 and we are hoping to raise a lot more. Please give generously.
