Shropshire and Mid Wales got into the BBC Children in Need spirit as thousands of pounds poured in for the charity.
The children of Oswestry School Bellan House have been busy raising funds. The theme for the national campaign is coloured spots, so all the children dressed up with this theme in mind.
Money for Children in Need was raised by children paying to go to school dressed in coloured spots. They also took in themed cakes to sell and there was a “Name the Bear” competition.
Jackie Greatorex, headteacher of Bellan House, said: “The children had a wonderful day. “They enjoyed dressing up and it helped to raise their awareness of Children in Need.”
Staff and visitors at Shropshire County Council’s Louise House in Shrewsbury started a line of ten pence coins to see how far round the building they could get.
Staff got into the spirit of things with members of the Start team and Hayley Clifford, the resident hairdresser, all dressing as pirates and helping to raise money with a raffle.
Councillor Barbara Craig, cabinet member for Community Services and councillor Stuart West, Shropshire’s Champion for Older People, visited Louise House to add their ten pence coins to the line yesterday. Councillor Craig said: “I’m really impressed with the effort that the Start team members have made for Children in Need.
“It’s such a good cause and it’s great to see staff getting involved.”
Children at schools in Ellesmere dressed up and enjoyed home-made cakes to raise money for Children in Need.
Pupils at the Lakelands School donned fancy dress to raise money for the cause, and youngsters at Bronington Primary School, near Whitchurch, raised more than £70 by making and selling home-made cakes.
Sylvia Childs, at the Lakelands School, said pupils hoped to raise between £700 and £800, because they were also holding a non-uniform day which all pupils had to pay £1 to take part in, as well as collecting sponsors
and doing sponsored things, and there are some forms going around for people to sponsor Pudsey so that will raise extra money,” she said.
Link 51 in Halesfield held a bring your teddy to work day and managed to raise £235, while children at Woodlands Primary School in Telford dressed up in the decades.
Carla Whelan, deputy headteacher, said: “We take great care in our school to provide a caring learning environment, which focuses on developing children into well-equipped, caring adults. “We talk a lot about others and how privileged we are. We work hard to support charities all through the year.
“This is our way of supporting a very good cause while having some fun.”
Students and staff at Shrewsbury College also got into the swing of this year’s Children in Need day and raised £500 with fancy dress collections at the two campuses on London Road and at Radbrook.
Many dressed up for a pyjama party and held out buckets for collections.
Staff members at Boots in Ludlow were also busy fundraising for Children In Need with plenty of games throughout the day, including guess the amount of sweets in the jar.
The Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at Cosford raised money at the main gate. Staff dressed up for Children in Need to collect from drivers coming in and out.
BT staff in Oswestry played a vital role in this year’s appeal.
The firm’s network management centre, in Oswestry, ensured the smooth running of phone lines and communications networks during the telethon.
And staff made sure that the 250,000 calls from 7am until the small hours of this morning, took pledges into the charity’s answering centres.
Hugh Morris, from BT’s network management team, said: “Our primary objective was to maximise the number of calls through to Children in Need, without compromising service to other customers around the country.
“We had extra people on duty at our network centre in Oswestry, constantly monitoring the level of calls across our network.”
The busy weekend was continuing tonight with X-Factor and the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing both bringing in tens of thousands of telephone calls.
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