Children in Need

They came up with all kinds of wacky ideas to raise funds for the annual charity appeal.

Nationally, last Friday’s extravaganza coined in over £20 million.

First-year health care trainees at Airedale Hospital dressed as Disney characters and spent their lunch hour collecting and visiting the children’s ward.

Sophie Clarkson, 17, dressed as Minnie Mouse, said: “Working in the hospital we see children who are ill and suffering and we want to help Children in Need because it is a great charity.”

l Children, aged two to four, at Harden Pre-school, Wilsden Road, Harden, came to school in fancy dress.

l Staff at Skipton Financial Services coined in £442 — almost twice the sum they raised last year. Two of the bosses, marketing director Matthew Leach and head of operations Peter Norris, did a sponsored stint on the phones.

l Silsden AFC provided a team of people to have their legs waxed for the cause, at Asda, in Keighley. The public could tear off a strip, for a £1 donation. Six players, the chairman and around ten supporters offered their services to the supermarket and helped repay the company’s sponsorship of the club.

l Children from Holycroft Primary School in Keighley raised £352. On Friday all staff and pupils paid to wear red clothes and children entered a competition to design a new bandana for Pudsey Bear.

l Greenhead High School stu