Fun filled day for Children in Need appeal (From This is Hampshire)

Fun filled day for Children in Need appeal

9:46am Saturday 21st November 2009 in

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HUNDREDS of people across the county pulled out all the stops yesterday in a fundraising frenzy to make as much cash as possible for the Children In Need appeal.

Across Hampshire, big-hearted fundraisers donned fancy dress outfits, released balloons, bathed in custard and even braved having their legs waxed to support Pudsey.

Anyone visiting Envy Hair and Beauty in Fair Oak could be forgiven for thinking it had stepped back in time to the 1950s, with the gorgeous hairdressers kitted out in frocks cutting hair to the sound of an authentic rock and roll jukebox to raise £1,000.

At Sherborne House Nursery in Chandler’s Ford dozens of toddlers aged between two to five dressed up in yellow, iced biscuits and painted Pudsey to raise money.

Annie Philpott and her gang of pyjama walkers trekked from Romsey to Southampton.

In West End male company directors at Solvay Healthcare had their hairy legs waxed to drum up funds for disadvantaged children and young people.

One eight-year-old schoolgirl at Waterside Primary School in Hythe single-handedly raised £42 for the appeal when she sold the sweets she got trick or treating back to neighbours.

A deputy matron was auctioned off at Little Haven care home in Dibden Purlieu while other staff members stuck it out in a cold custard bath for two-and-a-half hours raising £200.

At a race simulator centre in Chandler’s Ford, racing legend Tiff Needell gathered with companies and other racers to put his foot down in a 24-hour simulated race to collect £10,000.

Fitness fanatic staff from Bitterne Leisure Centre challenged customers to a 12-hour cycle ride on their machines clocking up more miles than it would take to go from Bitterne to London and back.

Across the UK 700 projects have benefited from the money since last year’s appeal, including nine in Hampshire that received a total of £450,000.

• Soaking in a cold custard bath for two-and-a-half hours, a sponsored silence, and auctioning off the deputy matron to be a slave to a lucky resident raised £200 for the appeal at Little Haven care home, in Dibden Purlieu. Pictured are sisters Katie, 22, and Lucy Paxton, 33.