A TALENT show, a sponsored swim and eating a tin of cat food were among the fundraising antics of Children in Need supporters in Notts.
Staff at Netherfield's DW Sports Fitness club swam a total distance of 106 miles from 6am until 10pm yesterday. The length is the same as the distance from the DW Sports Nottingham to DW Sports Wigan – the group's head office.
A total of 23 team members at the club in the Victoria Retail Park, off Victoria Park Way, were taking part in the swimathon including club manager Debbie Gallagher. She swam for seven hours and ten minutes to complete ten miles.
The club's initial fund-raising target was £300, but this was put up to £1,000 after £300 had already been received in sponsorship by yesterday.
More than £500 was raised at Arno Vale Junior School, in Saville Road, Woodthorpe, where pupils took part in a talent show. Performances included singing, dancing and a Mr Bean impersonation – which was the winning act by eight-year-old Kian Payadar, of Woodthorpe.
School council co-ordinator Hayley Webster, who has been leading the initiative, said: "It has been a lovely day." Mike Gregory at business development company Severn Trent Searches, in Hounds Gate, raised £120 by eating a tin of cat food.
A team of 10 people from technical services company Imtech G&H, in Hooton Street, took part in a relay run from Leeds to Nottingham. They set off from their offices in Leeds at midnight on Thursday and arrived in Nottingham, 71 miles later, just after 10am.
They split the run into 10 parts, running a leg of the journey each – but they all ran the last mile together.
Two members of staff from the Wheelhouse pub in Wollaton spent yesterday driving around as many Hungry Horse pubs as possible in under 12 hours, asking each pub manager to donate at least £10 at each stop.
Sean Stone and Martin Paterson drove around in a car donated by Vauxhall dealer, Evans Halshaw in Chilwell, for the day.
Over at Hobbycraft in Lady Bay Retail Park, children made Pudsey Bear cookies with local children's cookery expert Gerry Carnel, which were auctioned off to help raise cash.
And Experian, one of Nottingham's biggest employers, raised £2,000 by putting on activities including cake sales, a Wii games competition and casual dress.
Gedling Borough Councillors and senior leadership team members raised £170 by staging a car wash on Tuesday at Arnot Hill Bowling Green car park.
