Among those raising money in Oxfordshire for the Comic Relief charity on Red Nose Day today were:
- Outset Nursery, in Keble Road, Bicester, raised £100 after children paid to wear pyjamas.
- Amy Wyatt and Bonnie Pinder, of Specsavers, in the Orchard Centre, Didcot, cycled on an exercise bike and raised £300.
- Staff at Chapters hair salon, in Witney’s High Street, wore pyjamas while cutting people’s hair to raise £150.
- Staff at Sainsbury’s supermarket, in Didcot, dressed up to dance and raised £3,000.
- Tara Bedford, of Imagine Co-operative Childcare, at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, shaved off her hair for £200.
- Children at Positive Steps Day Nursery, in Shellingford, took part in games and activities.
- Abingdon computing firm Sophos’s chief executive Steve Munford fought staff in an inflatable boxing ring, aiming to raise a knockout £4,000.
- Events at St Andrew’s Primary School, London Road, Headington, raised £428.38.
- James Lavers and colleagues at the Barley Mow pub, in Clifton Hampden, cycled 1,000 miles to raise £500.
- Jivers at Jive+ at Langdale Hall, in Witney, dressed up in funny attire for a dance to raise £90.
- Pupils at Edward Feild Primary School, in Kidlington, dressed in pyjamas to raise £400.
- Residents at St Edburg’s Care Home, in Bicester, raised £100 wearing fancy dress and dyeing their hair.
- Newsquest Oxfordshire sales executive Charlotte Davies, 23, gave up eating sweet things for a month to raise £150.
- Movie and television-themed fancy dress costumes were worn by staff at European Electronique, Oakfields Industrial Estate, Witney, who raised £200.
- Shopkeepers opening up in Chipping Norton yesterday found knitted woollen red noses attached to their door handles but Jaffé and Neale Bookshop and Café owner Polly Jaffe said it was a mystery who was responsible.
- A special human race at Oxford Greyhound Stadium on Thursday raised £270.
- Bartholomew School pupils Vivien Hughes and Chloe Donnelly-Franklin cycled from Eynsham to Oxford, last weekend, and raised £223.30.
- Bicester Country Club’s health and fitness team dressed as smurfs and collected £250.
Fundraising events taking place today for the appeal include:
- A 12-hour darts and pool marathon is being held at the Waterwitch pub, in Cockcroft Road, Didcot.
- Children in fancy dress will become landlords for the day at Home Sweet Home pub, in Roke.
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