We'd like to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who's organised events in Somerset. Our inbox has been at bursting point with so much information about your hundreds of events. We've done our best to mention as many of you as we can below! Don't forget the BBC Somerset Sound presenters are at Sanders Garden World near Brent Knoll and at ASDA in Yeovil on Friday 19 November. You can get more details by following the link to the right. BATH Monday 8 November Sponsored silence St Mary's Primary School, Timsbury Wednesday 17 November St Alpheges Parish Hall - Alison Rowsell organised a fun party games morning at her parent and toddler group Friday 19 November Back massages The Health and Beauty Centre, Old King Street 8am-8pm - Jannean Donson and her colleagues will be giving free back massages to people who donate £10 to Children in Need Fun night Royal United Hospital Social and Sports Club 8pm-12am - Dave Sale is organising a fun night, including a Full three-quarter Monty, pole dancing with a disco and band BRIDGWATER Wednesday 10 November *College-Conga!* Bridgwater College 12.45-1.45pm - Laura Kilduff and other performing arts students are going to lead the conga around the college and the town. There'll also be a pool competition, students coming to college in pyjamas and a student auction Friday 19 November Sponsored silence - Cassandra Collins isn't going to speak for three days on Friday, Monday and Tuesday Sunday 14 November Sponsored bike ride - Emma Youe cycled over the Quantocks Wednesday 17 November Alex Griffiths Superbed, East Quay - Fiona Robertson's boss came to work dressed as Pudsey. He had to stay in the bear costume all day while performing a variety of tasks! Friday 19 November Aerobic workout world record attempt Chilton Trinity Sports Centre, Chilton Street Signing in: 7.30pm; practice session: 8.15pm; record attempt: 8.40pm - Take part in a national attempt to break the world record for the most people doing aerobics at once. Fitness instructor Debbie Johnson will be leading the record attempt. Why not go along in fancy dress and help to raise money for Children in Need? Sponsored silence Middlezoy School Open day Littlefolk Playgroup, Trinity Hall, St Saviours Avenue - Tamsin Stenning and her friends are holding an open day with a raffle, book stall and handmade Christmas cards. The children are doing a sponsored bicycle/tricycle ride. All are welcome! Cannington Primary School - The whole school are covering a giant Pudsey in coins Fancy dress - Amy Northern will be going to college this week wearing different fancy dress every day Sponsored walk From Weston-super-Mare to Bridgwater - Teri Simmonite is raising funds by walking from Weston to Bridgwater Pudsey concert East Bridgwater Community School Pub fun night The Hood Arms, Kilve - There'll be a raffle, cryptic quiz and quickie crosswords Saturday 20 November Breakfast The Hood Arms, Kilve Christmas Fayre Kilve Village Hall CHARD Friday 19 November Archway Business Centre - Graham Coath is dressing up in school uniform CHEDDAR Thursday 18 November 3.15-4pm - Jayne Tame is organising a cake stall and raffle Friday 3 December Christmas carols Cox's Mill Hotel - A classical tenor is singing outside the hotel and there will be a free barbeque CREWKERNE Friday 19 November Carolyns Cafe 9.30am-4pm - Adrien Van Clute is dressing up as a waitress FROME Monday 25 October Sponsored drumathon Merlin Theatre - Duncan Andrews is doing a six-hour drumathon in the theatre foyer Friday 19 November Selwood Middle School - Year 5 pupils are bringing a cuddly toy to school for the day; year 6, 7 and 8 pupils are wearing an 'odd' hat to school Sponsored silence Oakfield Middle School - Hannah Voyle and friends are going to stay silent for two hours! Cowgirls and Indians Frome College - Alex Ellis and friends are being handcuffed together while dressed up as cowgirls and Indians Sleepover/ghost vigil The Bell Inn, Buckland Dinham 11pm-7am - Nick Thurston and five colleagues from Vodafone Corporate in Trowbridge are going to hold a ghost vigil at the pub, which is said to be haunted by three resident ghosts! GLASTONBURY Friday 12 November 6.30pm - Becky Wilson is being handcuffed to a friend for 24 hours HIGHBRIDGE Saturday 20 November Miniature stream railway Memorial Playing Field, New Lane, West Huntspill 10am-4pm - Norman Rogers and the West Huntspill Model Engineering Society are running their miniature steam railway for Children in Need again this year. Passengers of all ages are welcome! Sponsored cycle ride - Susie Wakefield and three friends are going on a five-hour cycle ride across the Levels from West Huntspill ILMINSTER Friday 12 November Coffee morning Swanmead Community School 10-11.30am - Open to all! MINEHEAD Friday 12 November All day - Louise Norman took part in a sponsored swim Friday 19 November Wyndham House Residential Home - Karen Bryant and her colleagues at Wyndham House are holding a Pudsey fun day and coffee morning. A male colleague is having his legs waxed, and few of the staff are dancing the Charleston All day - Louise Norman is taking part in a sponsored silence Scuba diving Aquasplash 6pm to 8pm - Costs £17.50 for scuba diving and £4.50 for snorkelling. You need to be 10 or older, and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 01643 708000 to book tickets. Saturday 20 November Discomania Minehead Social Club, North Road - Karaoke, rock and roll and 10 music quiz competitions with guest judges, including the Mayor of Minehead NAILSEA Wednesday 27 October - Andy Edwards organised a Junior Warhammer Day at his house Friday 19 November The Glass House - Amy and Charmaine are going to their local, one of them will be dressed in hotpants and the other in a bra! RADSTOCK Saturday 13 November Sponsored walk - Gemma Gelder is walking from Radstock to Bath and back again Friday 19 November Until Saturday - Amy Watts is being handcuffed to a friend for 24 hours! Sponsored head shaving and chest waxing The George Inn, Gurney Slade From 5pm - There'll also be a draw with a £500 star prize! SOMERTON Friday 19 November Monteclefe Junior School - The staff and pupils have raised £321.05 by having a cake sale, wearing party clothes, selling badges and raffling a Pudsey STREET Wednesday 17 November Sponsored swim Strode Swimming Pool - Levi Lovell aimed to swim as many lengths as he could in an hour Thursday 18 November Shapwick House, Millfield School - Jane Price is putting on a barbeque for 56 lads! Friday 19 November Strode College - Rich Wotton and other members of the student association (SCSA) are holding various events for Children in Need, including a five-a-side footie match, a cake sale, a chicken limbo (we don't know that is either!) and a lucky dip TAUNTON Saturday 13 November Sponsored dance mat marathon The Bell Inn, Creech St Michael - Ashley Brown and Beth Tarr danced for four hours and raised £134 for Children in Need! Thursday 18 November Somerset County Training, Broughton House - Mandy Starks and Janet Lloyd tell us that teenagers on the Entry 2 Employment Programme have been taking part in their own spoof version of EastEnders Sainsbury's, Hankridge 7.30-8.30pm - Mary Lowe and other members of the Apple County Chorus harmony singing group will be putting a show for the shoppers Friday 19 November 7am-3pm - Claire Stevens and Marie Gibbs are dressing up in pyjamas for the day with a collection bucket on the counter over their shop Silent collection at Chess Brewhouse Theatre - Sebastian Petit is organising a silent collection (notes only!) at the end of his theatre group's performance of Chess Guess the name of the teddies The Woolwich, High Street - Vicky Bate and her colleagues will also be dressing up in pyjamas for the day! Dancing for Pudsey Staplegrove Village Hall, Staplegrove Road 11.30am - Kids who attend the Jo Jingles classes will be Dancing for Pudsey and are being encouraged to bring along a teddy (and make a donation to Children in Need) County Hall - David Hawken and Paul Winter ran up and down seven flights of stairs for half an hour. They've raised around £250 - thank you! And Rebecca McNaught and two of friends have been baking cakes and selling them around the building Masquerade Ball Vivary Golf Club 7.30pm - Kim Thomas from Wiveliscombe is also dressing up as a Playboy Bunny Girl! Skittles The Bell Inn, Creech St Michael WELLINGTON Friday 17 December Sampford Arundel - Helen Crockett and her friends are running around the village for two hours and are getting sponsorship of £1 per each 1,000 steps WATCHET Saturday 6 November Sponsored triathlon... with a difference 5am-8pm - Alison Hardman's triathlon includes five hours on a trampoline, five hours in a bath of potatoes and peas, and five hours watching Friends! WELLS Sunday 21 November Sponsored ditch jump On the Levels between Glastonbury and Wells - Tom Ponting will be jumping ditches in fancy dress WELLINGTON Saturday 20 November The Paper Shop - Charlene Taylor and her colleagues are dressing up as fairies and witches for the day WESTON-SUPER-MARE Tuesday 16 November Tiny Teds, Kewstoke - Laura Rickards tell us the children have been decorating Pudsey biscuits as well as colouring and making Pudsey badges Wednesday 17 November Drag beauty pageant 7-9pm - A beauty pageant for men dressed as women and vice versa Thursday 18 November Light up the Sky Uphill Beach 8pm - There'll be a great show of illuminated kites on the beach. The organisers, South West Association of Traction Kiting, want kite flyers to think of exciting ways to illuminate their kites for the best effect in the night sky. They then have to launch these kites and keep them flying for as long as possible to create a stunning spectacle for onlookers! Claverham Methodist Hall 7pm - Natasha Miles had a cake sale at her Guide pack on Thursday and is holding a party for Pudsey on Friday Friday 19 November Pudsey party Stars, 4-5 Beach Road - The club's holding a Pudsey party with half of the takings on the door going to Children in Need. If you weren't able to do anything for Pudsey during the day, why not go along and take part in a traffic light party and other fun and games? - Rachel Bentley has been busy baking biscuits to sell with her family and friends The Great Aussie Party Ashbrooke House School - The school's having a dressing-up day, a party full of Australian food and lots of other events 9am-6pm - Bob Allam will be busking with his guitar Churchill Comprehensive School, Langford 1.10-2pm - Students get to throw wet sponges at their teachers or tip buckets of freezing water over their heads! Bring a Teddy to Work Day Cadbury Garden Centre, Congresbury - Gary Bressington and his colleagues will be bringing teddies to work with them Weston College Care and Early Years Faculty 10am-2pm - Events include sponge the teacher, human wheel barrow races and raffles Three-legged day Weston College Business Faculty 9am-4.30pm - Lisa Spriggs and friends are pairing up and being tied together for the whole college day! Leg waxing for men The Major from Glengarry, Upper Church Road Sidcot School - The students are wearing fancy dress, and no doubt there'll be laughing at their teachers who are competing in their own version of The X Factor! Aerobic workout world record attempt Cadbury House Leisure Club, Congresbury - Just as in Bridgwater, people in Congresbury are taking part in the world record attempt. Lee White and his colleagues at the leisure club are also holding some other events throughout the day Saturday 20 November Fete St Georges Community Centre YEOVIL Sunday 7 November Naked kite land-boarding and body dragging Ian Houlton and colleagues from Paynes Timber in Yeovil are getting their kit off to go kite land-boarding, jumping and body dragging Friday 12 November Talent show ASDA 6pm - With different age groups and different levels; finalists are appearing live the following Friday when a winner will be picked by the judges Monday 15 November 11am-11pm - Shelly Lawrence and friends are dressing up as cheerleaders in roller boots for a 12-hour drinkathon Tuesday 16 November Sponsored dog walk - Gillian Holland went on a five-mile dog walk for Children in Need Friday 19 November Preston School Sports Hall - The staff are holding a karaoke event - Andy Lunt has written a special song for Children in Need; all proceeds are going to Children in Need |