FRIENDS, families and work colleagues across the region will be getting in the spirit of Children in Need and hoping to make lots of money.
The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy on Ashland Road, Nether Edge, has invited parents in to classes for the day, where they will be taking part in special bear-themed lessons to celebrate Pudsey.
Pupils and parents alike will dress up for the occasion
, paying a donation for the privilege which will go to Children in Need. Together with the other 47 branches of the Academy around the country, they want to raise £20,000.
Staff at Williams Fasteners in Tinsley will be bringing a taste of Hollywood to their Children in Need celebrations - asking staff to dress up as a character from a blockbuster in return for a £5 donation.
The Pink Ladies, staff and pupils from St Trinian's and Pirates of the Caribbean are just some of the characters who will be there. A raffle, cake stall and quiz are some of the other events taking place on the day to add to their total.
Workers at the Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre have organised a cops and robbers themed fun day - when staff will dress up and take Pudsey prisoner in a hospital trolley!
They will also be holding a sponsored porridge eating competition, taking part in a three-legged race, and running various stalls and raffles to raise even more cash for the charity.
If you're calling in to Mitchell's Wines at Meadowhead for a Friday night tipple to take home, don't forget a donation for Children in Need.
Staff working the evening shift there between 6pm and 10pm will be wearing fancy dress to get customers in the mood for giving big to the collection, which they hold every year in store.
Workers at The Quadrant office space development on the Parkway will be pulling their weight for Pudsey in a tug-of-war challenge.
The event is just one in a series of activities organised including a Nintendo Wii games tournament and table football competition, as well as a series of bingo sessions.
Virgin Media staff in Attercliffe will dress in 80s outfits and sell cakes, play Pudsey Bear-themed games, enjoy quizzes, and hold raffles at their contact centre .
If you fancy strutting your stuff to raise money for Children In Need get down to the Davy Sporting Club in Prince of Wales Road for a sponsored line dance organised by the Sheffield branch of the International Dance Teaching Association.
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