COMIC Relief supporters throughout Bury certainly saw red when they became “fun” raisers for a day.

People working at O2’s customer service centre in Dumers Lane did their bit when they staffed the pledge lines and collected £115,775 in donations on the night.

More than 170 staff volunteered to give up their Friday evening to receive calls on behalf of the BBC as the show went out live across the UK. Inbetween taking the pledges, they got involved in raising money as managers volunteered to have custard pies thrown at their faces. Tottington High School pupils swapped places with their teachers for the day.

Fifteen-year-old Danny Magrath was one who reversed roles with PE teacher Zoe Newcombe and drama teacher Marc Richardson, taking on the mantle of an assistant headteacher.

Danny said “I didn’t appreciate just how difficult it was being a teacher. It hasn’t put me off though, I still want to be a teacher but I want to work with autistic children.” The trading places day has so far raised more than £522.

On Saturday, Bury FC star player Efe Sodje joined the club’s cheerleaders to raise funds.

The squad, run by Bury Youth Service, danced and painted faces, while Efe did a half-time dance routine with Liz Norris, area youth worker and cheerleading coach, which pleased the crowd. Overall. the girls raised £230.

Elsewhere, four young charity champs from Lowercroft held their own fun sale and raised £74.06. Five-year-old Evie Matthews and Ella Matthews, aged nine, together with seven-year-old Jessica Steele and Bethany Steele, aged 10, baked cakes, sold sweets and drinks and hired out their trampoline as well as staging a basketball prize shoot-out. Pupils and staff at Bury’s Bridge Day Nursery, located at Blackford Bridge United Reformed Church, staged various activities including a “Bridge Has Got Talent” show and a sponsored “get messy” jelly extravaganza.

Youngsters at the Bury Day Nursery in Fountain Street North wore T-shirts adorned by their own decorations made with felt tip pens. Thanks to their efforts, they raised £71.89.

Members of Peel Lions not only wore red noses but red wigs and convict uniforms as they went out and about with buckets to collect cash.

Staff at the Cheerz party shop in Tottington Road, Bury, earned their wings by dressing up as angels for their fundraising which collected £77. Also assisting was Bury C of E High School pupil Laura Walls who was involved in a work shadowing project.