Pyjama day at Palmer's College raises cash for Children in Need

STUDENTS and staff at Palmer’s College in Grays raised more than £400 for Children in Need by dressing up in pyjamas and selling Pudsey Bear scratch cards and keyrings.

The International Baccalaureate students dressed up for the whole day, ran a scratch card competition at lunchtime, and went around the campus with buckets raising £219.27.

The college’s Student Executive sold Pudsey bear keyrings generating another £99 and the college Supervisors dressed up in their pyjamas raising an additional £107.

Mark Vinall, Principal of Palmer’s College said: “It’s great to see the students and staff getting involved in fundraising events to help raise money for those children who really need it.”