MADCAP money raisers across the Fylde Coast dressed up in daft costumes and got up to all sorts of activities to raise vital funds for the BBC's Children in Need Appeal.

Blackpool and the Fylde College staff dressed up in uniforms ranging from police to scouts at the Ashfield Road campus in Bispham and managed to raise more than £1,000.

The college also held a raffle for the appeal with gifts being donated by local businesses, while suppliers to the college V-tech Communications also donated £575, taking the present total to £1,299.

Fitness instructors across the resort were put through their paces in a mammoth cycling challenge held at Thornton Leisure Centre, Poulton Swimming and Fitness Centre and Fleetwood Leisure Centre.

Alison Sellars, at Thornton Leisure Centre, said: "We had instructors in all our three gyms being sponsored to cover so many kilometres on the cycling machines. They were mainly sponsored by members at the centre.

"It all went very well and we have raised £672 in total, but the instructors are feeling a little tired now."

Staff and children at The Hollies Nursery, Abingdon Street, Blackpool, dressed up too.

Catherine Rainford from the nursery said: "We all had a great time. The staff dressed up as schoolgirls and the toddlers came as their favourite characters. In total I think we raised around £100."

A further £760 was raised by members of staff at Warbreck House DHSS site in Blackpool as staff joined in a whole host of activities from guessing weights of new-born babies to raffling off donated gifts.

Latest figures also show that BBC Radio Lancashire has already raised £77,670 for children in need and Terry Wogan added: "I'd personally like to thank the listeners to BBC Radio Lancashire for their fantastic support for this year's appeal. Children in Need really does make a difference for thousands of children across the whole country."

The North West regional total so far is a staggering £408,809.