A WARRINGTON nursery put the fun in fundraising with a day of challenges to raise money for a national children’s foundation.

The children and staff from Bright Horizons Nursery and Pre-school in Callands set themselves the task of wearing 100 bobbles during the fundraising day in April.

And they impressively surpassed their target with the school collectively wearing 170 hair bands.

In addition to the crazy hair day, the Gresford Close nursery also set a challenge among the children, staff and parents to collect 100 items that could be donated to Warrington Foodbank.

Again out-doing themselves, they managed to collect a respectable 125 items, which were then donated to the local foodbank.

The fundraising day was part of a larger initiative to raise money for Bright Horizons Foundation – a foundation that works at creating bright spaces for children to enjoy all across the UK.

Established in 2005, the charity is set to open its 100th bright space in the UK this year, with fundraising across schools providing the support needed to complete each project.

The Foundation launched its 100 Your Way campaign at the beginning of the year, with a goal of raising £100,000.

Whether people walk 100 miles, do 100 laps of an outdoor space, do 100 press ups, perform 100 acts of kindness, or sell 100 cakes, 100 Your Way is a year-long, 100-themed fundraiser, in which individuals, teams, workplaces and communities commit to fundraise towards this £100K target.

Approximately 300 of Bright Horizons nurseries throughout the UK have been getting involved in fundraising as part of the Foundation’s 100 Your Way campaign, and over £14,000 has been raised so far.

To learn more about the foundation visit brighthorizons.co.uk/