The Pyjama Appeal

We’d love you to tell us what you’re doing to support Julia’s House children through The Pyjama Appeal.

We can add your events below to advertise them or just to give other people some great ideas. Please email us a pyjamaappeal@juliashouse.org or call the Fundraising Office on 01202 607400.

All night Pyjama Party! Fri 9th April – 8pm until the morning at the stunning Highcliff Marriott Hotel, Bournemouth. For guys and girls over 18. Come along for an evening of fun and games, wearing your Pyjamas, sleepover… and then bacon butties are available from 9.30-10am.Please bring your own nibbles, and the hotel bar will be open for you to buy drinks.We just ask for a £5 donation to come along.To book your place contact: emma@tastymarketing.co.uk or text Emma on: 07982 719 591

On 22 March 2010, Bruce Clarkson, Chris Baxter and Gareth Burchell from LV= will start a gruelling 605 mile charity bike ride to raise money for the Pyjama Appeal. It will involve an average of 120 miles each day cycling to Bristol, Huddersfield, Croydon and Bournemouth The aim is to raise £5,000. Thank you! To sponsor them click here for their justgiving page.

Join in with our Pyjama Appeal by abseiling in your pyjamas! We are running the abseil in partnership with Heart FM who have an appeal at the moment for the Starlight Charity which also benefits sick children. If you would like to abseil, call Linda for more information on 01202 607400. There is a £15 registration fee and we then ask you to raise sponsorship fom friends, family and workmates.

Daniel O'Donnell is tackling the ultimate challenge for the Pyjama Appeal. Not only is he cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats with the Three Peaks Challenge thrown in en route, a few weeks following his return he is off to climb Kilimanjaro! To sponsor him or find out more about his antics go to challengemandan.wordpress.com. Dan, we salute you!

Stylish furniture shop BoConcept held a Pyjama Appeal event on March 6. All of the staff were dressed in PJ’s for the day and hot chocolate and cookies were served to customers. Two models posed in a bed in the shop window from 12 – 3pm. There was also a raffle to win 2 designer cushions and a vase worth £200.

A team from the Portland Harbour Authority and solicitors Lester Aldridge has raised an amazing £22,269 for the Pyjama Appeal by tackling the three peaks challenge with a difference - they travelled from country to country by boat! Well done to them for this incredible achievement, and a big thank you from all at Julia's House.

Hotel Royale in Bournemouth are holding a raffle in support of our Pyjama appeal. They have a huge teddy on their reception desk and they are selling tickets to win a prize of a two-night stay at the hotel.

Restharrow retirement development had a coffee morning in aid of the Pyjama Appeal on Tuesday 16 February.

Broadstone First School had a Pyjama Day on Friday 12 March

The Goodsyard pub in Broadstone is having one of their very popular quiz nights on April 18.

Sales from the programmes for Musical Mania at the De La Salle Theatre, St Peter's School, Southbourne on Sunday 14 March at 7.45pm were donated to the Pyjama Appeal.

Frettens Solicitors are hosting a Pyjama Line Dancing Party on 15 May 2010, 7pm - 10.30pm, at St Marks Church Hall, Wallisdown Road, Talbot Village, Bournemouth. For more information contact Heather on (day) 01202 491710 or (eve) 07795 386436.

The team at Blanchards Bailey Solicitors in Blandford had a “wear your slippers to work day” for our Pyjama appeal and raised £84.34. Thank you Blanchards Bailey!