Staff at an accountancy firm donned brightly coloured trousers in the name of charity.

Clients who visited Scott Vevers Chartered Accountants, based in Bridport, were greeted by brightly coloured trousers, as the firm was taking part in The Grand Appeal's Wrong Trousers Day.

Carol Stickler, the office manager at Scott Vevers, introduced her colleagues to the charity day three years ago, and her colleagues have not looked back since.

It was not just the staff who were donned in brightly coloured gear, with bunting draped outside of the office to show the firm's support.

Carol said: "We had a fab time and we raised a staggering £230 which is a massive leap from the amount we raised last year.

"People were very generous and stopped my colleagues in the street to ask us what we were up to and gave us donations.

"I think they were pretty curious as to why anyone would be outside in MC Hammer style trousers and clown trousers.

"I of course was in a very understated gold glitter ensemble and managed to spread the glitter all over the office, and my colleagues, most of whom were not even in the same room as me.

"Marcus, our managing director, proved his commitment to the cause by driving from Weymouth to Bridport in his PJ trousers, which would have been interesting for him to explain if he had broken down on route.

"We had brilliant pink trousers, striped PJ's and some trousers that quite frankly would not have looked out of place in an episode of Magnum, lovely palm tree motif in bright orange."

The team was also joined by some of the staff from Porter Dodson, who popped in to join for tea and cake in the morning.

This year the appeal celebrated the 25th year of the release of Aardman's iconic film, The Wrong Trousers, and invited fundraisers to don their weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful pair of trousers.

The appeal has been running since 2003, and is an annual fundraising event in support of Bristol Children's Hospital in conjunction with Aardman Animation.

Although the hospital is based in Bristol, it treats more than 100,000 patients every year with life-threatening illnesses from Bristol, the south west of England, South Wales and beyond, and covers the largest geographical area of any children's hospital in England.

This was something that was highlighted to the team at Scott Vevers, when one donor informed the team that their daughter/granddaughter is a nurse at the hospital.

Carol said: "They told me how much they appreciated what we were doing and gave us £50."

To find out more about the appeal, you can visit grandappeal.org.uk/wrong-trousers-day