Hundreds of people across the Bristol area came up with fun ideas for raising money on Red Nose Day.

Pupils at Portishead Primary School took time out of lessons to cover head teacher Richard Riordan in red slime.

Over the past few weeks, students have been organising a number of fundraising events including a Scalextric challenge, weird and wonderful fancy dress day and a special Egyptian assembly to reach the target.

And on Red Nose Day, all 400 students gathered in the playground, to watch Mr Riordan get gunged.

The gunge was made out of cornflour, water, red food colouring and a number of mystery ingredients.

School administrator, Di Keys, said: "The children have really enjoyed organising the different events to make sure they hit the fundraising target.

"I am sure it wasn't Mr Riordan's ideal way to spend a Friday afternoon, but he was more than happy to get gunged in aid of such a good cause."

The 399-pupil school raised more than £1,000 with the event.

Tommie Maddox, 19, an assistant supervisor at the Wilkinson store in Bedminster brought his band Journey Up the Wood to play for shoppers.

In Filton the Dinky Dolphins splashed around in the swimming pool at Elm Park with their mums and dads.

They thought they were just having fun but all the money raised from entrance fees was going to Comic Relief.

Nine-year-old William Campbell won a very unusual raffle prize at Charborough Road Primary School in Filton – he was headmaster for a day.

William said: "It was a once in a lifetime experience and I personally found it enjoyable and fun. My favourite thing was leading assembly because I put a couple of funny things into it, like saying my teacher's handwriting was awful. People said I was a good head teacher."

In Clevedon the Hill Road Traders were serving customers dressed in their pyjamas for Red Nose Day.

At Backwell School children spent their morning break doing a mass merengue, a Latin American dance, led by deputy head teacher Steve Taylor.

World hip hop champions the Dark Angels led Knowle West's events to support Comic Relief.

A workout and raffle were held with a Bristol Rugby shirt signed by the entire first team as the top prize.

Staff at the Computershare call centre in Bedminster Down wore red noses and from gave up their own time to channel donations from the public to the Comic Relief charities.

Children at the Just Learning nursery in Barrs Court got the chance to throw jelly and custard at members staff and extra cash was raised from the sale of cakes, while four friends dressed in bright red 'nurses' outfits to collect money from shoppers in Cabot Circus and Broadmead.

A funfair and a parade of clowns at St Michael's School in Ratcliffe Drive, Stoke Gifford, raised hundreds more pounds.

Even train passengers who caught the CrossCountry Red Nose Special at Bristol Temple Meads yesterday were able to join in the fun.

The train had a giant red nose on the front and staff collected donations throughout the day.