Wrong Trousers Day started in 1997 to launch the capital appeal to build the new Bristol Children’s Hospital, growing in 2000 to support sick children in hospital and hospices in Bristol, Sheffield, Cardiff, Nottingham, Leicester, Manchester, Stockton-on-Tees and Newcastle.

In 2003, Wrong Trousers Day became a national event supporting children’s healthcare in the UK through the creation of Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation.  Since 2003 Wrong Trousers Day has been an outstanding success raising over £1 million for children in hospitals and hospices. Wrong Trousers Day has helped to build two new children’s hospitals and a new children’s hospice, provide state of the art equipment, create landscape garden and family accommodation facilities and fund specialist art, play and music therapy projects.

The next Wrong Trousers Day will be held on Friday 25th June 2010, get your Wrong Trousers ready!

Wrong Trousers Day has helped to build two new children’s hospitals and a new children’s hospice, provide state of the art equipment, create landscape garden and family accommodation facilities and fund specialist art, play and music therapy projects.  It is backed by the treble Academy Award-winning plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit, created by Nick Park at Aardman and inspired by their film ‘The Wrong Trousers.’

To take part, people are invited to pay £1 to swap their normal attire for weird, wacky and wrong clothing!

Your support can make the difference. Donate now or find out how you can help to give children in hospitals and hospices a better brighter future.

It is easy to take part and show your support for Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation. You can join thousands of people in work, schools and nurseries across the UK on Wrong Trousers Day to help sick children in hospitals and hospices across the UK.

Wrong Trousers Day at School
We need YOU to join thousands of pupils and staff across the country to help celebrate Wrong Trousers Day !

• The first thing you need to do is register for a free fundraising pack
• Appoint some Wrong Trousers Day co-ordinators for your school.  We call them ‘The Big Cheese’ and these monitors have their own ‘Big Cheese’ stickers in the fundraising pack!
• Put up posters around the school – in classrooms and noticeboards.
• Tell your parents that your school is taking part in Wrong Trousers Day – put a piece in your newsletter and/or send a note home to all parents, click Schools_letter for a draft letter.
• Download the school lesson plans and assembly plans and other fun stuff here and arrange for it to be shown in your school a week before Wrong Trousers Day to remind everyone about the da
• Have a look at our Cracking Fundraising Ideas here to make Wrong Trousers Day extra special in your school.
• Make sure you have enough stickers for everyone in your school
• Make sure you have enough collection boxes to collect everyone’s donation on the day

Actually on Wrong Trousers Day

• Wear your ‘Big Cheese’ stickers
• Distribute stickers to everyone who is wearing Wrong Trousers
• Collect contributions from everyone in your collection box

Find out more
www.wallaceandgromitteaparty.org.uk