STAFF at a call centre dressed up in their whitest whites to raise funds for needy children.

They took part in nationwide Npower charity day, raising £36,000 for ChildLine.

Mummies, cricketers, doctors and nurses were the most popular choices for the fundraising, inspired by their sponsorship of the Test cricket.

One employee, Gary Shepherd, managed to persuade his wife to lend him her wedding dress for the day.

Angela Gibson, human resources manager for the call centre at Thornaby, Teesside, said: "ChildLine is our nominated charity for the year, and so we wanted to go all out on one day and earn as much money for them as we possibly could."