People all over Sussex are doing their bit to raise money for the earthquake victims in Haiti by holding their own events today.

Click here for a picture gallery featuring just some of Friday's events.

Here's what people were doing:

  • Business advisers Baker Tilly will raise money by letting its staff at International House, Queen's Road, Brighton, and in Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley, dress down for the day.
  • Juretic Media, Page Personnel and Flex Associaties, based in Bostel House, West Street, Brighton, are also having a dress down day and a cake sale in the foyer. The doors to the building will be open from midday.
  • Southern Water staff will join the relief effort when employees across the South East will take part in a dress down day to raise money for the appeal fund.
  • Soul, rhythm and blues band The Soul Katz have teamed up with It's Magic Events and Freedom leisure to put on a charity gig.
  • With support from the Gran Cassa Band the event will take place at Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, from 7.30pm.
  • Coombe Road School, in Brighton, is holding a non-uniform day, and pupils at Hillside Special School, in Foredown Road, Portslade are holding a non-uniform day and a toy swap.
  • Children and staff at Fairlight Primary and Nursery School, in St Leonard's Road, Brighton, is holding a Hats off to Haiti Day, where children are encouraged to wear hats to school with prizes for the most hats on one head and one for the maddest hat.
  • Tangmere Primary School, near Chichester, is also be holding a non-uniform day.
  • St Paul's Primary School, in St Nicholas Road, Brighton, has organised and is holding a bring and buy sale this afternoon during school hours with 75% of funds raised being donated to Haiti.
  • Withdean Sports Complex will have collection buckets in place to raise money.
  • The Tea Cosy in George Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, will lift its ban on biscuit dunking for today only. The shop will also donate 50% of all the day's takings to the Haiti Appeal.
  • At the University of Brighton staff and students have responded to the Haiti earthquake disaster by organising a host of fund-raising activities including cake sales and sock alien workshops.
  • Students working at the training restaurant at City College Brighton and Hove will donate all their tips to the Haiti appeal.
  • Pupils at the junior school at Burgess Hill School for Girls will raise money by dressing in tartan clothes and holding at tombola.
  • Lindfield Primary School, in School Lane, Lindfield, is holding a Hat for Haiti day and Rudgwick Primary School, near Horsham, is holding a mufti day where children can wear their own clothes to school and make a donation to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
  • During their lunch hour, pupils at Worthing High School will be washing cars which belong to the staff to raise money.
  • Shareen Costem, who is one of a group of mothers from Heron Way School, Horsham, will be holding a coffee morning at her home this morning.
  • There will be a raffle and a teenage 80's photo competition. One of the mums is also selling Phoenix cards and will donate 10% of any sales to the Haiti appeal.
  • Balfour Infant School, in Balfour Road, Brighton, are inviting the children to dress as superheroes for a Heroes for Haiti day and will be collecting donations for Unicef.
  • They have also learned a song specially written for the school by Mike Reinstien, called Superheroes, which they will be singing in assembly this afternoon.
  • Bolney Primary School, in Church Lane, Bolney, near Haywards Heath, is holding a non-uniform day and Northchapel Primary School, in Piper's Lane, Petworth, is having a Hat for Haiti day and a bring and buy sale to raise funds.
  • Bolnore Village Primary School is also having a Hat for Haiti day to raise money as is Bewbush Primary School, in Crawley.
  • Sheddingdean School, in Petworth Drive, Burgess Hill, will have a non-uniform day to raise money and staff and pupils at St Anthony's School in Chichester, is having a cake sale, creating a mile of coins and a non-uniform day.
  • Southway School, in Burgess Hill, is holding a cake sale after school and Petworth Primary School, Petworth, will make a silver smile in the playground out of silver coins.
  • Holy Trinity School in Crawley is having a cake sale this morning during break time and the Vale First and Middle School in Worthing is having a non-uniform day where children will wear blue and red clothes because they are the colour of the Haitian flag.
  • St Margaret's School, in The Mardens, Crawley, is also holding a non-uniform day to raise money.Pupils at Gossops Green Community Primary School in Crawley had a non-school uniform day, collected money in the playground, had a series of cake sales and set up a drawing or dance competition to raise almost £500.
  • At Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, pupils wore blue and red, the colours of the Haiti flag, raising £3,000.
  • Rose Green Junior School in Bognor raised £535.32 by having a non-uniform day with donations of at least £1 for Haiti appeal.
  • Children at St Mary's Primary School in Clymping created some games to play for half an hour at the end of the school day and raised about £65.
  • Eastbrook Primary School in Southwick made £618.06 from a non-uniform day, as did North Lancing Primary School raising £791.78.
  • Chichester High School for Boys and raised over £2500 in a charity run and will be holding a six-a-side football match next week to raise more money.
  • Downlands Community School in Hassocks made £2,337.25 to help the people of Haiti rebuild their lives with a non-uniform day.
  • The Globe Primary School in Lancing held a Hats for Haiti day raising £760.
  • Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford Lions Clubs and Seahaven Lioness Club joined forces to collect for Hope for Haiti at the weekend. More than £2,000 was collected in two days at Sainsbury's supermarket in Newhaven.
  • Our Cornish Pasty, of Queen's Road, Brighton, will donate all of Tuesday’s sales of their pasties, home-made soup, cakes and desserts, coffees, teas and everything else to Oxfam's earthquake response fund.
  • Oakwood School in Chichester had a Home clothes for Haiti day and made £648.
  • St Martin's Primary and Nursery School, Hartington Road, Brighton, held a non-school uniform day as well as a cake sale raising £362.10.
  • Year six children at Elm Grove Primary School, Brighton, sold cakes and biscuits they had baked themselves raising £565.
  • A non-uniform day at Woodingdean Primary School raised £880 for the Haiti Emergency Fund.
  • Eastbourne College raised more than £4,500 by bringing in items of clothing for Oxfam to sell, making cash donations and forgoing to canteen and giving up sitting on chairs. Year 11 pupil Andrew Chapman also raised money by doing a ten-mile run.
  • Elm Grove First School in Worthing raised more than £450 by holding a non-uniform day.
  • Pupils and some staff at Hurstpierpoint College abseiled down the tower of the 150 year old Chapel in order to raise more than £1,000 for the school's Haiti appeal.
  • North Heath Community Primary School in Horsham raised more than £750 with a non-uniform day. Goring First School in Worthing raised money through a cake sale.
  • A student at the University of Sussex took it upon himself to sleep rough on the streets of Brighton to raise awareness and money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Josh Jones, who works as education officer at the University of Sussex Students' Union (USSU), has raised more than £600 for the cause. Josh has set up a website in order to take donations for the cause – www.justgiving.com/josh-jones.
  • St John the Baptist Primary School, Whitehawk Hill Road, Brighton, created a Wall of Hope for Haiti decorated by children and staff.
  • The Three and Ten pub in Kemp Town will donate 25% of its door takings to the Haiti appeal.
  • Pupils at Seaford Head Community College's student council decided that a significant amount of money raised from their fun run should be sent to the Haiti relief work.
  • Journalism students wore hats in their lectures all day on Wednesday in a Hats For Haiti day to raise money for the victims of the earthquake.
  • Paula O'Shea and Tom Hasson, from Journalist Works in Hollingbury, arranged the day as a way of getting funds for Oxfam's Haiti Appeal. Lecturer Richard Lindfield also ran a Quids For Questions session to raise more cash during his lecture. A total of £25 was raised.
  • Folk rock band Touchstone, alternative group The Puritans and prog rockers After The Fire performed at HaitiAid on Saturday, at St Paul's Catholic College, Burgess Hill.
  • Stedham Primary School in Midhurst organised a cake and toy stall and raised £202.61 and Billingshurst Junior School held a non-uniform day which made £789.60.
  • Portslade Community College in Chalky Road, held a cake sale which was organised and run by Year 7 students, raising £74.
  • St Mary's C E First School in Washington held a bring and buy sale for Haiti and made £270.
  • Thomas A' Becket First School in Worthing had a collection point in each classroom for donations which will be used to buy items to fill a 12-ton crate with essential supplies to take to Haiti.
  • Liz Boniface, a parent of one of the pupils at the school, left for Haiti on Thursday. She is a nurse who is working as part of a team for the Haiti Hospital Appeal.
  • Downs View Special School, in Warren Road, Brighton, held a Haiti breakfast an raised £600.
  • Business Icon Live had a cake sale and made £406.96 and St Peter's Community Infant and Nursery School, in Portslade, had a non-uniform day.
  • Rogate CE Primary School, near Chichester, had a Hats for Haiti day and also sold cake, raising £169.
  • Wickbourne Infant School in Littlehampton joined forces with Flora McDonald Junior School next door and had a non-uniform day and a coin trail in their school hall. The two schools raised a total of £551.17.
  • Bury Primary School, near Pulborough, held a non-uniform day and raised
  • £215 and students on the Skills for Life Intensive English class at Sussex Downs College in Lewes sold copies of their book of poetry and prose to help raise more than £70.
  • Fishbourne Primary School, near Chichester, wore non-uniform to school and raised £580 through voluntary donations.
  • The music department at Oakmeed Community College is recording a version of Help involving as many singers as possible featuring individual solo performers. The CD will also include a number of other pieces performed by the students.
  • Pupils also participated in a non-uniform day and paid £1 each to raise money for Haiti. A group of Year 8 pupils who took part in a sponsored skipping contest have also raised £480.