Wrong Trousers Day started in the South West 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. 

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'.

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 £1.2 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.

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.