Pictured above: The Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Brian Grocock, pops by the Domestic & General call centre to congratulate the staff on their efforts for Comic Relief

Notts-based call centre Domestic & General (D&G) is celebrating taking part in this year's Comic Relief after raising an incredible £967.00 in addition to taking over £100,000 of donation pledges.

Domestic & General raised the money by holding a quiz, a dress down day, and taking part in a larger-than-life Scalextric challenge.  

As well as fundraising, over 150 volunteers took donation pledges on the night from 7pm until midnight at the Talbot Street call centre. Volunteers included employees, their friends and their family members.

Stuart Falconer, a volunteer and Domestic & General employee who took calls on the night said: "There was such a great atmosphere in the call centre when we were taking calls. We all know it's for such a worthy cause and that every donation will make a difference to projects in the UK and Africa."

Deborah Martin, site operations manager said: "We're absolutely delighted with what we've achieved for Comic Relief. We took nearly 4,000 calls from the public making donations on the night. We're really proud of our employees who donated their time and energy to take calls and I'd like to thank everyone involved."