Students at South Craven School raised more than £200 for the Breast Cancer Awareness appeal last Friday.

The school made its contribution towards the charity last week because today's official "Wear it Pink" day has fallen during half-term.

Year 13 students Leanne Sugden, 17, and Joanna Overend, 17, were responsible for the fundraising.

Leanne said: "We've worked really hard for this, but we're so surprised with how much we have managed to raise. It's brilliant."

The girls raised £224 through donations from students and teachers wearing pink, by selling lollies from the tuck shop and printing a specially-designed logo on to T-shirts.

The logo features two people holding hands and was designed by sixth form art student Terrie Naylor. Leanne and Joanna, both from Riddlesden, organised the charity event for the Young Enterprise initiative as part of their business studies A-Level.

Joan Fleming is the link teacher for Young Enterprise at the school and chairman of the scheme's area board. She said: "This particular group is very enthusiastic and have really given it their all."

The school has been involved with the Young Enterprise scheme for eight years. Volunteer students must set up and run a real business to be registered with Companies House. Over the nine months, they become the directors of the company and must sell shares and come-up with business ideas.

Mrs Fleming said the girls have a number of business ideas planned for PIKKA, the school tuck shop.

She said: "They are real budding entrepreneurs. They have raised more than £1,500 already."

l Terrie Naylor's T-shirt logo has subsequently attracted the attention of Skipton Building Society.

Staff at the company take part in the "Race for Life" -- a fun run in aid of the breast cancer appeal -- every year.

At the company's annual training event for the Young Enterprise initiative, the girls from South Craven School wore T-shirts sporting Terrie's logo. Claire Corp, of Skipton Building Society and Young Enterprise advisor for the school, said: "We don't usually have special T-shirts for the race, but when we saw the girls wearing them at the training event -- we thought it would be a great idea."

She said the company plans to have 100 T-shirts printed with the logo for next May's "Race for Life".