ONE day she is Batgirl, the next Minnie Mouse.

Good humoured sales supervisor Lindsay Ayliffe has become the master of disguise as she does her bit to help charity.

Lindsay Ayliffe, who works at Fenwick in Colchester High Street, has agreed to come into work in a different fancy dress costume throughout August as part of the Birkett Long £50 challenge.

Every year, the law firm hands out the money to businesses and tasks them with turning it into as much as possible within four months to be donated to St Helena Hospice.

Fenwick bosses are using the cash to purchase costumes which Lindsay, 34, is wearing to work everyday while customers, staff and friends have also donated outfits and props which they have had lying around.

Then people in store are being asked to sponsor her for the challenge while they look around the toy section.

So far customers have had a glimpse of Batgirl, Minnie Mouse, Elmo, Little Red Riding Hood and Lindsay in a prom dress while her as Alice in Wonderland and a crayon are still to come.

Lindsay said she was happy to be the one to take on the challenge, even though some of the costumes have made it tricky for her to get on with her job.

She said: “I think it is because they knew I was unlikely to say no.

“If we have a function I am usually happy to dress up - I don’t mind.

“It has been quite good fun and people seemed to have really enjoyed it.

“The best thing is because I am the only person in the department who is wearing fancy dress, customers come and ask me why I am doing it.

“Then I can explain about the challenge and some people will then donate.

“Little Red Riding Hood has been the best one so far.

“All the children instantly recognised who I was and were coming to chat with me.

“My least favourite has been the prom dress.

“It was just so big and long which made it really difficult for me to be able to do things.

“Even though I am dressed up I still have to function properly.”

Lindsay, who lives in Colchester and has worked in the toy department for the past year, said the challenge had also helped make her a master of online auction websites.

She said: “It has been a challenge on a budget to find so many different costumes.

“£50 is really tight to find so many.

“You can find some really good ones on eBay.

“But the trick is to find items with really late finishing times - sometimes they got to about 1am.

“If they are really late then most people won’t stay up to the end and you can get them for a good price.

“This challenge has really made me into a bit of an eBay queen.”

So far kind-hearted customers and staff have donated £200 in sponsorship but the target is to reach £600 by the end of the month and donations can be made in store.