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June
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2010-06-03 00:00For the 72 million children around the world who can’t go to school, their chances of escaping the grinding poverty they currently face are bleak, to say the least. By getting an education, children learn the skills they need to get better jobs as...
May
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2010-05-10 00:00In the kitchen he's the boss – but now itís your time to call the shots. Gordon Ramsay has found himself in the hands of the public as a free iPhone application launches to back his range of Seriously Good sauces for Comic Relief. Spin, shake, turn... -
2010-05-03 00:00Over 34,000 people flocked to Old Trafford on Saturday 1st May to enjoy United Relief Live: The Big Red Day Out. A star-studded line up of former professional players and celebrities joined forces as Manchester United XI took on The Rivals for a... -
2009-05-29 00:00Just days ahead of World Malaria Day 2009 Comic Relief has awarded £6.3m in funding to Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to help protect over 1m people in Africa from malaria. Comic Relief selected Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to... -
2009-05-29 00:00Sport Relief is back in March 2010 and it’s going to be the biggest yet! More Miles, more famous faces, more top TV and more ways to do good by doing sport. Taking place on 21st March 2010, the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will again be at the... -
2009-05-07 00:00World Fair Trade Day 09 May 09 Our friends at the World Fair Trade Organisation are preparing for a BIG BANG!! for World Fair Trade Day on 9th May. It’s a global day of drumming and other events to beat poverty beat climate change beat the economic... -
2011-05-22 21:33Red Nose Day 2011 has become Comic Relief’s most successful fundraising campaign to date - raising £102 million so far. This staggering figure was revealed by Peter Bennett-Jones, founder and chairman of the Tiger Aspect Group, PBJ Management and...
April
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2010-04-06 00:00Malaria No More UK and Comic Relief are making their first joint investment in Ghana thanks to funds raised from the British public. This investment will provide crucial education and behaviour change programmes to accompany the distribution of nets...
March
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2010-03-23 01:00Sport Relief Weekend has culminated with the announcement of a massive total of £ 31,633,091 raised so far. The total was announced on The Mile Show on BBC One, which brought viewers the day’s Mile events from around the country. This figure is... -
2010-03-23 01:00Over 165,000 people across the length and breadth of the country took to the streets yesterday (Sunday 21st March) to take part in the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, along with a host of famous faces including Eddie Izzard, David Cameron, Rufus... -
2010-03-05 01:00[image-1] After a gruelling non-stop four day stint through night and day on their bikes, the cyclists on the BT Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride - Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Russell Howard, Patrick Kielty, Davina McCall, David Walliams and... -
2010-03-02 01:00The six celebrity cyclists aiming to bike the length of the country for Sport Relief have set off - and they face climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest on the first day of the challenge. As they set off from John O Groats this morning Fearne... -
2009-03-26 01:00As the mammoth seven hour Red Nose Day TV show, Comic Relief – Relief Funny for Money, came to a close in the early hours of Saturday morning, a record breaking £57,809,938 was announced as the incredible RND ’09 fundraising total… so far! Co-... -
2009-03-07 01:00All nine incredible Kilimanjaro climbers proved today that there ain’t no mountain high enough as they all reached the summit, one by one, in the early hours of this morning! Guided by the moon throughout the freezing night, they reached the summit... -
2009-03-05 01:00Our intrepid celebrity Kilimanjaro climbers have shed blood, sweat and tears as they’ve been making their way up the mountain – but it’s paid off today as their fundraising total reached a whopping one million pounds! Donations are still pouring in... -
2009-03-05 01:00Model Danielle Lloyd embarks on a journey to uncover the true extent of violence in teen relationships in the UK today and to understand the impact this is having on Britain's young women. Visiting organisations funded by Comic Relief, Danielle... -
2009-03-05 01:00Cadbury and the Fairtrade Foundation today announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk - the nation’s top selling chocolate bar - by end of Summer 2009. This groundbreaking move will result in the tripling of sales of... -
2009-03-04 01:00As day four of The BT Red Nose Climb draws to a close, it’s been the toughest one yet with the celebrity climbers suffering from altitude sickness and severe weather conditions. In fact, they’ve been forced to camp in a foggy, hailing hell. With... -
2009-03-04 01:00On Monday, Fern Britton went on a visit to the Comic Relief funded Centrepoint Vauxhall project, which is a hostel for homeless young people. Centrepoint and Comic Relief have a long history together. One of our first ever grants was to... -
2009-03-03 01:00Day three of the BT Red Nose Climb started off with a special sing-song for birthday boy Ronan Keating over breakfast – swiftly followed by the singer being presented with a giant cake. But as the day wore on, the celebrations were halted as the... -
2009-03-03 01:00We know that trade is one of the best ways for people to work their way out of poverty, but to do that, poor farmers need to belong to strong organisations, and to have access to markets, and the ability to challenge unfair trade restrictions. This... -
2009-03-02 01:00As day two of the BT Red Nose Climb comes to a close, the celebrities are desperate for a rest after struggling with the harsh terrain. Alesha Dixon has become the first of the celebrity climbers to take a tumble during the second leg of the trek up... -
2009-03-01 01:00The BT Red Nose Climb has begun with a tough first day. At the crack of dawn, 5am to be precise, the celebrity team (consisting of Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Ronan Keating, Alisha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberly Walsh, Denise van Outen... -
2009-03-01 01:00Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemmon's phenomenal re-enactment of the Dirty Dancing classic 'I've had The Time Of My Life' won the public vote on tonight's second episode of Let's Dance For Comic Relief. Since one of last week's winners was a leotard-... -
2011-03-02 13:07A set of four stars – Lenny Henry, Angela Rippon, Samantha Womack and Reggie Yates – recently left behind all of their home comforts to experience life in one of the world’s most impoverished and unsanitary places – the Kibera slum on the outskirts... -
2011-03-02 13:20One of the most serious and organised crimes faced by some young people in the UK today, sexual exploitation, is being tackled in an EastEnders storyline in the run up to Red Nose Day in part to help raise awareness of the issue. Over the next few... -
2011-03-02 19:03No stranger to Comic Relief challenges, comedian David Walliams is about to take on a completely new kind of endurance feat to raise cash for Comic Relief this weekend. Having swum the English Channel and cycled across the entire length of the UK... -
2011-03-07 14:13It was Ade Edmondson who won the all important public vote on Saturday with his cracking ballet performance of 'The Dying Swan' – dressed, of course, in a shiny pink leotard and huge fluffy tutu. Speaking of the performance, celebrity judge John... -
2011-03-10 14:57Part two of the ground-breaking BBC One documentary – Famous, Rich And In The Slums – that sees four UK celebrities swap their life of luxury for the harsh reality of Africa’s largest slum, airs tonight at 9pm. Last week saw Lenny Henry, Angela... -
2011-03-11 12:54Long-term Comic Relief supporter and pop legend George Michael is set to release a new single True Faith in support of this year’s Red Nose Day. The pop legend arranged and produced the single which was originally a hit for New Order in 1987, and... -
2011-03-15 15:30The nation has spoken - Charlie Baker and James Thornton are this year's Let's Dance For Comic Relief champions. With a performance of skill and not a little grace, the comedian and Emmerdale star tapped out a dapper rendition of 'Puttin' on the... -
2011-03-15 15:34Double act Ant & Dec’s domination of UK television continued yesterday as they completed their all day broadcast challenge and spread the word about Red Nose Day to a massive estimated audience of 47 million. The Geordie duo successfully managed... -
2011-03-17 13:01They took on one of the world’s most inhospitable deserts, under Kenya’s scorching sun. And now viewers can see how Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O’Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White got on... -
2011-03-18 12:16After much anticipation, the entire nation (or at least a very large chunk of it!) will be staying in tonight to watch the star-studded and unmissable show - Comic Relief: Funny for Money - on BBC One. The huge show kicks off at 7pm and is jam... -
2011-03-18 22:42This year Comic Relief has committed to spend £10million to improve health and education services across Africa. And the good news is that, in support of the public’s outstanding contribution this Red Nose Day, the UK Government will match this with... -
2011-03-19 04:20Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top telly treats on Friday 18th March, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. As the evening... -
2012-03-05 11:50We’re thrilled to announce a major boost for this year’s Sport Relief campaign thanks to the UK Government. All of the money raised this Sport Relief by the public for its work in African slums will be matched pound for pound by the UK... -
2012-03-10 17:57Today (Saturday 10th March) Prince Harry donned his trainers and took to the Flamengo beachfront of Rio de Janeiro to run a Sport Relief Mile. He's hoping to inspire people across the UK to do the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March and... -
2012-03-11 01:24This weekend, Prince Harry visited the Alemão Favela in Rio de Janeiro, where he saw firsthand the difference Sport Relief money can make to people living in unimaginable poverty. The royal visit followed the completion of the Sport Relief Mile... -
2012-03-24 09:53The UK Government has backed the public’s incredible support for this year’s Sport Relief fundraising campaign, organised by the national charity Comic Relief, with £10m towards the charity’s work to improve the lives of a million people living in...
February
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2010-02-18 01:00Comic Relief funds partners in Africa who are doing amazing work on the ground to tackle malaria. Here are some of them.... Net for Life Nets for Life work with communities in two regions of Ghana in West Africa. Many people don’t have a net in... -
2010-02-10 01:00A Robin Hood Tax on banks’ financial transactions could raise hundreds of billions of pounds to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, according to the new campaign from a coalition of charities and not for profit... -
2010-02-08 01:00British Airways has signed up Comic Relief as its new global charity partner in a move that will strengthen the airline’s long tradition of support for disadvantaged people and communities around the world. Lenny Henry, Comedian and trustee of Comic... -
2010-02-04 01:00Comic Relief today announces the core technology partners for its fundraising campaign Sport Relief: Carrenza Hosting, Oracle, Cisco,3PAR, HP, PayPal, VMware, RBS WorldPay and Zeus Technology. The technical solution in place to support Sport Relief... -
2009-02-28 01:00Comic Relief's celebrity climbers jetted out to Tanzania tonight to embark on the first leg of The BT Red Nose Climb up Mount Kilimanjaro! The group is undertaking the climb of a lifetime to raise a mountain of cash for Red Nose Day 2009. The A-... -
2009-02-18 01:00For a long time, Comic Relief has been working to promote the rights and support the recovery of people who have mental health problems. But research shows that prejudice against people with mental illness is on the rise. After being plagued with... -
2009-02-17 01:00As something that tragically goes on behind closed doors, until recently the abuse of older people hasn’t been at the fore of policy leaders’ minds. With no solid data about the number of older people affected, government bodies weren’t making... -
2009-02-13 01:00This is a special Valentine’s Day good news story for all you romantics out there… We’ve been supporting people living with mental health problems in the UK for some time now because many face terrible stigma and discrimination from their family... -
2009-02-12 01:00Because millions of children across Africa can't go to school, those who have grown up without an education need work-based training to help lift themselves out of grinding poverty. We've supported YCARE in Liberia to work with young people in this... -
2009-02-10 01:00Your cash helps to tackle the root causes of problems that thousands of people face, not just the symptoms. For example, across Africa, it’s often young girls who are the first to miss out on getting a vital education. The money you’ve raised... -
2009-02-06 01:00Today is Female Genital Mutilation Awareness Day, and so our good news story relates to the success we’ve had in dealing with this issue. In Ethiopia, one of our Women and Girls projects, KMG, have been working to reduce the practice of Female... -
2009-02-01 01:00The countdown has begun to the BT Red Nose Climb - nine celebrities climbing 19,000ft to scale Africa's highest mountain! Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Ronan Keating and Gary... -
2010-02-19 17:13Let’s celebrate Africa! Home of 54 diverse countries, it’s definitely a big ole place that’s worth getting to know. See Africa Differently is a year-round campaign that tells the under-reported good news from Africa. We talk about the continent... -
2011-02-03 18:47To mark the official launch of this year's Red Nose Day campaign, stunning supermodel Lara Stone has been photographed recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pose from the 1950’s movie classic, ‘The Seven Year Itch’ – only with a vital extra. Adding a... -
2011-02-07 19:46A team of intrepid celebrities will be embarking on the most demanding physical challenge of their lives this Red Nose Day as they attempt to take on one of the world's most harsh and remote deserts under Kenya's scorching sun. The BT Red Nose... -
2011-02-04 11:59Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay served up curry in a hurry as a lunchtime treat on Friday 4th February to mark the launch of his new Seriously Good Indian sauce range. Joining him was Coronation Street actress, Shobna Gulati who was on... -
2011-02-21 11:54Undoubtedly the biggest new band to smash into the charts in the last 12 months, The Wanted’s latest offering is not only set to be a sure-fire hit but will also be the official Comic Relief single for Red Nose Day. Available for digital download... -
2011-02-20 17:32A team of Comic Relief celebrity trekkers have embarked on their gruelling 100km desert journey, The BT Red Nose Desert Trek. To gain an understanding of how they will fare over the next five days the team – Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine... -
2011-02-25 19:07All nine of Comic Relief’s celebrity trekkers have crossed the finish line of The BT Red Nose Desert Trek and have completed the gruelling 100 kilometre trek across the Kaisut Desert, northern Kenya. The team walked an agonising 20 kilometres in... -
2011-02-28 13:03The second heat of Let's Dance for Comic Relief proved a real showstopper on Saturday as stand-up comedian Charlie Baker and Emmerdale actor James Thornton won the public vote with their outstanding rendition of 'Puttin' on The Ritz'. The pair tap-... -
2011-02-28 16:37In an amazing fundraising stunt, at 10.24am today, fearless Helen Skelton became the first person to high-wire walk between the chimneys of Battersea Power Station, in aid of Red Nose Day 2011. The daredevil Blue Peter presenter took just 14... -
2012-02-09 09:50Sport Relief has announced a brand new grants programme that will support projects which help some of the most disadvantaged people living in Scotland and across the world’s poorest countries. The Scottish Sport Relief Home and Away Programme is... -
2012-02-22 18:03Never one to miss out on a huge, celebrity-filled fundraising campaign, the world’s most famous Monkey has been putting in some long and tough hours in preparation for his very own Sport Relief challenge. Inspired by Blue Peter presenter, Helen...
January
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2010-01-21 01:00Sport Relief 2010 launched in style yesterday with the official Sport Relief T-shirts, exclusively designed by the whole Beckham family. The Sport Relief Weekend is taking place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st March and it'll be three whole days of... -
2010-01-20 01:00Comic Relief has been moved and saddened by the devastation and horror caused by the earthquake in Haiti. Comic Relief cash has been hard at work for many years now, helping to tackle the poverty faced by some of the world’s poorest people. With... -
2009-01-29 01:00This morning’s launch was a blast! Find our exactly what happened when the stars came out to play with their Noses at London’s Leicester Square... Find out the latest here -
2009-01-29 01:00The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust has teamed up with Sport Relief to form the Steve Redgrave Fund. The Fund aims to use the power of sport and sporting activity to bring about positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children, young... -
2009-01-29 01:00After his parents died, 14-year old Samson ended up living on the streets of Kisumu, Kenya. Samson had to search for food in bins and spent most nights sleeping on the cold streets. Living in such poverty meant going to school was out of the...
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2009-01-29 01:00For those that don’t know Nariz Roja is Spanish for Red Nose. We’ve worked out that we’ve now sold over 50 million Red Noses, which is more than the population of Spain! Previous Noses include the Hands Nose, the Tomato Nose, the Colour Changing... -
2009-01-29 01:00If you thought Harry Hill was a little bit nuts, you were almost right. In fact, he’s nuts about nuts! So much so that he’s joined forces with Fairtrade nut company, Liberation to produce Fairtrade salted peanuts called Harry’s Nuts! Liberation,... -
2009-01-05 01:00At the Mental Health Media Awards in November, BBC Bristol’s Surviving Suicide, shown as part of Sport Relief 2008, won the award for Raising Public Awareness. All the entries were incredibly powerful and the judges had a tough time picking the... -
2011-01-18 11:34Just as the nation prepares to do something funny for money in celebration of Red Nose Day 2011, the four stars of the hit comedy show The Inbetweeners are already paving the way by embarking on a naughty road trip to visit the rudest and crudest... -
2011-01-19 15:33There was nothing stopping the four stars of The Inbetweeners as they set off on their Rude Road Trip yesterday afternoon – not even a mechanical glitch with their classic yellow Fiat at their second destination. Actors Simon Bird, Joe Thomas,... -
2011-01-20 14:17Eighteen hours of driving, seven hours of sleeping, and one hearty breakfast later, the Inbetweeners boys are well on their way to completing Day Two of their challenge for Red Nose Day. Today’s risqué route has featured North Piddle, Bell End,... -
2011-01-20 19:51After 50 hours on their ‘Rude Road Trip’ for Red Nose Day, which has taken them to the crudest corners of Britain, the filthy four Inbetweener lads have at last reached their final destination, Cock Lane. Over three days the boys battled the clock... -
2012-01-19 11:34Having taken the UK music scene by an absolute storm in recent years, JLS are putting their success to incredible use having written and recorded this year’s official Sport Relief single, Proud. It comes after all four band members, Aston, Oritsé,... -
2012-01-19 11:41As the countdown to this year’s Sport Relief campaign begins in earnest today, Jimmy Carr has been treated to the Fearne Cotton treatment in preparation for the big Sport Relief Weekend which kicks off on Friday 23rd March. The money raised during...
December
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2009-12-15 01:00He’s always been a winner in our books, but now he’s got an actual prize to show for it. Yes, Eddie Izzard – Comedian and Sport Relief hero – has won a Sports Personality of the Year Special Award for his astounding challenge in the summer of 2009.... -
2009-12-15 01:00Ben Twinomugisha - Food rights alliance in Uganda [image-1] Q1. What are the biggest impacts climate change has had in Africa over the last 10 years? The biggest impacts I’ve seen over the last ten years is an increase in short and heavy rains... -
2009-12-10 01:00Bertha Nherera 17/12/2009 [image-1] I work for an organisation called Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) in Zimbabwe. We are a networking organisation which helps farmers learn new techniques so they can have enough food for... -
2009-12-10 01:00Written by Abdella Muse [image-1] This is Abdella Muse, 47 years old who lives in a medium sized town called Dire Dawa 515 km from the Ethiopian Capital of Addis Abbaba. Abdella is head of a family of six. Until six years ago Abdella was a full... -
2009-12-10 01:00Comic Relief recognises the negative impacts of climate change especially on the very poorest people in Africa. We’re supporting projects which help people in Africa change the way they live due to the effect climate change is having on their lives... -
2011-12-16 13:03As Christmas approaches, Comic Relief’s long-term corporate partner, Sainsbury’s, has pledged to support the charity for another six years. The supermarket chain will see their fundraising total soar past £100m within that time thanks to the... -
2011-12-20 19:25Earlier this month, Matt Cardle made an emotional trip to Tanzania to see how some of the money raised through Red Nose Day 2011 is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, the Red Nose Day... -
2011-12-21 15:14A whole host of Comic Relief celebrities are taking to the small screen this Christmas to highlight how some of the whopping £108,436,227 raised by Red Nose Day 2011 is already hard at work changing lives. Presented by one of the nation’s best loved...
November
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2009-11-09 01:00In March this year nine celebrities undertook the mammoth challenge of climbing the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief. Thanks to the support of the British public their incredible effort raised over £3.5 million and this... -
2010-11-15 23:32Stoke-on-Trent’s favourite son Robbie Williams returned home today to meet some old friends as he celebrated the tenth anniversary of his Give It Sum fund. The charitable foundation, which is managed on Robbie’s behalf by Comic Relief, has awarded £... -
2009-11-09 19:17In early 2009, a whole team of brave celebrities climbed the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cash for Red Nose Day 2009. Not only did they reach the summit, they raised £3.5 million in the process. Nine months later five of the celebrity climbers... -
2011-11-26 13:46During a recent trip to Uganda, pop sensation Alexandra Burke saw firsthand how Comic Relief and the UK Government are working together to help change lives through their joint Common Ground Initiative. With money raised by the British public...
September
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2009-09-18 00:00Legendary comedian Eddie Izzard has just completed one of the most incredible challenges in Sport Relief's history. On Tuesday 15th September, Eddie arrived in Trafalgar Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days - all in aid of... -
2009-09-17 00:00Comic Relief and Gordon Ramsay have teamed up to bring you a brilliant new and exclusive range of cooking sauces to tempt all your taste buds and raise some serious cash to help change lives. Developed in Gordon’s very own kitchens, the Seriously... -
2011-09-05 11:43This morning (Monday 5th September) at 8.22am, one of Britain’s best-loved stars, David Walliams officially started The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. He set off from as close to the source of the Thames as possible in... -
2011-09-13 11:19After powering through 107,062 strokes, burning 65,574 calories, and suffering eight days of pain, David Walliams has finally completed The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. Despite having to battle a nasty bacterial bug, itchy... -
2011-09-29 10:58Earlier this month, Louise Redknapp, travelled to Uganda to see how some of the money raised this Red Nose Day is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, Red Nose Day 2011 raised over £100 million....
August
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2009-08-03 00:00About 5 weeks ago, Sport Relief, the Sporty part of Comic Relief asked me (and probably a lot of other people) if I would like to do a sporting challenge. I had always wanted to do a big physical running challenge, and this seemed a great way to do... -
2011-08-12 17:33Thanks to the ever entertaining E4, those cheeky chaps from the hit TV show The Inbetweeners will be returning to our living rooms this Sunday! The lovely people at the fun-loving channel have bought the half-hour special of the boys’ Red Nose Day...
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2011-08-30 11:41As if swimming across the English Channel for Sport Relief in 2006 wasn’t enough of a master stroke, TV star David Walliams is in deep water again. He’s attempting to swim seven times that distance as he takes on the river Thames. Starting on Monday...
July
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2009-07-17 00:00Back in 2001, author and Comic Relief trustee JK Rowling penned two fantastic companion novels to the world of Harry Potter – and all to help raise money for Comic Relief. The books were a huge fundraising success, raising over £17 million. Eight... -
2009-07-02 00:00The British public truly pulled out all the stops for Red Nose Day 2009 - raising a spectacular £80 million so far. To have broken all previous records and reached such a high Red Nose Day total when times are incredibly tough is staggering and... -
2010-07-16 12:41Comic Relief has launched a new partnership with British Airways to raise much needed funds, 365 days of the year, to help children living unimaginably tough lives in cities around the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. The new initiative... -
2011-07-08 13:21The serious drought in East Africa is currently putting millions of lives at risk in the region. As a result, Lenny Henry will be presenting an emergency appeal film on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee on the BBC tonight. Having been...
October
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2010-10-06 23:28Renowned British artist Tracey Emin is one of a host of celebrities backing the ‘Save the Postcard’ campaign, launched by High Life - British Airways’ in-flight magazine. A recent survey* reveals that the humble postcard is being replaced by... -
2010-10-13 23:34Ever dreamed of playing in the Football World Cup? In the charming and heart-warming family film, Africa United, one young boy from Rwanda has just that dream. Luckily for him, he has a group of friends that will go to any lengths to make sure that... -
2010-10-18 16:55Music legend Annie Lennox has unleashed her amazing vocal talents to record a new song to raise funds for her SING campaign. The beautiful track, called Universal Child, is available to download today. Annie set up SING in 2007 to help fight the... -
2011-10-10 17:09For the second time, Comic Relief has awarded its largest UK grant to Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. The campaign will receive funding of £20 million in a joint initiative...
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2011-10-26 11:03THE biggest ever UK Challenge, pitting four nations against each other and starring a host of well-known celebrities, top sportsmen and women and 4,000 sport-loving members of the public is to be one of the highlights of next year’s Sport Relief....
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2011-10-31 12:13A trip to Australia to meet the Foo Fighters, a tour of the Deep South with Toploader’s Dan Hipgrave and tickets to the best festivals in 2012 are just some of the incredible prizes up for grabs in British Airways’ Greatest Ever Music Auction. Best...
June
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2010-06-03 00:00For the 72 million children around the world who can’t go to school, their chances of escaping the grinding poverty they currently face are bleak, to say the least. By getting an education, children learn the skills they need to get better jobs as...
May
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2010-05-10 00:00In the kitchen he's the boss – but now itís your time to call the shots. Gordon Ramsay has found himself in the hands of the public as a free iPhone application launches to back his range of Seriously Good sauces for Comic Relief. Spin, shake, turn...
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2010-05-03 00:00Over 34,000 people flocked to Old Trafford on Saturday 1st May to enjoy United Relief Live: The Big Red Day Out. A star-studded line up of former professional players and celebrities joined forces as Manchester United XI took on The Rivals for a...
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2009-05-29 00:00Just days ahead of World Malaria Day 2009 Comic Relief has awarded £6.3m in funding to Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to help protect over 1m people in Africa from malaria. Comic Relief selected Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to...
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2009-05-29 00:00Sport Relief is back in March 2010 and it’s going to be the biggest yet! More Miles, more famous faces, more top TV and more ways to do good by doing sport. Taking place on 21st March 2010, the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will again be at the...
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2009-05-07 00:00World Fair Trade Day 09 May 09 Our friends at the World Fair Trade Organisation are preparing for a BIG BANG!! for World Fair Trade Day on 9th May. It’s a global day of drumming and other events to beat poverty beat climate change beat the economic...
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2011-05-22 21:33Red Nose Day 2011 has become Comic Relief’s most successful fundraising campaign to date - raising £102 million so far. This staggering figure was revealed by Peter Bennett-Jones, founder and chairman of the Tiger Aspect Group, PBJ Management and...
April
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2010-04-06 00:00Malaria No More UK and Comic Relief are making their first joint investment in Ghana thanks to funds raised from the British public. This investment will provide crucial education and behaviour change programmes to accompany the distribution of nets...
March
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2010-03-23 01:00Sport Relief Weekend has culminated with the announcement of a massive total of £ 31,633,091 raised so far. The total was announced on The Mile Show on BBC One, which brought viewers the day’s Mile events from around the country. This figure is...
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2010-03-23 01:00Over 165,000 people across the length and breadth of the country took to the streets yesterday (Sunday 21st March) to take part in the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, along with a host of famous faces including Eddie Izzard, David Cameron, Rufus...
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2010-03-05 01:00[image-1] After a gruelling non-stop four day stint through night and day on their bikes, the cyclists on the BT Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride - Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Russell Howard, Patrick Kielty, Davina McCall, David Walliams and...
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2010-03-02 01:00The six celebrity cyclists aiming to bike the length of the country for Sport Relief have set off - and they face climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest on the first day of the challenge. As they set off from John O Groats this morning Fearne...
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2009-03-26 01:00As the mammoth seven hour Red Nose Day TV show, Comic Relief – Relief Funny for Money, came to a close in the early hours of Saturday morning, a record breaking £57,809,938 was announced as the incredible RND ’09 fundraising total… so far! Co-...
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2009-03-07 01:00All nine incredible Kilimanjaro climbers proved today that there ain’t no mountain high enough as they all reached the summit, one by one, in the early hours of this morning! Guided by the moon throughout the freezing night, they reached the summit...
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2009-03-05 01:00Our intrepid celebrity Kilimanjaro climbers have shed blood, sweat and tears as they’ve been making their way up the mountain – but it’s paid off today as their fundraising total reached a whopping one million pounds! Donations are still pouring in...
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2009-03-05 01:00Model Danielle Lloyd embarks on a journey to uncover the true extent of violence in teen relationships in the UK today and to understand the impact this is having on Britain's young women. Visiting organisations funded by Comic Relief, Danielle...
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2009-03-05 01:00Cadbury and the Fairtrade Foundation today announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk - the nation’s top selling chocolate bar - by end of Summer 2009. This groundbreaking move will result in the tripling of sales of...
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2009-03-04 01:00As day four of The BT Red Nose Climb draws to a close, it’s been the toughest one yet with the celebrity climbers suffering from altitude sickness and severe weather conditions. In fact, they’ve been forced to camp in a foggy, hailing hell. With...
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2009-03-04 01:00On Monday, Fern Britton went on a visit to the Comic Relief funded Centrepoint Vauxhall project, which is a hostel for homeless young people. Centrepoint and Comic Relief have a long history together. One of our first ever grants was to...
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2009-03-03 01:00Day three of the BT Red Nose Climb started off with a special sing-song for birthday boy Ronan Keating over breakfast – swiftly followed by the singer being presented with a giant cake. But as the day wore on, the celebrations were halted as the...
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2009-03-03 01:00We know that trade is one of the best ways for people to work their way out of poverty, but to do that, poor farmers need to belong to strong organisations, and to have access to markets, and the ability to challenge unfair trade restrictions. This...
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2009-03-02 01:00As day two of the BT Red Nose Climb comes to a close, the celebrities are desperate for a rest after struggling with the harsh terrain. Alesha Dixon has become the first of the celebrity climbers to take a tumble during the second leg of the trek up...
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2009-03-01 01:00The BT Red Nose Climb has begun with a tough first day. At the crack of dawn, 5am to be precise, the celebrity team (consisting of Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Ronan Keating, Alisha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberly Walsh, Denise van Outen...
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2009-03-01 01:00Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemmon's phenomenal re-enactment of the Dirty Dancing classic 'I've had The Time Of My Life' won the public vote on tonight's second episode of Let's Dance For Comic Relief. Since one of last week's winners was a leotard-...
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2011-03-02 13:07A set of four stars – Lenny Henry, Angela Rippon, Samantha Womack and Reggie Yates – recently left behind all of their home comforts to experience life in one of the world’s most impoverished and unsanitary places – the Kibera slum on the outskirts...
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2011-03-02 13:20One of the most serious and organised crimes faced by some young people in the UK today, sexual exploitation, is being tackled in an EastEnders storyline in the run up to Red Nose Day in part to help raise awareness of the issue. Over the next few...
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2011-03-02 19:03No stranger to Comic Relief challenges, comedian David Walliams is about to take on a completely new kind of endurance feat to raise cash for Comic Relief this weekend. Having swum the English Channel and cycled across the entire length of the UK...
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2011-03-07 14:13It was Ade Edmondson who won the all important public vote on Saturday with his cracking ballet performance of 'The Dying Swan' – dressed, of course, in a shiny pink leotard and huge fluffy tutu. Speaking of the performance, celebrity judge John...
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2011-03-10 14:57Part two of the ground-breaking BBC One documentary – Famous, Rich And In The Slums – that sees four UK celebrities swap their life of luxury for the harsh reality of Africa’s largest slum, airs tonight at 9pm. Last week saw Lenny Henry, Angela...
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2011-03-11 12:54Long-term Comic Relief supporter and pop legend George Michael is set to release a new single True Faith in support of this year’s Red Nose Day. The pop legend arranged and produced the single which was originally a hit for New Order in 1987, and...
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2011-03-15 15:30The nation has spoken - Charlie Baker and James Thornton are this year's Let's Dance For Comic Relief champions. With a performance of skill and not a little grace, the comedian and Emmerdale star tapped out a dapper rendition of 'Puttin' on the...
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2011-03-15 15:34Double act Ant & Dec’s domination of UK television continued yesterday as they completed their all day broadcast challenge and spread the word about Red Nose Day to a massive estimated audience of 47 million. The Geordie duo successfully managed...
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2011-03-17 13:01They took on one of the world’s most inhospitable deserts, under Kenya’s scorching sun. And now viewers can see how Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O’Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White got on...
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2011-03-18 12:16After much anticipation, the entire nation (or at least a very large chunk of it!) will be staying in tonight to watch the star-studded and unmissable show - Comic Relief: Funny for Money - on BBC One. The huge show kicks off at 7pm and is jam...
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2011-03-18 22:42This year Comic Relief has committed to spend £10million to improve health and education services across Africa. And the good news is that, in support of the public’s outstanding contribution this Red Nose Day, the UK Government will match this with...
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2011-03-19 04:20Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top telly treats on Friday 18th March, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. As the evening...
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2012-03-05 11:50We’re thrilled to announce a major boost for this year’s Sport Relief campaign thanks to the UK Government. All of the money raised this Sport Relief by the public for its work in African slums will be matched pound for pound by the UK...
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2012-03-10 17:57Today (Saturday 10th March) Prince Harry donned his trainers and took to the Flamengo beachfront of Rio de Janeiro to run a Sport Relief Mile. He's hoping to inspire people across the UK to do the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March and...
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2012-03-11 01:24This weekend, Prince Harry visited the Alemão Favela in Rio de Janeiro, where he saw firsthand the difference Sport Relief money can make to people living in unimaginable poverty. The royal visit followed the completion of the Sport Relief Mile...
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2012-03-24 09:53The UK Government has backed the public’s incredible support for this year’s Sport Relief fundraising campaign, organised by the national charity Comic Relief, with £10m towards the charity’s work to improve the lives of a million people living in...
February
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2010-02-18 01:00Comic Relief funds partners in Africa who are doing amazing work on the ground to tackle malaria. Here are some of them.... Net for Life Nets for Life work with communities in two regions of Ghana in West Africa. Many people don’t have a net in...
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2010-02-10 01:00A Robin Hood Tax on banks’ financial transactions could raise hundreds of billions of pounds to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, according to the new campaign from a coalition of charities and not for profit...
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2010-02-08 01:00British Airways has signed up Comic Relief as its new global charity partner in a move that will strengthen the airline’s long tradition of support for disadvantaged people and communities around the world. Lenny Henry, Comedian and trustee of Comic...
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2010-02-04 01:00Comic Relief today announces the core technology partners for its fundraising campaign Sport Relief: Carrenza Hosting, Oracle, Cisco,3PAR, HP, PayPal, VMware, RBS WorldPay and Zeus Technology. The technical solution in place to support Sport Relief...
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2009-02-28 01:00Comic Relief's celebrity climbers jetted out to Tanzania tonight to embark on the first leg of The BT Red Nose Climb up Mount Kilimanjaro! The group is undertaking the climb of a lifetime to raise a mountain of cash for Red Nose Day 2009. The A-...
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2009-02-18 01:00For a long time, Comic Relief has been working to promote the rights and support the recovery of people who have mental health problems. But research shows that prejudice against people with mental illness is on the rise. After being plagued with...
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2009-02-17 01:00As something that tragically goes on behind closed doors, until recently the abuse of older people hasn’t been at the fore of policy leaders’ minds. With no solid data about the number of older people affected, government bodies weren’t making...
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2009-02-13 01:00This is a special Valentine’s Day good news story for all you romantics out there… We’ve been supporting people living with mental health problems in the UK for some time now because many face terrible stigma and discrimination from their family...
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2009-02-12 01:00Because millions of children across Africa can't go to school, those who have grown up without an education need work-based training to help lift themselves out of grinding poverty. We've supported YCARE in Liberia to work with young people in this...
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2009-02-10 01:00Your cash helps to tackle the root causes of problems that thousands of people face, not just the symptoms. For example, across Africa, it’s often young girls who are the first to miss out on getting a vital education. The money you’ve raised...
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2009-02-06 01:00Today is Female Genital Mutilation Awareness Day, and so our good news story relates to the success we’ve had in dealing with this issue. In Ethiopia, one of our Women and Girls projects, KMG, have been working to reduce the practice of Female...
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2009-02-01 01:00The countdown has begun to the BT Red Nose Climb - nine celebrities climbing 19,000ft to scale Africa's highest mountain! Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Ronan Keating and Gary...
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2010-02-19 17:13Let’s celebrate Africa! Home of 54 diverse countries, it’s definitely a big ole place that’s worth getting to know. See Africa Differently is a year-round campaign that tells the under-reported good news from Africa. We talk about the continent...
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2011-02-03 18:47To mark the official launch of this year's Red Nose Day campaign, stunning supermodel Lara Stone has been photographed recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pose from the 1950’s movie classic, ‘The Seven Year Itch’ – only with a vital extra. Adding a...
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2011-02-07 19:46A team of intrepid celebrities will be embarking on the most demanding physical challenge of their lives this Red Nose Day as they attempt to take on one of the world's most harsh and remote deserts under Kenya's scorching sun. The BT Red Nose...
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2011-02-04 11:59Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay served up curry in a hurry as a lunchtime treat on Friday 4th February to mark the launch of his new Seriously Good Indian sauce range. Joining him was Coronation Street actress, Shobna Gulati who was on...
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2011-02-21 11:54Undoubtedly the biggest new band to smash into the charts in the last 12 months, The Wanted’s latest offering is not only set to be a sure-fire hit but will also be the official Comic Relief single for Red Nose Day. Available for digital download...
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2011-02-20 17:32A team of Comic Relief celebrity trekkers have embarked on their gruelling 100km desert journey, The BT Red Nose Desert Trek. To gain an understanding of how they will fare over the next five days the team – Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine...
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2011-02-25 19:07All nine of Comic Relief’s celebrity trekkers have crossed the finish line of The BT Red Nose Desert Trek and have completed the gruelling 100 kilometre trek across the Kaisut Desert, northern Kenya. The team walked an agonising 20 kilometres in...
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2011-02-28 13:03The second heat of Let's Dance for Comic Relief proved a real showstopper on Saturday as stand-up comedian Charlie Baker and Emmerdale actor James Thornton won the public vote with their outstanding rendition of 'Puttin' on The Ritz'. The pair tap-...
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2011-02-28 16:37In an amazing fundraising stunt, at 10.24am today, fearless Helen Skelton became the first person to high-wire walk between the chimneys of Battersea Power Station, in aid of Red Nose Day 2011. The daredevil Blue Peter presenter took just 14...
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2012-02-09 09:50Sport Relief has announced a brand new grants programme that will support projects which help some of the most disadvantaged people living in Scotland and across the world’s poorest countries. The Scottish Sport Relief Home and Away Programme is...
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2012-02-22 18:03Never one to miss out on a huge, celebrity-filled fundraising campaign, the world’s most famous Monkey has been putting in some long and tough hours in preparation for his very own Sport Relief challenge. Inspired by Blue Peter presenter, Helen...
January
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2010-01-21 01:00Sport Relief 2010 launched in style yesterday with the official Sport Relief T-shirts, exclusively designed by the whole Beckham family. The Sport Relief Weekend is taking place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st March and it'll be three whole days of...
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2010-01-20 01:00Comic Relief has been moved and saddened by the devastation and horror caused by the earthquake in Haiti. Comic Relief cash has been hard at work for many years now, helping to tackle the poverty faced by some of the world’s poorest people. With...
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2009-01-29 01:00This morning’s launch was a blast! Find our exactly what happened when the stars came out to play with their Noses at London’s Leicester Square... Find out the latest here
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2009-01-29 01:00The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust has teamed up with Sport Relief to form the Steve Redgrave Fund. The Fund aims to use the power of sport and sporting activity to bring about positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children, young...
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2009-01-29 01:00After his parents died, 14-year old Samson ended up living on the streets of Kisumu, Kenya. Samson had to search for food in bins and spent most nights sleeping on the cold streets. Living in such poverty meant going to school was out of the...
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2009-01-29 01:00For those that don’t know Nariz Roja is Spanish for Red Nose. We’ve worked out that we’ve now sold over 50 million Red Noses, which is more than the population of Spain! Previous Noses include the Hands Nose, the Tomato Nose, the Colour Changing...
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2009-01-29 01:00If you thought Harry Hill was a little bit nuts, you were almost right. In fact, he’s nuts about nuts! So much so that he’s joined forces with Fairtrade nut company, Liberation to produce Fairtrade salted peanuts called Harry’s Nuts! Liberation,...
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2009-01-05 01:00At the Mental Health Media Awards in November, BBC Bristol’s Surviving Suicide, shown as part of Sport Relief 2008, won the award for Raising Public Awareness. All the entries were incredibly powerful and the judges had a tough time picking the...
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2011-01-18 11:34Just as the nation prepares to do something funny for money in celebration of Red Nose Day 2011, the four stars of the hit comedy show The Inbetweeners are already paving the way by embarking on a naughty road trip to visit the rudest and crudest...
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2011-01-19 15:33There was nothing stopping the four stars of The Inbetweeners as they set off on their Rude Road Trip yesterday afternoon – not even a mechanical glitch with their classic yellow Fiat at their second destination. Actors Simon Bird, Joe Thomas,...
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2011-01-20 14:17Eighteen hours of driving, seven hours of sleeping, and one hearty breakfast later, the Inbetweeners boys are well on their way to completing Day Two of their challenge for Red Nose Day. Today’s risqué route has featured North Piddle, Bell End,...
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2011-01-20 19:51After 50 hours on their ‘Rude Road Trip’ for Red Nose Day, which has taken them to the crudest corners of Britain, the filthy four Inbetweener lads have at last reached their final destination, Cock Lane. Over three days the boys battled the clock...
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2012-01-19 11:34Having taken the UK music scene by an absolute storm in recent years, JLS are putting their success to incredible use having written and recorded this year’s official Sport Relief single, Proud. It comes after all four band members, Aston, Oritsé,...
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2012-01-19 11:41As the countdown to this year’s Sport Relief campaign begins in earnest today, Jimmy Carr has been treated to the Fearne Cotton treatment in preparation for the big Sport Relief Weekend which kicks off on Friday 23rd March. The money raised during...
December
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2009-12-15 01:00He’s always been a winner in our books, but now he’s got an actual prize to show for it. Yes, Eddie Izzard – Comedian and Sport Relief hero – has won a Sports Personality of the Year Special Award for his astounding challenge in the summer of 2009....
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2009-12-15 01:00Ben Twinomugisha - Food rights alliance in Uganda [image-1] Q1. What are the biggest impacts climate change has had in Africa over the last 10 years? The biggest impacts I’ve seen over the last ten years is an increase in short and heavy rains...
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2009-12-10 01:00Bertha Nherera 17/12/2009 [image-1] I work for an organisation called Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) in Zimbabwe. We are a networking organisation which helps farmers learn new techniques so they can have enough food for...
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2009-12-10 01:00Written by Abdella Muse [image-1] This is Abdella Muse, 47 years old who lives in a medium sized town called Dire Dawa 515 km from the Ethiopian Capital of Addis Abbaba. Abdella is head of a family of six. Until six years ago Abdella was a full...
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2009-12-10 01:00Comic Relief recognises the negative impacts of climate change especially on the very poorest people in Africa. We’re supporting projects which help people in Africa change the way they live due to the effect climate change is having on their lives...
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2011-12-16 13:03As Christmas approaches, Comic Relief’s long-term corporate partner, Sainsbury’s, has pledged to support the charity for another six years. The supermarket chain will see their fundraising total soar past £100m within that time thanks to the...
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2011-12-20 19:25Earlier this month, Matt Cardle made an emotional trip to Tanzania to see how some of the money raised through Red Nose Day 2011 is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, the Red Nose Day...
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2011-12-21 15:14A whole host of Comic Relief celebrities are taking to the small screen this Christmas to highlight how some of the whopping £108,436,227 raised by Red Nose Day 2011 is already hard at work changing lives. Presented by one of the nation’s best loved...
November
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2009-11-09 01:00In March this year nine celebrities undertook the mammoth challenge of climbing the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief. Thanks to the support of the British public their incredible effort raised over £3.5 million and this...
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2010-11-15 23:32Stoke-on-Trent’s favourite son Robbie Williams returned home today to meet some old friends as he celebrated the tenth anniversary of his Give It Sum fund. The charitable foundation, which is managed on Robbie’s behalf by Comic Relief, has awarded £...
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2009-11-09 19:17In early 2009, a whole team of brave celebrities climbed the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cash for Red Nose Day 2009. Not only did they reach the summit, they raised £3.5 million in the process. Nine months later five of the celebrity climbers...
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2011-11-26 13:46During a recent trip to Uganda, pop sensation Alexandra Burke saw firsthand how Comic Relief and the UK Government are working together to help change lives through their joint Common Ground Initiative. With money raised by the British public...
September
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2009-09-18 00:00Legendary comedian Eddie Izzard has just completed one of the most incredible challenges in Sport Relief's history. On Tuesday 15th September, Eddie arrived in Trafalgar Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days - all in aid of...
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2009-09-17 00:00Comic Relief and Gordon Ramsay have teamed up to bring you a brilliant new and exclusive range of cooking sauces to tempt all your taste buds and raise some serious cash to help change lives. Developed in Gordon’s very own kitchens, the Seriously...
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2011-09-05 11:43This morning (Monday 5th September) at 8.22am, one of Britain’s best-loved stars, David Walliams officially started The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. He set off from as close to the source of the Thames as possible in...
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2011-09-13 11:19After powering through 107,062 strokes, burning 65,574 calories, and suffering eight days of pain, David Walliams has finally completed The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. Despite having to battle a nasty bacterial bug, itchy...
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2011-09-29 10:58Earlier this month, Louise Redknapp, travelled to Uganda to see how some of the money raised this Red Nose Day is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, Red Nose Day 2011 raised over £100 million....
August
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2009-08-03 00:00About 5 weeks ago, Sport Relief, the Sporty part of Comic Relief asked me (and probably a lot of other people) if I would like to do a sporting challenge. I had always wanted to do a big physical running challenge, and this seemed a great way to do...
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2011-08-12 17:33Thanks to the ever entertaining E4, those cheeky chaps from the hit TV show The Inbetweeners will be returning to our living rooms this Sunday! The lovely people at the fun-loving channel have bought the half-hour special of the boys’ Red Nose Day...
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2011-08-30 11:41As if swimming across the English Channel for Sport Relief in 2006 wasn’t enough of a master stroke, TV star David Walliams is in deep water again. He’s attempting to swim seven times that distance as he takes on the river Thames. Starting on Monday...
July
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2009-07-17 00:00Back in 2001, author and Comic Relief trustee JK Rowling penned two fantastic companion novels to the world of Harry Potter – and all to help raise money for Comic Relief. The books were a huge fundraising success, raising over £17 million. Eight...
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2009-07-02 00:00The British public truly pulled out all the stops for Red Nose Day 2009 - raising a spectacular £80 million so far. To have broken all previous records and reached such a high Red Nose Day total when times are incredibly tough is staggering and...
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2010-07-16 12:41Comic Relief has launched a new partnership with British Airways to raise much needed funds, 365 days of the year, to help children living unimaginably tough lives in cities around the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. The new initiative...
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2011-07-08 13:21The serious drought in East Africa is currently putting millions of lives at risk in the region. As a result, Lenny Henry will be presenting an emergency appeal film on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee on the BBC tonight. Having been...
October
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2010-10-06 23:28Renowned British artist Tracey Emin is one of a host of celebrities backing the ‘Save the Postcard’ campaign, launched by High Life - British Airways’ in-flight magazine. A recent survey* reveals that the humble postcard is being replaced by...
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2010-10-13 23:34Ever dreamed of playing in the Football World Cup? In the charming and heart-warming family film, Africa United, one young boy from Rwanda has just that dream. Luckily for him, he has a group of friends that will go to any lengths to make sure that...
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2010-10-18 16:55Music legend Annie Lennox has unleashed her amazing vocal talents to record a new song to raise funds for her SING campaign. The beautiful track, called Universal Child, is available to download today. Annie set up SING in 2007 to help fight the...
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2011-10-10 17:09For the second time, Comic Relief has awarded its largest UK grant to Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. The campaign will receive funding of £20 million in a joint initiative...
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2011-10-26 11:03THE biggest ever UK Challenge, pitting four nations against each other and starring a host of well-known celebrities, top sportsmen and women and 4,000 sport-loving members of the public is to be one of the highlights of next year’s Sport Relief....
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2011-10-31 12:13A trip to Australia to meet the Foo Fighters, a tour of the Deep South with Toploader’s Dan Hipgrave and tickets to the best festivals in 2012 are just some of the incredible prizes up for grabs in British Airways’ Greatest Ever Music Auction. Best...
June
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2010-06-03 00:00For the 72 million children around the world who can’t go to school, their chances of escaping the grinding poverty they currently face are bleak, to say the least. By getting an education, children learn the skills they need to get better jobs as...
May
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2010-05-10 00:00In the kitchen he's the boss – but now itís your time to call the shots. Gordon Ramsay has found himself in the hands of the public as a free iPhone application launches to back his range of Seriously Good sauces for Comic Relief. Spin, shake, turn...
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2010-05-03 00:00Over 34,000 people flocked to Old Trafford on Saturday 1st May to enjoy United Relief Live: The Big Red Day Out. A star-studded line up of former professional players and celebrities joined forces as Manchester United XI took on The Rivals for a...
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2009-05-29 00:00Just days ahead of World Malaria Day 2009 Comic Relief has awarded £6.3m in funding to Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to help protect over 1m people in Africa from malaria. Comic Relief selected Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to...
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2009-05-29 00:00Sport Relief is back in March 2010 and it’s going to be the biggest yet! More Miles, more famous faces, more top TV and more ways to do good by doing sport. Taking place on 21st March 2010, the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will again be at the...
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2009-05-07 00:00World Fair Trade Day 09 May 09 Our friends at the World Fair Trade Organisation are preparing for a BIG BANG!! for World Fair Trade Day on 9th May. It’s a global day of drumming and other events to beat poverty beat climate change beat the economic...
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2011-05-22 21:33Red Nose Day 2011 has become Comic Relief’s most successful fundraising campaign to date - raising £102 million so far. This staggering figure was revealed by Peter Bennett-Jones, founder and chairman of the Tiger Aspect Group, PBJ Management and...
April
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2010-04-06 00:00Malaria No More UK and Comic Relief are making their first joint investment in Ghana thanks to funds raised from the British public. This investment will provide crucial education and behaviour change programmes to accompany the distribution of nets...
March
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2010-03-23 01:00Sport Relief Weekend has culminated with the announcement of a massive total of £ 31,633,091 raised so far. The total was announced on The Mile Show on BBC One, which brought viewers the day’s Mile events from around the country. This figure is...
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2010-03-23 01:00Over 165,000 people across the length and breadth of the country took to the streets yesterday (Sunday 21st March) to take part in the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, along with a host of famous faces including Eddie Izzard, David Cameron, Rufus...
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2010-03-05 01:00[image-1] After a gruelling non-stop four day stint through night and day on their bikes, the cyclists on the BT Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride - Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Russell Howard, Patrick Kielty, Davina McCall, David Walliams and...
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2010-03-02 01:00The six celebrity cyclists aiming to bike the length of the country for Sport Relief have set off - and they face climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest on the first day of the challenge. As they set off from John O Groats this morning Fearne...
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2009-03-26 01:00As the mammoth seven hour Red Nose Day TV show, Comic Relief – Relief Funny for Money, came to a close in the early hours of Saturday morning, a record breaking £57,809,938 was announced as the incredible RND ’09 fundraising total… so far! Co-...
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2009-03-07 01:00All nine incredible Kilimanjaro climbers proved today that there ain’t no mountain high enough as they all reached the summit, one by one, in the early hours of this morning! Guided by the moon throughout the freezing night, they reached the summit...
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2009-03-05 01:00Our intrepid celebrity Kilimanjaro climbers have shed blood, sweat and tears as they’ve been making their way up the mountain – but it’s paid off today as their fundraising total reached a whopping one million pounds! Donations are still pouring in...
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2009-03-05 01:00Model Danielle Lloyd embarks on a journey to uncover the true extent of violence in teen relationships in the UK today and to understand the impact this is having on Britain's young women. Visiting organisations funded by Comic Relief, Danielle...
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2009-03-05 01:00Cadbury and the Fairtrade Foundation today announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk - the nation’s top selling chocolate bar - by end of Summer 2009. This groundbreaking move will result in the tripling of sales of...
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2009-03-04 01:00As day four of The BT Red Nose Climb draws to a close, it’s been the toughest one yet with the celebrity climbers suffering from altitude sickness and severe weather conditions. In fact, they’ve been forced to camp in a foggy, hailing hell. With...
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2009-03-04 01:00On Monday, Fern Britton went on a visit to the Comic Relief funded Centrepoint Vauxhall project, which is a hostel for homeless young people. Centrepoint and Comic Relief have a long history together. One of our first ever grants was to...
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2009-03-03 01:00Day three of the BT Red Nose Climb started off with a special sing-song for birthday boy Ronan Keating over breakfast – swiftly followed by the singer being presented with a giant cake. But as the day wore on, the celebrations were halted as the...
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2009-03-03 01:00We know that trade is one of the best ways for people to work their way out of poverty, but to do that, poor farmers need to belong to strong organisations, and to have access to markets, and the ability to challenge unfair trade restrictions. This...
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2009-03-02 01:00As day two of the BT Red Nose Climb comes to a close, the celebrities are desperate for a rest after struggling with the harsh terrain. Alesha Dixon has become the first of the celebrity climbers to take a tumble during the second leg of the trek up...
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2009-03-01 01:00The BT Red Nose Climb has begun with a tough first day. At the crack of dawn, 5am to be precise, the celebrity team (consisting of Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Ronan Keating, Alisha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberly Walsh, Denise van Outen...
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2009-03-01 01:00Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemmon's phenomenal re-enactment of the Dirty Dancing classic 'I've had The Time Of My Life' won the public vote on tonight's second episode of Let's Dance For Comic Relief. Since one of last week's winners was a leotard-...
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2011-03-02 13:07A set of four stars – Lenny Henry, Angela Rippon, Samantha Womack and Reggie Yates – recently left behind all of their home comforts to experience life in one of the world’s most impoverished and unsanitary places – the Kibera slum on the outskirts...
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2011-03-02 13:20One of the most serious and organised crimes faced by some young people in the UK today, sexual exploitation, is being tackled in an EastEnders storyline in the run up to Red Nose Day in part to help raise awareness of the issue. Over the next few...
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2011-03-02 19:03No stranger to Comic Relief challenges, comedian David Walliams is about to take on a completely new kind of endurance feat to raise cash for Comic Relief this weekend. Having swum the English Channel and cycled across the entire length of the UK...
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2011-03-07 14:13It was Ade Edmondson who won the all important public vote on Saturday with his cracking ballet performance of 'The Dying Swan' – dressed, of course, in a shiny pink leotard and huge fluffy tutu. Speaking of the performance, celebrity judge John...
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2011-03-10 14:57Part two of the ground-breaking BBC One documentary – Famous, Rich And In The Slums – that sees four UK celebrities swap their life of luxury for the harsh reality of Africa’s largest slum, airs tonight at 9pm. Last week saw Lenny Henry, Angela...
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2011-03-11 12:54Long-term Comic Relief supporter and pop legend George Michael is set to release a new single True Faith in support of this year’s Red Nose Day. The pop legend arranged and produced the single which was originally a hit for New Order in 1987, and...
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2011-03-15 15:30The nation has spoken - Charlie Baker and James Thornton are this year's Let's Dance For Comic Relief champions. With a performance of skill and not a little grace, the comedian and Emmerdale star tapped out a dapper rendition of 'Puttin' on the...
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2011-03-15 15:34Double act Ant & Dec’s domination of UK television continued yesterday as they completed their all day broadcast challenge and spread the word about Red Nose Day to a massive estimated audience of 47 million. The Geordie duo successfully managed...
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2011-03-17 13:01They took on one of the world’s most inhospitable deserts, under Kenya’s scorching sun. And now viewers can see how Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O’Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White got on...
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2011-03-18 12:16After much anticipation, the entire nation (or at least a very large chunk of it!) will be staying in tonight to watch the star-studded and unmissable show - Comic Relief: Funny for Money - on BBC One. The huge show kicks off at 7pm and is jam...
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2011-03-18 22:42This year Comic Relief has committed to spend £10million to improve health and education services across Africa. And the good news is that, in support of the public’s outstanding contribution this Red Nose Day, the UK Government will match this with...
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2011-03-19 04:20Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top telly treats on Friday 18th March, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. As the evening...
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2012-03-05 11:50We’re thrilled to announce a major boost for this year’s Sport Relief campaign thanks to the UK Government. All of the money raised this Sport Relief by the public for its work in African slums will be matched pound for pound by the UK...
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2012-03-10 17:57Today (Saturday 10th March) Prince Harry donned his trainers and took to the Flamengo beachfront of Rio de Janeiro to run a Sport Relief Mile. He's hoping to inspire people across the UK to do the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March and...
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2012-03-11 01:24This weekend, Prince Harry visited the Alemão Favela in Rio de Janeiro, where he saw firsthand the difference Sport Relief money can make to people living in unimaginable poverty. The royal visit followed the completion of the Sport Relief Mile...
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2012-03-24 09:53The UK Government has backed the public’s incredible support for this year’s Sport Relief fundraising campaign, organised by the national charity Comic Relief, with £10m towards the charity’s work to improve the lives of a million people living in...
February
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2010-02-18 01:00Comic Relief funds partners in Africa who are doing amazing work on the ground to tackle malaria. Here are some of them.... Net for Life Nets for Life work with communities in two regions of Ghana in West Africa. Many people don’t have a net in...
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2010-02-10 01:00A Robin Hood Tax on banks’ financial transactions could raise hundreds of billions of pounds to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, according to the new campaign from a coalition of charities and not for profit...
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2010-02-08 01:00British Airways has signed up Comic Relief as its new global charity partner in a move that will strengthen the airline’s long tradition of support for disadvantaged people and communities around the world. Lenny Henry, Comedian and trustee of Comic...
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2010-02-04 01:00Comic Relief today announces the core technology partners for its fundraising campaign Sport Relief: Carrenza Hosting, Oracle, Cisco,3PAR, HP, PayPal, VMware, RBS WorldPay and Zeus Technology. The technical solution in place to support Sport Relief...
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2009-02-28 01:00Comic Relief's celebrity climbers jetted out to Tanzania tonight to embark on the first leg of The BT Red Nose Climb up Mount Kilimanjaro! The group is undertaking the climb of a lifetime to raise a mountain of cash for Red Nose Day 2009. The A-...
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2009-02-18 01:00For a long time, Comic Relief has been working to promote the rights and support the recovery of people who have mental health problems. But research shows that prejudice against people with mental illness is on the rise. After being plagued with...
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2009-02-17 01:00As something that tragically goes on behind closed doors, until recently the abuse of older people hasn’t been at the fore of policy leaders’ minds. With no solid data about the number of older people affected, government bodies weren’t making...
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2009-02-13 01:00This is a special Valentine’s Day good news story for all you romantics out there… We’ve been supporting people living with mental health problems in the UK for some time now because many face terrible stigma and discrimination from their family...
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2009-02-12 01:00Because millions of children across Africa can't go to school, those who have grown up without an education need work-based training to help lift themselves out of grinding poverty. We've supported YCARE in Liberia to work with young people in this...
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2009-02-10 01:00Your cash helps to tackle the root causes of problems that thousands of people face, not just the symptoms. For example, across Africa, it’s often young girls who are the first to miss out on getting a vital education. The money you’ve raised...
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2009-02-06 01:00Today is Female Genital Mutilation Awareness Day, and so our good news story relates to the success we’ve had in dealing with this issue. In Ethiopia, one of our Women and Girls projects, KMG, have been working to reduce the practice of Female...
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2009-02-01 01:00The countdown has begun to the BT Red Nose Climb - nine celebrities climbing 19,000ft to scale Africa's highest mountain! Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Ronan Keating and Gary...
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2010-02-19 17:13Let’s celebrate Africa! Home of 54 diverse countries, it’s definitely a big ole place that’s worth getting to know. See Africa Differently is a year-round campaign that tells the under-reported good news from Africa. We talk about the continent...
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2011-02-03 18:47To mark the official launch of this year's Red Nose Day campaign, stunning supermodel Lara Stone has been photographed recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pose from the 1950’s movie classic, ‘The Seven Year Itch’ – only with a vital extra. Adding a...
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2011-02-07 19:46A team of intrepid celebrities will be embarking on the most demanding physical challenge of their lives this Red Nose Day as they attempt to take on one of the world's most harsh and remote deserts under Kenya's scorching sun. The BT Red Nose...
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2011-02-04 11:59Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay served up curry in a hurry as a lunchtime treat on Friday 4th February to mark the launch of his new Seriously Good Indian sauce range. Joining him was Coronation Street actress, Shobna Gulati who was on...
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2011-02-21 11:54Undoubtedly the biggest new band to smash into the charts in the last 12 months, The Wanted’s latest offering is not only set to be a sure-fire hit but will also be the official Comic Relief single for Red Nose Day. Available for digital download...
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2011-02-20 17:32A team of Comic Relief celebrity trekkers have embarked on their gruelling 100km desert journey, The BT Red Nose Desert Trek. To gain an understanding of how they will fare over the next five days the team – Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine...
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2011-02-25 19:07All nine of Comic Relief’s celebrity trekkers have crossed the finish line of The BT Red Nose Desert Trek and have completed the gruelling 100 kilometre trek across the Kaisut Desert, northern Kenya. The team walked an agonising 20 kilometres in...
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2011-02-28 13:03The second heat of Let's Dance for Comic Relief proved a real showstopper on Saturday as stand-up comedian Charlie Baker and Emmerdale actor James Thornton won the public vote with their outstanding rendition of 'Puttin' on The Ritz'. The pair tap-...
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2011-02-28 16:37In an amazing fundraising stunt, at 10.24am today, fearless Helen Skelton became the first person to high-wire walk between the chimneys of Battersea Power Station, in aid of Red Nose Day 2011. The daredevil Blue Peter presenter took just 14...
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2012-02-09 09:50Sport Relief has announced a brand new grants programme that will support projects which help some of the most disadvantaged people living in Scotland and across the world’s poorest countries. The Scottish Sport Relief Home and Away Programme is...
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2012-02-22 18:03Never one to miss out on a huge, celebrity-filled fundraising campaign, the world’s most famous Monkey has been putting in some long and tough hours in preparation for his very own Sport Relief challenge. Inspired by Blue Peter presenter, Helen...
January
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2010-01-21 01:00Sport Relief 2010 launched in style yesterday with the official Sport Relief T-shirts, exclusively designed by the whole Beckham family. The Sport Relief Weekend is taking place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st March and it'll be three whole days of...
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2010-01-20 01:00Comic Relief has been moved and saddened by the devastation and horror caused by the earthquake in Haiti. Comic Relief cash has been hard at work for many years now, helping to tackle the poverty faced by some of the world’s poorest people. With...
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2009-01-29 01:00This morning’s launch was a blast! Find our exactly what happened when the stars came out to play with their Noses at London’s Leicester Square... Find out the latest here
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2009-01-29 01:00The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust has teamed up with Sport Relief to form the Steve Redgrave Fund. The Fund aims to use the power of sport and sporting activity to bring about positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children, young...
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2009-01-29 01:00After his parents died, 14-year old Samson ended up living on the streets of Kisumu, Kenya. Samson had to search for food in bins and spent most nights sleeping on the cold streets. Living in such poverty meant going to school was out of the...
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2009-01-29 01:00For those that don’t know Nariz Roja is Spanish for Red Nose. We’ve worked out that we’ve now sold over 50 million Red Noses, which is more than the population of Spain! Previous Noses include the Hands Nose, the Tomato Nose, the Colour Changing...
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2009-01-29 01:00If you thought Harry Hill was a little bit nuts, you were almost right. In fact, he’s nuts about nuts! So much so that he’s joined forces with Fairtrade nut company, Liberation to produce Fairtrade salted peanuts called Harry’s Nuts! Liberation,...
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2009-01-05 01:00At the Mental Health Media Awards in November, BBC Bristol’s Surviving Suicide, shown as part of Sport Relief 2008, won the award for Raising Public Awareness. All the entries were incredibly powerful and the judges had a tough time picking the...
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2011-01-18 11:34Just as the nation prepares to do something funny for money in celebration of Red Nose Day 2011, the four stars of the hit comedy show The Inbetweeners are already paving the way by embarking on a naughty road trip to visit the rudest and crudest...
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2011-01-19 15:33There was nothing stopping the four stars of The Inbetweeners as they set off on their Rude Road Trip yesterday afternoon – not even a mechanical glitch with their classic yellow Fiat at their second destination. Actors Simon Bird, Joe Thomas,...
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2011-01-20 14:17Eighteen hours of driving, seven hours of sleeping, and one hearty breakfast later, the Inbetweeners boys are well on their way to completing Day Two of their challenge for Red Nose Day. Today’s risqué route has featured North Piddle, Bell End,...
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2011-01-20 19:51After 50 hours on their ‘Rude Road Trip’ for Red Nose Day, which has taken them to the crudest corners of Britain, the filthy four Inbetweener lads have at last reached their final destination, Cock Lane. Over three days the boys battled the clock...
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2012-01-19 11:34Having taken the UK music scene by an absolute storm in recent years, JLS are putting their success to incredible use having written and recorded this year’s official Sport Relief single, Proud. It comes after all four band members, Aston, Oritsé,...
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2012-01-19 11:41As the countdown to this year’s Sport Relief campaign begins in earnest today, Jimmy Carr has been treated to the Fearne Cotton treatment in preparation for the big Sport Relief Weekend which kicks off on Friday 23rd March. The money raised during...
December
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2009-12-15 01:00He’s always been a winner in our books, but now he’s got an actual prize to show for it. Yes, Eddie Izzard – Comedian and Sport Relief hero – has won a Sports Personality of the Year Special Award for his astounding challenge in the summer of 2009....
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2009-12-15 01:00Ben Twinomugisha - Food rights alliance in Uganda [image-1] Q1. What are the biggest impacts climate change has had in Africa over the last 10 years? The biggest impacts I’ve seen over the last ten years is an increase in short and heavy rains...
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2009-12-10 01:00Bertha Nherera 17/12/2009 [image-1] I work for an organisation called Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) in Zimbabwe. We are a networking organisation which helps farmers learn new techniques so they can have enough food for...
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2009-12-10 01:00Written by Abdella Muse [image-1] This is Abdella Muse, 47 years old who lives in a medium sized town called Dire Dawa 515 km from the Ethiopian Capital of Addis Abbaba. Abdella is head of a family of six. Until six years ago Abdella was a full...
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2009-12-10 01:00Comic Relief recognises the negative impacts of climate change especially on the very poorest people in Africa. We’re supporting projects which help people in Africa change the way they live due to the effect climate change is having on their lives...
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2011-12-16 13:03As Christmas approaches, Comic Relief’s long-term corporate partner, Sainsbury’s, has pledged to support the charity for another six years. The supermarket chain will see their fundraising total soar past £100m within that time thanks to the...
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2011-12-20 19:25Earlier this month, Matt Cardle made an emotional trip to Tanzania to see how some of the money raised through Red Nose Day 2011 is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, the Red Nose Day...
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2011-12-21 15:14A whole host of Comic Relief celebrities are taking to the small screen this Christmas to highlight how some of the whopping £108,436,227 raised by Red Nose Day 2011 is already hard at work changing lives. Presented by one of the nation’s best loved...
November
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2009-11-09 01:00In March this year nine celebrities undertook the mammoth challenge of climbing the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief. Thanks to the support of the British public their incredible effort raised over £3.5 million and this...
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2010-11-15 23:32Stoke-on-Trent’s favourite son Robbie Williams returned home today to meet some old friends as he celebrated the tenth anniversary of his Give It Sum fund. The charitable foundation, which is managed on Robbie’s behalf by Comic Relief, has awarded £...
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2009-11-09 19:17In early 2009, a whole team of brave celebrities climbed the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cash for Red Nose Day 2009. Not only did they reach the summit, they raised £3.5 million in the process. Nine months later five of the celebrity climbers...
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2011-11-26 13:46During a recent trip to Uganda, pop sensation Alexandra Burke saw firsthand how Comic Relief and the UK Government are working together to help change lives through their joint Common Ground Initiative. With money raised by the British public...
September
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2009-09-18 00:00Legendary comedian Eddie Izzard has just completed one of the most incredible challenges in Sport Relief's history. On Tuesday 15th September, Eddie arrived in Trafalgar Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days - all in aid of...
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2009-09-17 00:00Comic Relief and Gordon Ramsay have teamed up to bring you a brilliant new and exclusive range of cooking sauces to tempt all your taste buds and raise some serious cash to help change lives. Developed in Gordon’s very own kitchens, the Seriously...
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2011-09-05 11:43This morning (Monday 5th September) at 8.22am, one of Britain’s best-loved stars, David Walliams officially started The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. He set off from as close to the source of the Thames as possible in...
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2011-09-13 11:19After powering through 107,062 strokes, burning 65,574 calories, and suffering eight days of pain, David Walliams has finally completed The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. Despite having to battle a nasty bacterial bug, itchy...
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2011-09-29 10:58Earlier this month, Louise Redknapp, travelled to Uganda to see how some of the money raised this Red Nose Day is hard at work changing lives across Africa. Thanks to the generosity of the British public, Red Nose Day 2011 raised over £100 million....
August
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2009-08-03 00:00About 5 weeks ago, Sport Relief, the Sporty part of Comic Relief asked me (and probably a lot of other people) if I would like to do a sporting challenge. I had always wanted to do a big physical running challenge, and this seemed a great way to do...
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2011-08-12 17:33Thanks to the ever entertaining E4, those cheeky chaps from the hit TV show The Inbetweeners will be returning to our living rooms this Sunday! The lovely people at the fun-loving channel have bought the half-hour special of the boys’ Red Nose Day...
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2011-08-30 11:41As if swimming across the English Channel for Sport Relief in 2006 wasn’t enough of a master stroke, TV star David Walliams is in deep water again. He’s attempting to swim seven times that distance as he takes on the river Thames. Starting on Monday...
July
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2009-07-17 00:00Back in 2001, author and Comic Relief trustee JK Rowling penned two fantastic companion novels to the world of Harry Potter – and all to help raise money for Comic Relief. The books were a huge fundraising success, raising over £17 million. Eight...
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2009-07-02 00:00The British public truly pulled out all the stops for Red Nose Day 2009 - raising a spectacular £80 million so far. To have broken all previous records and reached such a high Red Nose Day total when times are incredibly tough is staggering and...
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2010-07-16 12:41Comic Relief has launched a new partnership with British Airways to raise much needed funds, 365 days of the year, to help children living unimaginably tough lives in cities around the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. The new initiative...
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2011-07-08 13:21The serious drought in East Africa is currently putting millions of lives at risk in the region. As a result, Lenny Henry will be presenting an emergency appeal film on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee on the BBC tonight. Having been...
October
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2010-10-06 23:28Renowned British artist Tracey Emin is one of a host of celebrities backing the ‘Save the Postcard’ campaign, launched by High Life - British Airways’ in-flight magazine. A recent survey* reveals that the humble postcard is being replaced by...
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2010-10-13 23:34Ever dreamed of playing in the Football World Cup? In the charming and heart-warming family film, Africa United, one young boy from Rwanda has just that dream. Luckily for him, he has a group of friends that will go to any lengths to make sure that...
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2010-10-18 16:55Music legend Annie Lennox has unleashed her amazing vocal talents to record a new song to raise funds for her SING campaign. The beautiful track, called Universal Child, is available to download today. Annie set up SING in 2007 to help fight the...
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2011-10-10 17:09For the second time, Comic Relief has awarded its largest UK grant to Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. The campaign will receive funding of £20 million in a joint initiative...
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2011-10-26 11:03THE biggest ever UK Challenge, pitting four nations against each other and starring a host of well-known celebrities, top sportsmen and women and 4,000 sport-loving members of the public is to be one of the highlights of next year’s Sport Relief....
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2011-10-31 12:13A trip to Australia to meet the Foo Fighters, a tour of the Deep South with Toploader’s Dan Hipgrave and tickets to the best festivals in 2012 are just some of the incredible prizes up for grabs in British Airways’ Greatest Ever Music Auction. Best...