Red Nose Day wouldn't be the same without Noses and T-shirts so we’re hugely grateful to Sainsbury’s and TK Maxx for making sure everyone could get theirs!
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Last Red Nose Day, four seemingly ordinary engineers from South West Water in Exeter did their bit to save the world by turning up for work dressed as superheroes and raised £250!
£250 could provide ten people living in the slums of Kenya with a loan to start a small business so they can earn enough to feed their family.
Eat Something Funny for Money
Eat Something
For fundraising that really brings in the bacon, rustle up your favourite treats, stick them on sale, then watch the cash roll in as they disappear.
Fast, Fun, Food Fundraising
Get sponsored to give up chocolate, biscuits or crisps.
Host a dinner party for your friends, collecting a donation to dine.
Hold a bake-off and ask for donations to sample the tasty treats.
Get sponsored to eat only red food for a day.
Organise a master chef competition with all entrants paying a donation.
Jamie Oliver has rustled up a perfect accompaniment to any fundraising cake or bake sale - Jamie’s Monster Bake Sale cookbook. Get your copy now from all good bookshops!
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Never underestimate the power of cakes to make a difference. Gemma and Norma from Liverpool raised £502 by baking cakes, then selling them around the office from their fabulous cake trolley.
That’s more than enough to provide a week's worth of healthy meals for 100 children living in desperate poverty on the streets of Ethiopia.
Stage Something Funny for Money
Stage Something
From quiz nights to karaoke sing-offs, put on a fun event and ask for a donation from friends, family or colleagues to watch or join in the fun!
A Few Ideas To Entertain
Invite everyone over for a Red Nose Day party and ask for a donation on the door!
Get all your friends together for a quiz night where everyone pays to play.
Hold a talent show and sell tickets to watch all the acts strut their stuff.
Run a speed-dating night with a donation at the door to join in the flirtatious fundraising.
Have a karaoke night and get friends to chip in a donation to warble the night away.
Put on a Glee-club style performance and charge spectators a fee to watch.
Claire’s helped the whole country hair-do something funny for money with their Red Nose Day wigs and hairspray and gave Comic Relief 30p from the sale of each accessory too! Thanks Claire’s!
Resisting the urge to shave for a whole month helped Chris from Dorset to raise £350. Now that’s some furry fundraising.
The cash that Chris’s hairy antics raised could make a serious difference. It could provide specialist counseling for ten young people to help them come to terms with the trauma of witnessing domestic violence.
Dare Something Funny for Money
Dare Something
From nearly-naked antics to fantastic physical feats, doing daring deeds is a guaranteed way to get your pals to open their wallets.
Downright Daring Ideas
Do a sponsored silence – a quiet classic.
Get sponsored to do something epic like a marathon run or London to Edinburgh cycle!
Can’t live without your laptop or mobile? Get sponsored to ditch little luxuries for a week.
Get active – get sponsored to walk to work for a week or give the lift the heave-ho and take the stairs.
Be a legend – get sponsored to row the length of the Channel on a rowing machine!
Ethan, 7 and Lewis, 4 from Wrexham made their own joke book and sold it to family and friends, raising smiles and a tidy £30!
That’s enough to help a young person living with mental health problems to overcome their fear and isolation by paying for them to attend a one-to-one counselling session.
